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Fulton, Forrest, son of Leonard Jessop Fulton, solicitor, of Notting Hill, and Mabel Helen, d. of Rev. Henry Augustus Mortimer Wilcox, Vicar of Wolston, Warks; b. 13 Aug. 1913; adm. May 1927 (R); left Dec. 1930; Pembroke Coll. Oxf., matric. 1931, BA 1935, MA 1939; Lond. Hosp. Med. Sch., BM 1939, DM 1945; Prof. of Virology Lond. Sch. of Hygiene & Trop. Medicine; d. 27 Dec. 1971.

FULWELL, ----; b.; in school lists 1656.

Fursdon, Francis William Edward, brother of George Hume John Fursdon (qv); b. 10 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; enlisted RE 1942; RE course Univ. of Birmingham 1943; 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1945, Lieut. Nov. 1947, Capt. May 1952, Maj. 1956, Lieut. -Col. 1962, Brig. 1974, retd. as Maj. -Gen. May 1980; MBE 1958 (gallantry in disposing of explosives); CB Jan. 1980; Roy. West African Frontier Force, India, Burma and Gold Coast, 1945-7; Staff Coll., Camberley; service appointments included dir. Defence Policy, Europe and Nato, Min. of Defence 1974-7, dir., Military Assistance Office 1977-9, and Military Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) 1980; Freeman City of London 1987; defence and military correspondent, The Daily Telegraph 1980-6; author Grains of Sands 1971, There are No Frontiers 1973 and The European Defence Community 1980; d. 3 Jan. 2007.

Fursdon, George Ellsworth Sydenham, son of George Henry Fursdon, of Fursdon, Devon, by Charlotte Mary, daughter of Capt. Hume Nicholl, 1st Royal Dragoons, of London; b. Feb. 22, 1893; adm. from Dover Coll. Jan. 14, 1909 (A); left. July 1912; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1923; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 20, 1914; served in France and Belgium 1914-5, and was wounded March 5, 1915; Lieut. Nov. 11, 1915; employed in recruiting 1916-8; on the managing staff of Messrs. J. S. Fry and Sons, cocoa and chocolate manufacturers, Bristol and London, from 1919; m. Jan. 23, 1918, Aline Lucinda, daughter of William Shaw Harriss Gastrell, of Rockbeare, Devon; d. April 28, 1936.

Fursdon, George Hume John, son of George Ellsworth Sydenham Fursdon (qv); b. 1 Oct. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1937; Univ. of Bristol 1938-40; enlisted RAFVR Feb., invalided Dec. 1941; hon. Warden Skokholm Bird Observatory 1946-7; lecturer on nat. history and country life 1949-53; managed family estate at Fursdon, Devon, 1942-79; m. 4 Apr. 1968 Christine Mary, d. of Hedley Duffield of Braithwaite, Cumberland; d. 18 June 2011.

FURYE, PEREGRINE, son of Peregrine Furye, Cashier to Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces, and Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and Jane Noell; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1742/3 (Hutton's); KS 1744; Capt. of the School 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1750; [ presumably Capt. -Lieut., 36th Foot 9 Mar 1757, still Army List 1760, not 1761 ]; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1779; d. Jan 1792.

FYNES-CLINTON, CHARLES FRANCIS, eldest son of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv), and his second wife; b. 6 Mar 1815; adm. 6 Apr 1828; left May 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1832; BA 1836; went to Spain 1838; served in the army of Queen Christina, and decorated by Espartero with the Cross of St. Ferdinand, for gallantry; British arbitrator with Portugal for the abolition of slavery Sep 1843; d. at Loanda, Angola 5 Jun 1844.