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FANSHAWE, JOHN, brother of Thomas Fanshawe (b. 1696, qv); b. 17 Aug 1697; at school in 1708; Min. Can. 1711; QS 1712; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1716, matr. 8 Jun 1716, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1716 - void 20 Oct 1740 (expiry year of grace as R. Staverton), Tutor 1723-36, Librarian 1737, Junior Censor 1727, Senior Censor 1728-31, Catechist 1732-3; BA 1720; MA 1723; BD 14 Mar 1731/2; DD 1733; ordained deacon 24 Sep 1727, priest 24 Dec 1727 (Oxford); Rector of Cotesbach, Leics., from 8 Jan 1727/8; Rector of Staverton, Northants., 8 Oct 1739 - 41; Regius Professor of Grteek, Oxford, 17 Oct 1735-47, and of Divinity from 30 Oct 1741; Canon of Christ Church from 15 Nov 1741; d. unm. 9 May 1763.

FAREWELL, PHILLIPS, son of Phillips Farewell, Ware, Herts., barrister, and Eleonora --- [dau. of Sir John Seyliard, Bart. ?]; bapt. St. Margaret’s Westminster 25 Feb 1686/7; adm.; QS 1702; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1706, adm. pens. 28 May 1706, aged 18, scholar 25 Apr 1707; BA 1709/10; MA 1713; DD 1730; Under Clerk, Treasury Dec 1711 - Jun 1712; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1712, Major Fellow 1 May 1713; warmly espoused the cause of the Fellows against Bentley; Taxor 1717; resided mostly at Lambeth Palace with Archbishop Wake; ordained deacon 2 Feb 1729/30, priest 8 Feb 1729/30 (both Peterborough); Rector of Clipsham, Rutland, from 16 Feb 1729/30; d. 11 Dec 1730.

Farmer, Edwin Adderley, son of Frederic Spencer Herbert Farmer, bank accountant, of Blackheath, and Edith Maud, d. of Edwin Tetton of Buenos Aires, Argentina; b. 21 Jan. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (KS); left July 1953; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1955; d. in a car accident 11 Sept. 1959.

Farnfield, Leslie, elder son of Herbert Edward Farnfield, of Streatham, solicitor, by Clara, daughter of John Woodley, of Buckhurst Hill, Essex; b. Feb. 18, 1887; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); left Easter 1903; adm. a solicitor April 1908; practised in London; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. May 12, 1916; Lieut. May 24, 1917; m. April 16, 1914, Eileen Vernon, younger daughter of Vernon Austin, of Hertford; d. April 3, 1944.

FARNFOULD, THOMAS, second son of Sir Thomas Farnfould, Kt, MP, Steyning, Sussex, and his first wife Dorothy, dau. of Bartholomew Rogers, Usher of Court of Wards; bapt. 10 Jul 1626; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, aged 15.

FARQUHAR, SIR THOMAS HARVIE, BART., eldest son of Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart., MD FRCP (Ed), Physician to Prince Regent, and Ann Harvey, widow [“widow of Dr. [Thomas ?] Harvie, a physician”], fourth dau. of Alexander Stevenson, Barbados, West Indies; b. 27 Jun 1775; adm. 6 Jun 1787; KS 1789; banker, firm Herries Farquhar & Co., St. James’s Street, London; succ. father as 2nd baronet 21 Mar 1819; m. 11 Jul 1809 Sybella Martha, only dau. of Rev. Morton Rockliff, Woodford, Essex; d. 12 Jan 1836.

FARQUHARSON, CHARLES RONALD, son of Capt. Charles Keir Farquharson, 15th Foot, and Mary Susan ---; b. 28 Dec 1868; adm. (H) 26 Jan 1883; left Jul 1886.

Farquharson, Maurice Gordon, son of George Sinclair Farquharson MB MRCS of Southamp­ton, and Violet Annie, d. of Lewis Stewart of Tufnell Park; b. 29 Mar. 1899; adm. Sept. 1913 (KS); left July 1917; Grenadier Guards in WWI, 2nd Lieut. Mar. 1918, despatches Dec. 1918, MC Apr. 1919; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1919, BA 1922, MA 1926; asst master Bedales Sch. 1921-6; an actor 1926-9; Nat. Council of Social Service 1929-35; joined BBC 1935; OBE 1951; Secretary BBC 1957-63, CBE 1963; m. 1930 Nancy, d. of Rudolph Kohnstamm of Hampstead; d. 14 May 1993.

FARRAND, CHARLES, youngest son of Richard Farrand, St. Michael’s, Cornhill, London, citizen and draper, and Joan, dau. of Richard Travis, St. Michael’s, Cornhill; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1574, adm. scholar 1575, matr. Easter 1575; 3rd in “ordo” 1578/9; BA 1578/9; MA 1582 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1584; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1581 - c. 1590; ordained deacon 3 Apr 1584, priest 11 Apr 1584 (both Peterborough); Vicar of Blyth, Notts., 21 Apr - Nov 1588; Vicar of Gainford, co. Durham 1589-93; Master of St. John’s Hospital, Barnard Castle, co. Durham 1590; Rector of Aston Clinton, Bucks., 1597.

Farrar, Frederic Percival, son of the Very Rev. Frederic William Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, by Lucy Mary, third daughter of Frederic Cardew, E. l. C. S.; b. Oct. 11, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 12, 1884 (G); left April 1889; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1894; B.A. 1897; M.A. 1901; ord. deacon (London) 1898, priest (Canterbury) 1900; asst. master Dover Coll. 1898-1901; joint master Brockhurst School 1901-3; Curate of Childs Ercall, Salop, 1903-4; Rector of Anmer, Norfolk, 1904-6; Curate of Sandringham, Norfolk, 1906-7, Rector 1907-11; Chaplain in Ordinary to Edward VII 1908-10, to George V 1910 - Nov. 21, 1911; M.V.O. Junc 19, 1911; went abroad; served in the French Foreign Legion during Great War I; m. July 6, 1911, Nora, daughter of Lawrence Clarke Davis, of Philadelphia, U. S. A.; d. at Lima, Peru, Feb. 14, 1946.