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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.

FYNES-CLINTON, CHARLES JOHN, brother of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); b. 16 Apr 1799; adm. 27 Feb 1809; KS 1813; left 8 Aug 1816; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Mar 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon 25 May 1823, priest 11 Apr 1824 (both Chester, lit. dim. from York); Vicar of Strensall, Yorks. , 1824; Vicar of Orston, Notts. , 29 Nov 1827-55; Rector of Cromwell, Notts. , from 29 Jan 1828; JP Nottinghamshire; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; a classical scholar; editor of his brother Henry’s Literary Remains, 1854, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Mar 1826 Carolina, dau. of Joseph Clay, Piercefield Park, Monmouth; m. 2nd, 20 May 1829 Rosabella, youngest dau. of John Mathews, North Shields, Northumberland; d. 10 Jan 1872. DNB.

FYNES-CLINTON, CLINTON JAMES, brother of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1796, qv); b. 13 Dec 1792; adm. ; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics 1814; BA 1814; MA 1817; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jan 1815, called to bar 26 Nov 1818; Midland Circuit; Recorder of Newark 1821; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; MP Aldborough 1826-32; m. 8 May 1825 Penelope, dau. of Sir William Earle Welby, Bart. , MP; d. 11 Apr 1833.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY GLYN, eldest son of Henry Fynes-Clinton (adm. 1840, qv); b. 31 Jan 1854; adm. (G) 12 Jun 1868; Min. Can. 1869; left Aug 1869; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1873; BA 1877; ordained deacon 1878, priest 1880 (Salisbury); Vice-Principal, Mission House, Warminster, Wilts., 1878-9; Principal, Bishop’s College, Calcutta 1879-81; Curate, St. Mary Magdalene, Bradford, Yorks., 1881-6; Rector of St. James’s, Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1886; d. in California 29 Jan 1912.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Charles Fynes (afterwards Fynes-Clinton) DCL, Prebendary of Westminster and Perpetual Curate of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Emma, dau. of Job Brough, Newark, Notts.; b. 14 Jan 1781; at Southwell GS 1789-96; adm. Sep 1796; in school list 1797; left Easter 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 Apr 1799, Canoneer Student 24 Dec 1802 - void by marriage 22 Jun 1809; BA 1803; MA 1805; private tutor at Oxford to Earl Gower, afterwards 2nd Duke of Sutherland, 1803-6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Nov 1808; MP Aldborough 1806-26; assumed additional surname of Clinton 26 Apr 1821; an indefatigable classical student; an unsuccessful candidate for position of Principal Librarian of the British Museum Dec 1827; author, Fasti Hellenici, 1824-34, and other works; in his Literary Remains, published in 1854, mention is made of several of his school contemporaries, particularly those who were afterwards with him at Oxford; m. 1st, 22 Jun 1809 Harriott, eldest dau. of Rev. Charles Wylde DD, Prebendary of Southwell and Rector of St. Nicholas, Nottingham; m. 2nd, 6 Jan 1812 Katharine, third dau. of Right Rev. Henry William Majendie DD, Bishop of Bangor; d. 24 Oct 1852. DNB.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, only son of Clinton James Fynes-Clinton (qv); b. 5 Feb 1826; adm. 31 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1840; left 1844; University Coll. Durham; BA 1848; MA 1851; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Keddington, Lincs., 1850; Perpetual Curate of Bothamsall, Notts., 17 Feb 1851-69; Vicar of Hawthorn, co. Durham, 1870-2; Rector of Cromwell, Notts., from 1872; m. 9 Jul 1850 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Rev. John Bainbridge Smith DD, Perpetual Curate of Baumber, Lincs., and Headmaster, Horncastle GS; d. 17 Oct 1911.