Faber, Sir Richard Stanley, son of Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber, Kt, publisher, Fellow and Bursar of All Souls Coll. Oxf., and Enid Eleanor, d. of Sir Henry Erle Richards KCSI KC, Chichele Prof. of Internat. Law, Univ. of Oxf.; b. 6 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1942; left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, pres. Oxf. Union Soc. 1949, BA 1949 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1950; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); HM Foreign Service 1950, served Baghdad, Paris, Abidjan, Washington; head of Rhodesia Political Dept, FCO 1967-9; Counsellor HM Embassy, The Hague 1969-73, Cairo 1973-5; asst. Under Sec. of State, FCO 1975-7; HM Ambassador to Algeria 1977-81; CMG June 1977; KCVO 1980; retd. 1981; author, historical biographies; d. 18 Oct. 2007.

FABIAN, JOHN, son of Thomas Fabian, Langley, Bucks.; b.; adm.; KS 1620; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1625, matr. 3 Feb 1625/6, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1637; MA 1632; ordained; Rector of Nettleton, Wilts., 1637; Vicar of Chew Magna, Somerset, from 1 Sep 1628 [but date must be wrong : check]; d. by 22 Aug 1643 (will proved PCC 28 Apr 1645).

FABIAN, WILLIAM, fourth son of John Fabian, Westminster, and his first wife Agnes., dau. of Thomas Cole, Westminster; bapt. 24 Jan 1607/8; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1627, matr. 10 May 1631, Westminster Student to c. 1643; BA 1631; MA 1634; ordained; Rector of Letton, Herefs., from 1632 - still 1656; Vicar of Eardisley, Herefs., from 1641 - still 1656; m.; d. 1673.

FAIRFAX, BRIAN, eldest son of Brian Fairfax LLD, Equerry to Charles II and William III, and Charlotte, dau. of Sir Edmund Cary, Kt.; b. 11 Apr 1676; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1690; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1693, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1693, scholar 20 Apr 1694, matr. 1695; BA 1696/7; MA 1700; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1699, Major Fellow 5 Apr 1701- c. 1707; presumably Brian Fairfax who was Deputy Treasurer of Chamber, Royal Household May 1720 - c. Aug 1721; Commissioner of Taxes 22 Dec 1714 – Aug 1723, Commissioner of Customs from 1723; collected a valuable library and a gallery of pictures at his house in Panton Square, Haymarket; d. unm. 9 Jan 1748/9. DNB.

FAIRFAX, CHARLES BRANDON, brother of Brian Fairfax (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 18 Sep 1684 (IGI); adm.; KS 1697; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 17, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - void 1719, Tutor 1711-5; BA 20 Feb 1706/7; MA 1709; ordained; Rector of Barnham St. Gregory and St. Martin, Suffolk, 1718-22; Rector of Euston, Suffolk, 1718-22; Dean of Down and Connor from 22 Feb 1721/2; “a good scholar in the old Irish character” (Cotton, Fasti. Ecc. Hib., iii, 227); m. 1st, --- Brandon [check : is this a misunderstanding ?]; m. 2nd, 1723 Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Calthorpe, Ampton, Suffolk; d. 27 Jul 1723. DNB.

FAIRFAX, FERDINANDO, brother of Brian Fairfax (qv); b. 11 Jun 1678; adm.; KS 1691; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1694, adm. 21 Jun 1694, scholar 5 Apr 1695, matr. 1695; BA 1697/8; d. unm. 12 Feb 1748/9 (but will proved PCC 22 Feb 1748 (sic)] DNB.

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]

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.