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FAWKES, WALTER RAMSDEN BEAUMONT, son of Walter Hawksworth (qv); b. 11 Aug 1746; in school list Jun 1764; left 6 Aug 1764; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Nov 1764, aged 18; assumed surname of Fawkes in lieu of Hawksworth 1786, on inheriting estates of his cousin Francis Fawkes, Farnley, Yorks.; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1789; m. 28 Dec 1767 Amelia, eldest dau. of James Farrer, Barnburgh Grange, Yorks.; d. 17 Oct 1792.

FAWKES, WALTER RAMSDEN, eldest son of Walter Ramsden Beaumont Fawkes (qv); b. 2 Mar 1769; adm. 5 Feb 1781; left Whitsun 1786; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, [add date admission or matriculation]1786; assumed surname of Fawkes in lieu of Hawksworth 2 Dec 1792, on succeeding to father’s estates; a keen agriculturist and successful breeder of cattle; an active member of the advanced section of the Whig party and prominent in the anti-slave trade movement; MP Yorkshire 1806-7; High Sheriff, Yorkshire 1823; early patron and intimate friend of the painter J. M. W. Turner; part of his famous collection of works by Turner was sold at Christie’s 27 Jun 1890; author, The Chronology of the History of Modern Europe, 1810, and other works; m. 1st, 28 Aug 1794 Maria, dau. of Robert Grimston, Neswick, Yorks.; m. 2nd, 4 Jan 1816 Maria Sophia, widow of Hon. and Rev. Pierce Butler, and dau. of John Vernon, Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin; d. 24 Oct 1825. DNB.

FAWKET, JAMES; b.; adm.; KS 1670; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1673, adm. pens. 29 May 1673, scholar 1674; BA 1676/7; MA 1680; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1679 - c. 1681; ordained priest (London) 2 Sep 1681; author, An Account of the Life and Death of the Rev. George Seignior (qv), 1682. [Presumably James Fawkett, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 26 Aug 1655, son of George Fawkett, and Jane --- (IGI)]

FAWKNER, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) Oct 1742; chorister; left 1743. [“Falkener in sch. list”]

FAWLER, CHRISTOPHER; b.; in school list 1727/8.

FAWLER, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1720; in under school list 1725. [Presumably George Fawler, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 13 Mar 1711, son of John Fawler, and Mary --- (IGI)]

FAWSSETT, ROBERT FAWSSETT, son of William Ward MD MRCS LSA, Horncastle, Lincs., and Mary Anne Fawssett (IGI); b. 15 Aug 1833; adm. 3 Jun 1847 (Rigaud's); left Christmas 1847; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1853; migr. to Peterhouse, adm. pens. 1 Apr 1854; ordained deacon 1857, priest 1858 (both Chester); Curate, Mottram, Cheshire 1857-8, Watford, Herts., 1858-9, Wilksby, Lincs., 1859-71; Rector of Salmonby, Lincs., 1871-5; assumed surname of Fawssett in lieu of Ward 2 Jun 1883; of Elmley House, Surbiton, Surrey; m. 18 Jun 1862 Margaret, only dau. of Thomas Hillman, Lewes, Sussex; d. 26 Mar 1900.

Fay, Desmond John, son of Sidney Michael Fay of Brondesbury Park and Kathleen, d. of Henry Friend of Sunderland; b. 27 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (A); left July 1937; RAPC 1940-3, Min. of Information 1943-5; Midland Bank head office, retd 1978; m. 14 July 1962 Elizabeth, d. of George William Holland of Bournemouth; d. 21 Nov. 2003.

FAYLE, RICHARD, only son of Benjamin Fayle, Aldermanbury, London, merchant, and Charlotte ---; b. 2 Apr 1796; adm. 28 Jan 1807; left 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Dec 1815, aged 19; migr. to St. Mary Hall 1818; BA 1820; MA 1827; adm. Middle Temple 6 Feb 1819; ordained deacon (Gloucester, lit. dim. from Winchester) Jul 1820, to curacy of St. Olave’s, Southwark; Rector of Wareham, Dorset, 19 May 1828; Incumbent, Holy Trinity Chapel, Torquay, Devon, from 1838; m. Eleanora Elizabeth, widow of Albany Savile MP, Oaklands, Devon (and mother of Bourchier Wrey Savile (qv)), and dau. of Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart.; d. 26 Mar 1872.

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