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FARNIE, HENRY BROUGHAM. _b._ Fifeshire; ed. at Univs. of St. Andrews
and Cambridge; edited the _Fifeshire Journal_; edited in London a
musical weekly called _The Orchestra_ 1863, also the _Paris Times,
Sock and Buskin_ 1867 and _Cramer’s Opera Bouffe Cabinet_ 1874;
his song _The Last Stirrup-cup_ became very popular; wrote
librettos of many operettas and burlesques; translated and adapted
most of the more successful modern French comic operas, most
popular of which were _Genevieve de Brabant_ produced at
Philharmonic theatre 11 Nov. 1871, _Nemesis_ at Strand theatre 17
April 1873, _La Fille de Madame Angot_ at Gaiety theatre 10 Nov.
1873 and _Les Cloches de Corneville_ at Folly theatre 23 Feb.
1878; 20 of his adaptations were printed 1850–87. _d._ Paris 22
Sep. 1889. _Law Reports 5 P.D._ 153, _6 P.D._ 35, _8 Appeal Cases_
43.

FARQUHAR, THOMAS NEWMAN. _b._ 1809; solicitor in London 1830 to
death; one of the nine purchasers of the Crystal Palace for
£70,000, 24 May 1852, one of the original directors of the Co. at
Sydenham. _d._ Sydenham, Kent 30 July 1866.

FARQUHARSON, FRANCIS (_son of Rev. Robert Farquharson of Allarque,
co. Aberdeen_). _b._ 1787; entered Bombay army 1802; col. 9 Bombay
N.I. 8 March 1845 to 1869; general 6 Jany. 1863. _d._ Clifton 20
March 1872.

FARQUHARSON, JAMES JOHN (_only son of James Farquharson of
Littleton, Dorset 1728–95_). _b._ 9 Oct. 1784; ed. at Eton and Ch.
Ch. Ox.; B.A. 1828; student of L.I. 1829; kept a pack of foxhounds
in Dorset at his own expense 1806 to 1858 when he sold the pack;
kept a small racing stud; sheriff of Dorset 1809. _d._ 9 March
1871. _Sporting Review xxxviii_, 355–58 (1857), _xxxix_, 440–42
(1858), _portrait_; _Baily’s Mag. xi_, 113–18 (1866), _portrait_.

FARQUHARSON, ROBERT, stage name of Robert Farquharson Smith. _b._
1820; articled to Harris of Drury Lane, chorus master; sang at
coronation of William iv, 1838; sang in opera at Drury Lane and
Surrey theatres, also at concerts; member of the Sims Reeves opera
troupe; went to Australia 1856, sang there in opera and concerts;
sang at the Opera Comique, London. _d._ 2 Wilberforce road,
Finsbury park, London 12 Feb. 1880.

FARR, WILLIAM. _b._ Kenley, Shropshire 30 Nov. 1807; studied
medicine in Paris 1829–31; L.S.A. 1832; practised in London
1833–38; compiler of abstracts in registrar general’s office 1838;
an assistant comr. for censuses of 1851 and 1861 and a comr. for
that of 1871; wrote greater part of the reports on each census;
F.S.S. 1839, treasurer 1855–67, vice-pres. 1869–70, pres. 1871–2;
F.R.S. 7 June 1855 to 1882; C.B. 10 April 1880; gold medallist of
British Association 1880; author of _A medical guide to Nice_ 1841
and of many papers in the _Lancet_ and other periodicals. _d._ 78
Portsdown road, Maida Vale, London 14 April 1883. _Biographical
notice of W. Farr by F. A. C. Hare_ 1883; _W. Farr’s Vital
Statistics_ 1885 _with biographical sketch by N. A. Humphreys,
portrait_.

FARRAR, REV. JOHN (_youngest son of Rev. John Farrar, Wesleyan
minister, who d. 1837_). _b._ Alnwick 29 July 1802; Wesleyan min.
Aug. 1822; resident minister successively at Sheffield,
Huddersfield, Macclesfield and London; classical tutor at Wesleyan
theological institution, Richmond, Surrey 1843–58; governor and
chaplain of Woodhouse Grove school near Leeds 1858–68; governor of
Headingley college, Leeds 1868–76; pres. of Wesleyan conference at
Birmingham 1854 and at Burslem 1870; author of _The proper names
of the Bible_ 1839, _2 ed._ 1844; _A biblical and theological
dictionary illustrative of the Old and New Testament_ 1851 and 3
other books. _d._ Headingley, Leeds 19 Nov. 1884. _bur._ Abney
Park cemetery, London 25 Nov. _Slugg’s Woodhouse Grove school_
(1885) _pp._ 14, 79–84, 135, 257; _I.L.N. 6 Aug. 1870 p._ 149,
_portrait_.

