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FAWCETT, EDWARD DOUGLAS, elder son of Capt. Edward Boyd Fawcett, Hove, Sussex, and Myra Elizabeth, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Andrew Macdougall, Torquay, Devon; b. 11 Apr 1866; adm. QS 27 May 1880; left May 1883; while at school wrote an epic poem called The Wrath of Ana, privately printed in 1880; lived in Switzerland, interests divided between philosophy and sport; made the first ascent by motor car to the Mer de Glace from Chamonix; author of books on philosophy, novels, poetry and articles on sport, etc.; m. 30 Jan 1896 Mary Blanche Violet, only surviving dau. of Capt. Standish Radley Jackson, 78th Foot; d. 14 Apr 1960.

FAWCETT, HENRY C., son of William Whalley Fawcett, Lawrie Park, Sydenham Hill, Kent, and Caroline E. Stafford; b. 16 Dec 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Jun 1878; “undergraduate” (1881 Census, parents then living at Hastings, Sussex); d. 5 May 1944 [Whitmore]. [But Burke’s Colonial Gentry records Robert Arthur Fawcett (sic), son of William Whalley Fawcett, Meadow Bank, West Norwood, Surrey, and Caroline E. Stafford, b. 14 Dec 1860 (sic)].

FAWCETT, JOHN HUNTER, son of Thomas Fawcett (qv); bapt. Gayton 16 Aug 1796; adm. 5 Oct 1808; KS (aged 13) 1811; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student; BA 1819; MA 1821; ordained deacon Dec 1819 (Oxford), priest (York, lit. dim. from Oxford) 25 Jul 1820; Perpetual Curate of Benson, Oxfordshire, from 1820; d. 14 Apr 1828.

FAWCETT, JOHN TURNER COLMAN, elder son of John Fawcett, Westminster, actor and dramatist, and his second wife Anne Gawdry, actress; b. 16 Aug 1804; adm. 6 Jun 1814; KS 1819; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1823, matr. 9 May 1823, Westminster Student; BA 1827; MA 1829; ordained deacon 1827, priest 1829; Curate, Thornton, Leics., and St. James’s, Bethnal Geen, London; Vicar of Kildwick, Yorks., from 6 Aug 1843; a MS commonplace book kept by him is preserved at the School; m. 5 Sep 1843 Anna Maria, second dau. of Rev. Joseph Stockdale, Vicar of Kingerby, Leics. [check]; d. 26 Aug 1867.

FAWCETT, JOHN VERNON, eldest son of John Turner Colman Fawcett (qv); b. 3 Mar 1850; adm. (G) 26 Sep 1861; left Aug 1862; d. 3 Aug 1892.

FAWCETT, THOMAS, brother of John Pulteney (qv); b.; adm. 27 Apr 1778; KS (aged 13) 1781; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1785, matr. 26 May 1785, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1785 - void by marriage 23 Jan 1789; BA 1791; MA 1808; ordained deacon 29 Jun 1792, priest 8 Oct 1796 (both Peterborough); Curate, Thenford, Northants 1792, Woodford, Northants 1796; Rector of Bradden, Northants., 17 Feb 1797 - 1818; Rector of Aynho, Northants., 11 Feb 1808 - 30; Rector of Green’s Norton, Northamptonshire, from 5 Jan 1818; m. 20 Dec 1788 (IGI) Anne, dau. of J. Portis, London; d. 11 Sep 1853.

Fawke, John Edmond, son of Sir Ernest John Fawke, dir. Central & Western Corpn., and Wemyss Gertrude, d. of Thomas Edward Pugh of Liverpool; b. 13 Jan. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (A); left Dec. 1939; RNVR Lieut. in WW2.

FAWKES, EDWARD, only son of Edward Fawkes, Gloucester Place, St. Marylebone, and Paris; b. 8 Aug 1811; adm. (G) 20 Jun 1821; Ensign, 88th Foot 14 Feb 1828; Lieut., 21 Dec 1832; retd. 5 Apr 1839; of Waterlooville, Hampshire; m. 3 Jun 1858 (IGI) Helen Sarah, widow of Lieut. Howe Courtenay Daniel, 7th Dragoon Guards, and youngest dau. of Matthew Gosset, Bagot, Jersey, Channel Islands, and his third wife; d. 5 Jun 1889.

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)]

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.