FORTH, WILLIAM, son of William Forth, Nayland, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Richard Barker, Nayland, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 1633, matr. Easter 1632; migrated to Trinity Hall, adm. scholar 1635; LLB 1638; LLD 1646; Fellow, Trinity Hall, 10 Aug 1639-49; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 29 Jan 1646/7; a Commissioner of Excise; of St. Giles in the Fields, London; m.; buried Highgate, Middlesex 27 May 1671.

FOULKES, ROBERT, son of Edward Foulkes, Cuppins Lane, Chester, and Rebecca ---; bapt. 18 Nov 1703; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1716; Min. Can. 1718; KS 1719; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1724, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1724, scholar 16 Apr 1725, matr. 1724. [Note that Robert Foulkes, M. A., Vicar of Steeple Ashton, Wilts., for 23 years, d. 24 Aug 1771, aged 77 (sic) (M. I. Steeple Ashton, Wilts. ) : same individual ?]

FOUNTAINE, WILLIAM NASSAU, son of (Augustus) Thomas Fountaine (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 24 Apr 1777 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1792; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1798; Ensign, 9th Bengal Native Infantry 3 Oct 1799; Lieut., 28 Oct 1799; Capt., 5 Jun 1811; Maj., 1 Feb 1820; d. at Baitool, Bengal 25 Dec 1824.

FOWKE, RICHARD, son of John Fowke, Gunston, Staffs., and Joyce, dau. of Richard March, Stepney, Middlesex, Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Charles I and II; b.; adm. c. 1662; KS 1666; from a letter written by Sir Joseph Williamson (qv) to the Dean of Christ Church, dated Whitehall 6 May 1669, it appears that Richard March had petitioned the King for the election of his grandson to Christ Church, Oxford (CSP Dom 1668-9, 314-5); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1669, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1669, scholar 1670; 5th in “ordo” 1672/3; BA 1672/3; MA 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1674; signed for deacon’s and priest’s orders 11 Jun 1674 (both London); Vicar of Great Stanmore, Middlesex, 12 Apr 1677-86; Rector of Greystoke, Cumberland, from 1686; m. 1 May 1677 Elizabeth (IGI) (or Joyce ?), dau. of Sir Humphrey Sydenham, Kt., Chelworth, Somerset; buried Greystoke 19 Feb 1692/3.

FOWLER, ROBERT, third son of George Fowler, Skendleby Thorpe, Lincs., and Mary, dau. of Robert Hurst, Theddlethorpe, Lincs.; b. 23 Dec 1724; adm. Jun 1738; KS 1740; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1744, adm. pens. 24 May 1744, scholar 3 May 1745; 12th in Maths tripos 1747/8; BA 1747/8; MA 1751; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1750, Major Fellow 31 Jul 1751, occasional Tutor 1752; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1752, priest 25 Dec 1752 (both Ely); Chaplain in Ordinary to George II and III 1756-71; Prebendary of Westminster 16 Feb 1765 - Jun 1771; Rector of Kimpton, Herts., by 1759 (occurs as JP Hertfordshire 1761-4); consecrated Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora 28 Jul 1771; translated to Archbishopric of Dublin 8 Jan 1779; Privy Councillor (I) 4 Feb 1779; first Chancellor of the Order of St. Patrick, instituted 1783; m. 29 Oct 1766 Mildred, eldest dau. of William Dealtry, Gainsborough, Lincs.; d. 10 Oct 1801. DNB.

FOWNES, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Fownes, Dorchester, Dorset, and Alice, dau. of John Wynne; b.; adm.; KS 1679; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684, matr. 1685/6; BA 1686/7; MA 1690; Fellow, Peterhouse, from 10 Oct 1687; Junior Proctor 1706-7; ordained deacon Sep 1692, priest May 1694 (both Ely); Rector of Wimpole, Cambs., from 30 Jun 1695; buried Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge 20 May 1713.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, HON. JOHN GEORGE CHARLES, brother of William Thomas Horner Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (qv); b. 6 Feb 1803; adm. 22 May 1815 (Best's); KS 1817; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821 (sic), but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1821 (sic); BA 1824; a Clerk, Foreign Office; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Queen Adelaide 23 Jul 1830-7; MP (Whig) Calne Sep 1836-7, Dorset 1837-41; m. 19 Feb 1844 Amelia, third dau. of Edward Marjoribanks, Greenlands, Bucks., banker; d. 8 Sep 1859.

FOX-STRANGWAYS, STEPHEN, brother of Edward Fox-Strangways (qv); b. 10 Aug. 1811; adm. 30 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; BA 1833; MA 1835; d. at Malta 4 Mar 1839

FRANCKE, PAUL MORTIMER, eldest son of Axel Patrik Francke, London, formerly of Gothenburg, Sweden, merchant, and Ella, dau. of Mortimer Porter, New York, USA, lawyer; b. 24 May 1866; adm. (D) 12 Jun 1879, exhibitioner; QS 27 May 1880; left May 1885; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1885; BA 1888; MA 1919; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 17 Nov 1890; Revising Barrister 1898-1914; Counsel to Board of Trade in bankruptcy matters 1913-7; Joint Secretary, Aliens Advisory Committee 1915-8; Registrar of High Court in Bankruptcy from Oct 1917; d. unm. 21 Nov 1929.

FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1677; probably “Mr Richard Fitzgerald, alias Francklin, a kinsman of the Duke of Ormonde, a youth of 18, now a scholar in Westminster”, recommended by the Duke of Ormonde to the Dean of Christ Church for election to Oxford (HMC Ormonde, NS iv, 619); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, but apparently did not reside and was never admitted as a Westminster Student.