FARRE, ARTHUR (_younger son of John Richard Farre 1775–1862_). _b._
London 6 March 1811; ed. at Charterhouse sch. and Caius coll.
Cam.; M.B. 1833, M.D. 1841; F.R.S. 2 May 1839; F.R.C.P. 1843,
Harveian orator 1872; professor of obstetric medicine at King’s
college, and phys. accoucheur to King’s college hospital 1841–62;
examiner in midwifery to royal college of surgeons 1852–75; pres.
of Royal Microscopical Society 1851–2; phys. extraordinary to the
Queen 30 Aug. 1875 to death; pres. of Obstetrical Society 1875;
author of _The Uterus and its appendages_ forming parts 49 and 50
of Todd’s _Cyclopædia of anatomy and physiology_ 1858. _d._ 18
Albert Mansions, Victoria st. Westminster 17 Dec. 1887.

FARRE, FREDERICK JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Charterhouse sq. London 16 Dec. 1804; ed. at Charterhouse, gold
medallist 1821, captain 1822; foundation scholar at St. John’s
coll. Cam., 32 wrangler 1827; M.A. 1830, M.D. 1837; lecturer on
botany at St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1831–54, on materia medica
1854–76, assistant phys. 1836, phys. 1854; phys. to Royal London
Ophthalmic hospital 1843 to death; F.R.C.P. 1838, lecturer on
materia medica 1843–5, treasurer 1868–83, vice pres. 1885; one of
the editors of first _British Pharmacopœia_ 1864, and of an
abridgment of Pereira’s _Materia Medica_ 1865, _new eds._ 1872 and
1874. _d._ 35 Elsham road, Kensington, London 9 Nov. 1886.

FARRE, JOHN RICHARD (_son of Richard John Farre of Barbadoes,
surgeon_). _b._ Barbadoes 31 Jany. 1775; student at United Borough
hosps. London 1792; spent two years at Edinburgh; M.D. Aberdeen 22
Jany. 1806; L.C.P. 31 March 1806; physician in London 1806; joint
founder with J. C. Saunders of Royal London Ophthalmic hospital
1806, physician there 1806–56; edited Journal of Morbid Anatomy,
ophthalmic medicine and pharmaceutical analysis 1828; author of
_The morbid anatomy of the liver_ 1812–15, _Pathological
researches on malformations of the human heart_ 1814. _d._
Pentonville road, London 7 May 1862.

FARRELL, FRANCIS. Entered Bombay army 1818; col. 28 Bombay N.I. 15
March 1851 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854. _d._ Hyde lodge,
Winchester 17 July 1869 aged 69.

FARREN, HENRY (_eld. son of Wm. Farren 1786–1861_). _b._ 1825; made
his first appearance on the stage at Haymarket theatre as Charles
Surface 1848; played leading comedy parts at Strand 1847–50 and
Olympic 1850–53; manager of Brighton theatre short time; played in
the U.S. 1854 to death; manager of theatre at St. Louis. _d._ St.
Louis 8 Jany. 1860.

FARREN, HARRIET ELIZABETH (_dau. of Mr. Diddear, provincial
theatrical manager_). _b._ Penzance, Cornwall 31 July 1789; made
her first appearance in London at Covent Garden theatre 7 Oct.
1813 as Desdemona; played leading characters in tragedy and comedy
at Covent Garden and Drury Lane; retired about 1837. (_m._ (1)
1805 John Faucit Saville actor, he _d._ 1 Nov. 1853. _m._ (2)
Jany. 1856 William Farren 1786–1861). _d._ 23 Brompton sq. London
16 June 1857. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii_, 127–35 (1825),
_portrait_; _Theatrical inquisitor x_, 83–86 (1817), _portrait_.

FARREN, WILLIAM (_3 son of Wm. Farren of Covent Garden theatre,
London, actor, who d. 9 May 1795 aged 41_). _b._ 13 May 1786; made
his first appearance on the stage as Sir Archy Macsarcasm in _Love
à la Mode_ at Plymouth theatre about 1806; played in Ireland;
appeared in London at Covent Garden theatre as Sir Peter Teazle 10
Sep. 1818; played at Covent Garden winter seasons 1818–28, at the
Haymarket summer seasons 1818–28; played at Drury Lane 1828–1837,
at Covent Garden again 1837, at the Haymarket 1837–47; lessee of
the Strand 1847–50, of the Olympic 2 Sep. 1850 to 22 Sep. 1853;
took final farewell of the stage at the Haymarket theatre 16 July
1855; famous for his old men characters. _d._ 23 Brompton sq.
London 24 Sep. 1861. _Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography iii_, 37–47
(1825), _portrait_; _Metropolitan mag. xviii_, 85–91 (1837);
_Theatrical inquisitor xiii_, 323 (1818), _portrait_; _I.L.N. i_,
188 (1842), _portrait_, _xxvii_, 99, 100 (1855), _portrait_.

