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Falconer, John Phillips Egerton, 4th son of John Egerton Falconer, of Nailsworth, Glos, by Isabella Charlotte, fifth daughter of Philip Charles Sheppard, of Bath, Somerset; b. Dec. 1, 1883; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (H); left Dec. 1901; adm. a solicitor 1911; a professional assistant to the Solicitor to H. M. Post Office July 7, 1912; served in the Inns of Court O.T.C. Feb. 15, 1915 - April 22, 1919; author of Genealogical Records of the Falconers of Bath, Part 1 (1919).

FALCONER, THOMAS, son of William Falconer, Inner Temple, barrister, Recorder of Chester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Randle Wilbraham, Townsend, Nantwich, Cheshire; b. 7 Jan 1736 (bapt. St. John’s, Chester 11 Aug 1736 (IGI)); adm. (aged 14) Oct 1750 (Watts'); left 1751; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Mar 1754; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Aug 1754, called to bar 20 Jun 1760; suffered from bad health and spent a life of studious retirement at Chester; called by Miss Seward the “Maecenas” of Chester; left materials for an edition of Strabo; author, Chronological Tables, 1796, and other works; d. unm. 4 Sep 1792. DNB.

Falk, Martin Giles Entwistle, son of George Adolph Falk, solicitor, of Bristol, and Millicent Mary, d. of Wilson Potter; b. 11 Jan. 1917; adm. May 1930 (R); left July 1934; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1934; d. at Cambridge 24 Feb. 1936.

FALKNER, HENRY, son of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk; b. (King’s Lynn); adm. 19 Oct 1770; KS (aged 15) 1773; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1777, adm. pens. 28 May 1777, scholar 15 May 1778, matr. Mich. 1781. [will of Henry Falkner, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk, gentleman, proved PCC 24 Mar 1789]

FANE, FRANCIS WILLIAM HENRY, 12TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, third son of John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland PC GCB, Gen. in the Army, diplomat, and Lady Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole, artist, dau. of William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington PC; grandson of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); b. 19 Nov 1825; adm. (G) 18 Sep 1837; Ensign, 18th Foot 24 Feb 1843; Lieut., 74th Foot 26 Jul 1844; Capt., 25th Foot 1 Aug 1848; served in Sikh War and present at battle of Gujerat 21 Feb 1849; Brevet Maj., 7 Jun 1849; half-pay 22 Apr 1853; Lieut. -Col., unattached, 20 Sep 1854; ADC to Lord Raglan (qv) in Crimean War; half-pay 12 Dec 1854; CB 10 Jul 1855; ret. as Col., 11 Jan 1860; succ. father as 12th Earl of Westmorland 16 Oct 1859; of Apethorpe Hall, Northants.; JP (1861) Northamptonshire, also DL; a prominent racehorse owner, but never won any of the great races for three-year olds; m. 16 Jul 1857 Lady Adelaide Ida Curzon, second dau. of Richard Curzon, 1st Earl Howe PC GCH, Lord Chamberlain to Queen Adelaide; d. 3 Aug 1891. DNB.

FANE, JOHN, 9TH EARL OF WESTMORLAND, elder son of Thomas Fane, 8th Earl of Westmorland, previously an attorney in Bristol, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Kentish, Clerk in Chancery, and dau. of William Swymmer, Bristol, merchant; b. 5 May 1728; adm. Oct 1739 (Watts'); left 1745; adm. Middle Temple 9 Feb 1741/2; a Supernumary Clerk, Treasury, 26 Jun 1746-8, Under Clerk 3 May 1748 - res 7 Dec 1757; a Commissioner of Taxes 14 Apr 1756 – 2 Feb 1763; MP Lyme Regis 1 Dec 1762 - 12 Nov 1771; LLD Cambridge 3 Jul 1769; succ. father as 9th Earl of Westmorland 12 Nov 1771; DL Somerset 1761; m. 1st, 26 Mar 1758 Augusta, dau. of Lord Montagu Bertie (qv); m. 2nd, 28 May 1767 Lady Susan Gordon, dau. of Cosmo Gordon, 3rd Duke of Gordon; d. 26 Apr 1774. DNB.

Farmar, Julian Avenel, son of Maj.-Gen. George Jasper Farmar CB CMG, Lieut.-Governor The Royal Hospital Chelsea, and Bertha Frances, d. of Maj.-Gen. William Henry Paget and grand- daughter of Lord William Paget (qv); b. 14 Aug. 1917; adm. Apr. 1931 (A), (R) May 1934; left Apr. 1935; 2nd Lieut. RA (TA) Sept. 1938; Lieut. (p.c.) Feb. 1945, Capt. July 1946, Maj. Aug. 1952; retd Mar. 1958; m. 21 Mar. 1945 Daphne, d. of William Joseph Carlisle of White Waltham, Berks; d. 18 Aug. 1969.

Fanshawe, Charles Anthony Francis, son of Maurice Fanshawe, dir. of Intelligence UNA, and Frances Mary Keatley, d. of Rev. William John Francis Keatley Stride, Rector of Besselsleigh, Berks; b. 26 June 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (G); left July 1942; m. 17 Apr. 1957 Valerie Seymour Tupholme; d. Oct. 1991.

Fanshawe, Gerald Charles, son of General Charles Fanshawe, R.E., of Ryde, Isle of Wight, by his 2nd wife, Ann Wilhelmina, daughter of Capt. Charles James Hope-Johnstone, R. N.; b. Nov. 16, 1870; adm. April 1884 (R); left July 1889; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. May 27, 1889); B.A. 1892; M.A. 1896; ord. deacon 1893, priest 1984; Curate of St. Thomas, Portman Square, London, 1893-1901; Domestic Chaplain to Bishop Ryle at Exeter 1901-3, at Winchester 1903-4, Hon. Chaplain 1904-11; Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, 1904-22; Rector of St. Maurice and St. Lawrence, Winchester, 1922; Hon. Canon of Winchesser 1922; m. Aug. 20, 1904, Morforwyn Mary Leveson, daughter of Lieut.-Col. George Hope Lloyd-Verney; d. April 15, 1924.

Fanshawe, John Edward, brother of Gerald Charles Fanshawe (q.v.); b. Jan. 15, 1873; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (R); left July 1891; a clerk in the British Linen Bank, London, Feb. 1892; joint manager Sept. 1920 - Oct. 1924; m. April 14, 1910, Mira Monica Beata, daughter of John Francis Lescher, of Braintree, Essex; d. April 15, 1943.