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.
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, 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 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, 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, 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.
Faulkner, Gilbert Faulkner, son of Edmund William Abram, of Hampton, Middlesex, by Lucy, daughter of William Thomas Ashton, of Soulton Hall, Salop; b. June 23, 1897 (R); adm. May 4, 1911; left Easter 1914; 2nd Lieut. unattached July 19, 1916; Indian Army 2nd Lieut. Nov. 12, 1916 (acting Capt. July 2-13, 1917); Lieut. July 19, 1917 (acting Capt. Nov. 9, 1919 - July 18, 1920); Capt. July 19, 1920; served in Mesopotamia 1917, Mahsud 1919-20, and Waziristan 1920-2; Major July 19, 1934; acting Lieut.-Col. 8th Punjab Regt.; assumed the name of Faulkner in lieu of Abram July 12, 1936; m. Nov. 29, 1929, Santa Muriel, daughter of Major Frederick William Lillicrap, of Sutton, Surrey; killed on war service in Waziristan, Dec. 7, 1940; the Faulkner History Prize was founded in his memory by his brother officers.
Gilbert Faulkner Abram (later Faulkner) was born at the Inner Temple, London on the 23rd of June 1897 the son of Edmund William Abram, a journalist and author, and Lucy (nee Ashton) Abram of “Sylvans”, Peaslake in Surrey.
He was educated at Godstone School and at Westminster School where he was up Rigaud’s from the 4th of May 1911 to Easter 1914.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the Unattached List for the Indian Army on the 19th of July 1916 and was attached to the 42nd Deoli Regiment on the 8th of November 1916. He was promoted to Acting Captain from the 2nd to the 13th of July and to Lieutenant on the 19th of July 1917, while serving in Mesopotamia.
In 1919 and 1920 he served at Mahsud and was promoted to Acting Captain from the 9th of November 1919 to the 19th of July 1920, being promoted to Captain from the latter date. He served in Waziristan from 1920 to 1922 and was promoted to Major on the 19th of July 1934.
He was named in a divorce petition which was filed by Ronald St George Cole on the 24th of August 1923. It was alleged that during the month of June 1923 Gilbert Abram and Mrs. Santa Muriel Cole had committed adultery on several occasions at the Central Hotel, 123, Cromwell Street. Cole was granted a decree nisi on the 15th of April 1929.
He was married on the 29th of November 1929 to Santa Muriel (nee Lillicrap formerly Cole) of Haslemere in Surrey but the marriage ended in divorce. He changed his name by deed poll to Faulkner on the 12th of July 1936. He was later promoted to Acting Lieutenant Colonel and was appointed to the command of the 5th Battalion, 8th Punjab Regiment.
He was killed in action in Waziristan.
His medals were sold at auction on the 5th of March 2020.
The Faulkner History Prize was founded in his memory by his brother officers in 1945.
He is buried at Karachi War Cemetery Plot 12, Row D, Grave 13.
Faulkner, Eric William Scarlett, elder son of William Bowler Faulkner, of New Malden, by Louisa, daughter of James Scarlett, of Hanworth Park, Middlesex; b. Oct. 15, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); non-resident K.S. 1913; joint Mure Scholar 1915; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1916; enlisted in the 5th (City of London) Batt. London Regt. (London Rifle Brigade) Oct. 20, 1916; went out to the western front Nov. 7, 1917, where he joined the 2nd Batt., and early in 1918 was transferred to the 28th Batt. (Artists' Rifles); d. July 26, 1918, at the 3rd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Dovelleris of wounds received in action at Aveling Wood, Englebelmer, near Albert, July 24, 1918; unm.
FAUCAUT, DANIEL; b. ; adm. ; KS 1669.
Fassett, Richard Henry, son of Frederic Fassett and Margaret Anne, d. of Richard Hunting of Hampstead; b. 30 Aug. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (R); left Dec. 1923; a writer; m. 6 Nov. 1934 Doris Florence, d. of Henry Barrie of Whitchurch, Dorset; d. Dec. 1992.