FARRER, MATTHEW THOMAS, second son of James William Farrer, Ingleborough, Yorkshire, a Master in Chancery, and Henrietta Elizabeth, widow of Hon. John Scott MP, and only dau. of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1745, qv); b. 3 Feb 1816; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); KS (Capt. ) 1830; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; ordained deacon 1840, priest 1841 (both Canterbury); Domestic Chaplain to John Scott, 2nd Earl of Elgin 1840; Vicar of Shirley, Surrey 1841-79; Vicar of Addington, Surrey 1843-67; inherited Ingleborough property on the death of his elder brother James in Jun 1879; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Frances Emma, eldest dau. of Edward Golding, Maiden Erlegh, Berks.; m. 2nd, 8 Jul 1848 Mary Louisa, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William Anson, Bart. KCB; d. 14 Jul 1889.
Farrer, Oliver Thomas, 4th Baron Farrer, second son of Thomas Cecil, 2nd Baron Farrer, and his second wife Evangeline, d. of Octavius Newry Knox of Abinger Hammer, Surrey; b. 5 Oct. 1904; adm. from Eton Coll. Oct. 1919 (A); left Mar. 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1922, BA 1925; P & O Co. Ltd 1925-40; RAFVR 1940-5 (Wing Cdr), despatches Jan. 1944; succ. as 4th Baron 11 Mar. 1948; vice-chairman Herts CC; DL (1951) and JP, Herts; dep. chairman Nat. Playing Fields Assn; m. 23 Oct. 1931 Hon Katharine, d. of Walter, 1st Viscount Runciman PC; d. 24 Jan. 1954.
FARTHING, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
FARWELL, ---; b.; adm.; in school list 1656, first quarter; boarder, 19 Apr 1656; paid to 16 Apr 1657.
Fassett, Richard Henry, son of Frederic Fassett and Margaret Anne, d. of Richard Hunting of Hampstead; b. 30 Aug. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (R); left Dec. 1923; a writer; m. 6 Nov. 1934 Doris Florence, d. of Henry Barrie of Whitchurch, Dorset; d. Dec. 1992.
FAUCAUT, DANIEL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1669.
Faulkner, Eric William Scarlett, elder son of William Bowler Faulkner, of New Malden, by Louisa, daughter of James Scarlett, of Hanworth Park, Middlesex; b. Oct. 15, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); non-resident K.S. 1913; joint Mure Scholar 1915; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916; enlisted in the 5th (City of London) Batt. London Regt. (London Rifle Brigade) Oct. 20, 1916; went out to the western front Nov. 7, 1917, where he joined the 2nd Batt., and early in 1918 was transferred to the 28th Batt. (Artists' Rifles); d. July 26, 1918, at the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Dovelleris of wounds received in action at Aveling Wood, Englebelmer, near Albert, July 24, 1918; unm.
Faulkner, Gilbert Faulkner, son of Edmund William Abram, of Hampton, Middlesex, by Lucy, daughter of William Thomas Ashton, of Soulton Hall, Salop; b. June 23, 1897 (R); adm. May 4, 1911; left Easter 1914; 2nd Lieut. unattached July 19, 1916; Indian Army 2nd Lieut. Nov. 12, 1916 (acting Capt. July 2-13, 1917); Lieut. July 19, 1917 (acting Capt. Nov. 9, 1919 - July 18, 1920); Capt. July 19, 1920; served in Mesopotamia 1917, Mahsud 1919-20, and Waziristan 1920-2; Major July 19, 1934; acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Punjab Regt.; assumed the name of Faulkner in lieu of Abram July 12, 1936; m. Nov. 29, 1929, Santa Muriel, daughter of Major Frederick William Lillicrap, of Sutton, Surrey; killed on war service in Waziristan, Dec. 7, 1940; the Faulkner History Prize was founded in his memory by his brother officers.
Gilbert Faulkner Abram (later Faulkner) was born at the Inner Temple, London on the 23rd of June 1897 the son of Edmund William Abram, a journalist and author, and Lucy (nee Ashton) Abram of “Sylvans”, Peaslake in Surrey.
He was educated at Godstone School and at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from the 4th of May 1911 to Easter 1914.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on the 19th of July 1916 and was attached to the 42nd Deoli Regiment on the 8th of November 1916. He was promoted to Acting Captain from the 2nd to the 13th of July and to Lieutenant on the 19th of July 1917, while serving in Mesopotamia.
In 1919 and 1920 he served at Mahsud and was promoted to Acting Captain from the 9th of November 1919 to the 19th of July 1920, being promoted to Captain from the latter date. He served in Waziristan from 1920 to 1922 and was promoted to Major on the 19th of July 1934.
He was named in a divorce petition which was filed by Ronald St George Cole on the 24th of August 1923. It was alleged that during the month of June 1923 Gilbert Abram and Mrs. Santa Muriel Cole had committed adultery on several occasions at the Central Hotel, 123, Cromwell Street. Cole was granted a decree nisi on the 15th of April 1929.
He was married on the 29th of November 1929 to Santa Muriel (nee Lillicrap formerly Cole) of Haslemere in Surrey but the marriage ended in divorce. He changed his name by deed poll to Faulkner on the 12th of July 1936. He was later promoted to Acting Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed to the command of the 5th Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment.
He was killed in action in Waziristan.
His medals were sold at auction on the 5th of March 2020.
The Faulkner History Prize was founded in his memory by his brother officers in 1945.
He is buried at Karachi War Cemetery Plot 12, Row D, Grave 13.