FRANK, RICHARD, son of Francis Frank, Norwich, Commissary to the Archdeacon of Suffolk, and Elizabeth, dau. of Waller Bacon MP, Earlham, Norfolk, barrister; b. 14 Mar 1744/5; adm.; Min. Can. 1758; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1762, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1762, scholar 6 May 1763, matr. Mich. 1762; BA 1766; MA 1769; DD 1794; ordained deacon 1 Nov 1767, priest 21 May 1769 (both York); Rector of Alderton-cum-Bawdsey, Suffolk 1769 [check]; Rector of Hardwick with Shelton, Norfolk, from 20 Oct 1779; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Drake (adm. 1738, qv); d. 18 Aug 1810.

FRANKLIN, SIR WILLINGHAM, son of Willingham Franklin, Spilsby, Lincs., banker, and Hannah Weekes, Donington, Lincs.; brother of Capt. Sir John Franklin RN FRS, the Arctic explorer; b. 11 Nov 1779; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1795; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1797, scholar; BA 1800; MA 1803; Fellow, Oriel Coll., 1801-19; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1807; Puisne Judge, Supreme Court, Madras from 12 Apr 1822; knighted 19 Apr 1823; m. 19 Feb 1818 Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of John Burnside, Nottingham; d. at Madras 31 May 1824 (M. I. Spilsby, Lincs. ).

FRANKS (or FRANCKE), ABRAHAM, son of John Franks, Preston, Lancs.; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1702, adm. pens. 6 Jun 1702, aged 17, scholar 23 Apr 1703; BA 1705; MA 1709; DD 1728; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 1 Oct 1708, Major Fellow 15 Apr 1709, occasional Tutor; refused to sign the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley; ordained deacon 23 May 1714, priest 11 Jun 1714 (both Ely); Rector of West Dean, Wilts., from 1714; Rector of Broughton, Hants., 1719/20-22; Prebendary of Salisbury from 3 Jun 1720; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II; m. 19 Sep 1718 Elizabeth Sorocold, Preston, Lancs.; d. 1 Sep 1733 (M. I. West Dean, Wilts. ).

FRASER (or FRAIZER), CHARLES, second son of Sir Alexander Fraser (or Fraizer), Bart., MD FRCP, Physician in Ordinary to Charles I and II, and his first wife Elizabeth Dowchly; b.; at school in 1660; KS 1664; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1667, scholar 1668; BA 1670/1; MA 1674; MD 1678; Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1673 - c. 1683; Physician in Ordinary to Charles II, James II and William III from 25 Aug 1677; FRCP 1684; said to have become insane c. 1698; translated some of Plutarch’s Lives and was possibly the translator of Marana’s Letters of a Turkish Spy; dead by 2 Feb 1700.

Freeman, Edgar James Albert, brother of John Horace Freeman (qv); b. 31 Dec. 1917; adm. Sept. 1931 (KS); left July 1936; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1936, BA 1939; Durham LI 1940-5 (MaJ.), MC (Burma) July 1945, wounded; called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) Jan. 1947; vice-pres. VAT tribunals England and Wales 1972-, permanent chairman industrial tribunals 1975-, regional chairman Bury St Edmund's 1984; m. 15 May 1948 Shirley Lake, d. of William Henry Whatmough PhD, of Streatham; d. 29 Feb. 1992.

FREEMAN, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1590, adm. scholar 1591; BA 1594/5; MA 1598 (incorp. Oxford 16 Jul 1600).

FRENCH, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1633; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1637, adm. pens. 24 May 1637, scholar 1638; buried St. Michael’s, Cambridge 16 May 1639.

FURYE, PEREGRINE, son of Peregrine Furye, Cashier to Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces, and Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and Jane Noell; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1742/3 (Hutton's); KS 1744; Capt. of the School 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1750; [ presumably Capt. -Lieut., 36th Foot 9 Mar 1757, still Army List 1760, not 1761 ]; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1779; d. Jan 1792.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, only son of Clinton James Fynes-Clinton (qv); b. 5 Feb 1826; adm. 31 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1840; left 1844; University Coll. Durham; BA 1848; MA 1851; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Keddington, Lincs., 1850; Perpetual Curate of Bothamsall, Notts., 17 Feb 1851-69; Vicar of Hawthorn, co. Durham, 1870-2; Rector of Cromwell, Notts., from 1872; m. 9 Jul 1850 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Rev. John Bainbridge Smith DD, Perpetual Curate of Baumber, Lincs., and Headmaster, Horncastle GS; d. 17 Oct 1911.