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Franks, Francis David, son of Maurice Cardinali Franks OBE, bank official, of Wimbledon, and Marion Gillian, d. of John Edmund Melhuish of Hampstead; b. 11 Apr. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (R); left Dec. 1936; RN Coll. Dartmouth; Sub- Lieut. RN June 1942, Lieut. Apr. 1944, Lieut. ­ Cdr Apr. 1952, retd Apr. 1963; training and admin. man. with Pressed Steel Co., Rootes Press ings Scotland, Chrysler UK, and Peugeot Talbot Motor Co., 1964-86; m. 15 Oct. 1955 Marion Conway, d. of Peter Foley of Norwalk, Conn., USA.

Franks, Rudolph Keane, son of Edward Franks, of Tooting, a clerk in the India Office, by Jane Grace, daughter of George Cattermole, R. A.; b. June 7, 1879; adm. April 27, 1893 (H); left April 1896; in the service of the P. & O. Steamship Navigation Co. (Malta and Bombay) 1897-1909; enlisted in the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry) as a Trooper in Aug. 1914, and went out to the western front in the following month; 2nd Lieut. N. Somerset Yeomanry July 18, 1915; Musketry Instructor 1916; Lieut. July 1, 1917, and Adjutant with the rank of Capt. until demob.; M.B.E. June 3, 1919; at different times a breeder of pedigree dogs in Oxfordshire and Somerset, and an antique dealer at Sulgrave; m. 1st March 11, 1922, Charlotte Margaret, daughter of Major George Holland, V. D., of Birchington, Kent; 2nd June 15, 1943, Marie Kathleen, 2nd daughter of Rev. George Marie Capell, Rector of Passenham, Northants; d. 29 Dec. 1970.

FRASER (or FRAIZER), CHARLES, second son of Sir Alexander Fraser (or Fraizer), Bart., MD FRCP, Physician in Ordinary to Charles I and II, and his first wife Elizabeth Dowchly; b.; at school in 1660; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1667, scholar 1668; BA 1670/1; MA 1674; MD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1673 - c. 1683; Physician in Ordinary to Charles II, James II and William III from 25 Aug 1677; FRCP 1684; said to have become insane c. 1698; translated some of Plutarch’s Lives and was possibly the translator of Marana’s Letters of a Turkish Spy; dead by 2 Feb 1700.

Fraser, Francis William Ion Victor, son of Major Francis Fraser, of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire, by Beatrice, daughter of Capt. Henderson Macdonald, of Caskieben, in the same co.; b. April 28, 1887; adm. Jan. 16, 1902 (R); left Dec. 1904; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Seaforth Highlanders Aug. 29, 1906; Lieut. June 3, 1911; employed with West African Frontier Force Sept. 1, 1911 - Aug. 4, 1914; Capt. Nov. 13, 1914; employed under the Air Ministry April 1, 1918 - June 11, 1919, and by the Colonial Office Aug. 6, 1920 - Nov. 19, 1922; served on the N. W. Frontier oflndia 1908, and in Great War I, and was wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1916; M.C. Jan. 1, 1916; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; retired from the army with rank of Major, Jan. 11, 1928; Flying Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 3, 1939; acting Sqdn.-Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L. G. Jan. 1, 1945; m. Sept. 30, 1919, Naomi, youngest daughter of Frederick Innes Comins, of Caergwrle, co. Denbigh; d. Nov. 3, 1962.

Fraser, Ian Jasper, brother of Kenneth Gordon Fraser (q.v.); b. July 20, 1900; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1914; a merchant; m. Feb. 24, 1926, Olive, daughter of Stewart Greenwood, of Bromley, Kent; d. Dec. 1986.

Fraser, James Graham Farncombe, son of Arthur Fraser and Phyllis Mary, d. of Harry Farncombe of Southsea, Hants; b. 1 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left July 1954; Worcester Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1957, MA 1961; Guy’s Hosp. Med. Sch. 1959-62, BM BCh 1961; FRCS 1967; ENT surgeon Univ. Coll. Hosp. 1971; m. 1963 Patricia Mary Fraser MD, d. of John G. Thompson, engineer, of Totteridge; d. 8 Feb. 1994.

FRASER, JOHN CHRISTIAN, fifth son of John Matthison Fraser, London, and Eleonora Gertrude Emilie Nottebohm (IGI); b. 26 Jul 1856; adm. 21 Apr 1870; left Mar 1874; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1875; “colonial broker” (1881 Census); d. 24 Nov 1899.

FRASER, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of William Fraser, Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office; b. 6 May 1764; at Charterhouse Sch. Jun -Dec 1773; adm. 20 Jan 1774; left Jun 1775; Page of Honour to Queen Charlotte Apr 1773 –80; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 24 Nov 1779; Lieut. and Capt., 26 Apr 1782; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 25 Apr 1792; Lieut. -Col., 11th Foot 17 May 1796; Brevet Col., 3 May 1796 [check]; Brig. -Gen. (at Cape of Good Hope) 23 Feb 1797; Maj. -Gen., 1 Jan 1801; present at OWW dinners at Calcutta 7 Feb 1801 and 22 Sep 1801 (Hickey, Memoirs, iv, 270-1, 494); commanded British forces at battle of Deeg 13 Oct 1804, defeating a Mahratta army commanded by the Rajah of Bhurtpore; m. 9 May 1785 Maria Anne, second dau. of Hon. Henry Hobart (qv); d. 25 Nov 1804, from wounds received at the battle of Deeg.

Fraser, Kenneth Gordon, son of John Fraser, of Bromley, Kent, by Rose, daughter of Samuel Frost, of Hardingstone, Northants; b. Sept. 12, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1912; m. Jan. 2, 1941, Beatrice Kathleen, daughter of Edward Heathfield, of Faversham, Kent.