FAUSIT, ---; b.; in under school list 1715.
FAWCETT, EDWARD DOUGLAS, elder son of Capt. Edward Boyd Fawcett, Hove, Sussex, and Myra Elizabeth, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Andrew Macdougall, Torquay, Devon; b. 11 Apr 1866; adm. QS 27 May 1880; left May 1883; while at school wrote an epic poem called The Wrath of Ana, privately printed in 1880; lived in Switzerland, interests divided between philosophy and sport; made the first ascent by motor car to the Mer de Glace from Chamonix; author of books on philosophy, novels, poetry and articles on sport, etc.; m. 30 Jan 1896 Mary Blanche Violet, only surviving dau. of Capt. Standish Radley Jackson, 78th Foot; d. 14 Apr 1960.
FAWCETT, HENRY C., son of William Whalley Fawcett, Lawrie Park, Sydenham Hill, Kent, and Caroline E. Stafford; b. 16 Dec 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Jun 1878; “undergraduate” (1881 Census, parents then living at Hastings, Sussex); d. 5 May 1944 [Whitmore]. [But Burke’s Colonial Gentry records Robert Arthur Fawcett (sic), son of William Whalley Fawcett, Meadow Bank, West Norwood, Surrey, and Caroline E. Stafford, b. 14 Dec 1860 (sic)].
FAWCETT, JOHN HUNTER, son of Thomas Fawcett (qv); bapt. Gayton 16 Aug 1796; adm. 5 Oct 1808; KS (aged 13) 1811; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student; BA 1819; MA 1821; ordained deacon Dec 1819 (Oxford), priest (York, lit. dim. from Oxford) 25 Jul 1820; Perpetual Curate of Benson, Oxfordshire, from 1820; d. 14 Apr 1828.
FAWCETT, JOHN TURNER COLMAN, elder son of John Fawcett, Westminster, actor and dramatist, and his second wife Anne Gawdry, actress; b. 16 Aug 1804; adm. 6 Jun 1814; KS 1819; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1823, matr. 9 May 1823, Westminster Student; BA 1827; MA 1829; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1829; Curate, Thornton, Leics., and St. James’s, Bethnal Geen, London; Vicar of Kildwick, Yorks., from 6 Aug 1843; a MS commonplace book kept by him is preserved at the School; m. 5 Sep 1843 Anna Maria, second dau. of Rev. Joseph Stockdale, Vicar of Kingerby, Leics. [check]; d. 26 Aug 1867.
FAWCETT, JOHN VERNON, eldest son of John Turner Colman Fawcett (qv); b. 3 Mar 1850; adm. (G) 26 Sep 1861; left Aug 1862; d. 3 Aug 1892.
FAWCETT, PERCY HARRISON, brother of Edward Douglas Fawcett (qv); b. 31 Aug 1867; adm. as exhibitioner (J) 16 Jun 1881; left Apr 1882; RMA Woolwich; Lieut., R. A. 24 Jul 1886; Capt., 14 Jun 1897; Royal Geographical Society diploma for surveying 1900; on mission to interior of Morocco 1901; Maj., 11 Jan 1905; seconded as boundary commissioner with Bolivian government 1906-10; retd. 19 Jan 1910; exploring in South America 1910-4; re-employed in British Army at end 1914; temp. Lieut. -Col. 6 Feb 1916; Lieut. -Col. 1 Mar 1918; served in 1914-18 war; despatches LG 4 Jan, 18 May, 11 Dec 1917, 20 Dec 1918; DSO 4 Jun 1917; Founder’s Medal, Royal Geographical Society 1917; again exploring in South America 1919-22; m. Nina, dau. of G. W. Paterson, Ceylon Civil Service; disappeared on further expedition to Brazil and presumed dead 1925.
FAWCETT, ROBERT TWISTLETON, son of Thomas Fawcett (qv); bapt. 11 Jun 1795; adm. 5 Oct 1808; left 1812; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 14 Mar 1812; Lieut., 7 Apr 1813; 2nd Dragoons 27 Apr 1815; Capt., 25 Oct 1825; retd. 23 Feb 1838.