FARRER, JAMES (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ London 8 May
1812; ed. at Winchester and New coll. Ox.; M.P. for South Durham
1847–57 and 1859–65. _d._ Ingleborough near Settle, Yorkshire 13
June 1879.

FARRER, JAMES WILLIAM (_eld. son of James Farrer_). _b._ 11 May
1785; ed. at Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1806, M.A. 1809; barrister
L.I. 11 Feb. 1811; a master in chancery 9 March 1824 to 30 June
1852 when office was abolished by 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80, and he
retired on full pay; author of _Observations on the offices of the
Masters in Chancery_ 1848. _d._ Ingleborough 9 Nov. 1863.

FARRIER, ROBERT. _b._ Chelsea 1796; exhibited 35 pictures at R.A.,
50 at B.I. and 32 at Suffolk st. gallery 1818–72 many of which
were engraved; one of his pictures ‘The Parting’ is in the South
Kensington Museum. _d._ Holly villa, Hayes, Uxbridge 19 April
1879.

FAULKNER, GEORGE. _b._ Oldham st. Manchester about 1790; partner in
a firm of silk, cotton and linen manufacturers at Manchester 1812;
the first chairman of trustees of Owens college, Manchester 1851
to Aug. 1858; a liberal benefactor to the college. _d._ Limebank,
Crumpsall, Manchester 21 Feb. 1862. _Thompson’s Owen’s College,
Manchester_ (1886) _pp._ 52–8; _Manchester Courier 1 March 1862
p._ 7.

FAULKNER, THOMAS. _b._ Fulham near London; bookseller and stationer
in Paradise row, Chelsea; contributed essays and reviews to _Gent.
Mag._ for more than half a century from Oct. or Nov. 1797;
published histories of Chelsea, Fulham, Kensington, Hammersmith,
Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing 1810–45. _d._ Smith st. Chelsea 26
May 1855 in 79 year. _G.M. xliv_, 215–16 (1855).

FAUSSETT, REV. GODFREY (_son of Henry Godfrey Faussett of Nackington
near Canterbury, who d. 1825_). Matric. from C.C. coll. Ox. 7 July
1797 aged 16, scholar 1797; B.A. 1801, M.A. 1804, B.D. 1822, D.D.
1827; probationary fellow of Magd. coll. July 1802; select
preacher 1809, 1813, 1824 and 1835; Bampton lecturer 1820; Lady
Margaret’s professor of divinity in Univ. of Ox. 1827 to death;
preb. of Worcester 1827–40; canon of Ch. Ch. Ox. 1840 to death; V.
of Cropthorne, Worcs. 1840 to death; author of _The claims of the
established church, Oxford_ 1820; _The Thirty-nine articles
considered with reference to No. 90 of Tracts for the Times_ 1841
and other works. _d._ Christ Church, Oxford 28 June 1853.

FAUSSETT, THOMAS GODFREY (_6 son of the preceding_). _b._ Oxford
1829; ed. at C.C. coll. Ox., B.A. 1851, M.A. 1854, fellow of his
coll. 1857–64; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1863; chapter clerk and
auditor of Canterbury cathedral 1866 to death; district registrar
of Court of Probate at Canterbury 1871 to death; F.S.A. March
1859; hon. sec. of Kent Archæological Soc. 1863–73; author of many
articles on antiquity and archæology; wrote the article
_Canterbury_ in _Encyclopædia Britannica_, _9 ed._ _d._ The
Precincts, Canterbury 26 Feb. 1877. _Rev. W. J. Loftie’s Memorials
of T. G. Faussett_ 1878.

FAUVET, PIERRE ADOLPHE DUHART-. Lived in London nearly 50 years;
head French master at Working men’s college North London and other
institutions; author of _Champ de Roses_ 1847; _Poésies
Françaises_ 1870, _2 ed._ 1870; wrote Soyer’s _Pantropheon, or
history of food and its preparations_ 1853. _d._ 8 Arlingford
road, Brixton, London 15 Oct. 1882 aged 75.

FAVANTI, RITA, stage name of Margaret Edwards. Educ. at Royal
Academy of Music, Aug. 1836 to May 1840; appeared as Mademoiselle
Favanti at Her Majesty’s theatre in Cenerentola 23 March 1844; had
a compass of voice of almost 3 octaves. _d._ 28 Abingdon villas,
Kensington 19 Aug. 1867 aged 39. _H. F. Chorley’s Thirty years
musical recollections i_, 244–50 (1862); _I.L.N. iv_, 189 (1844),
_portrait_.

FAWCETT, CHARLES. _b._ Leicester; acted at Hull; author of plays
entitled _The Irish Farmer_ and _Cousin Sophy_ played by Barney
Williams; _The Irish American_ played by John Drew, _Roderick the
King of the Goths_ and _Napoleon the Third_. _d._ Philadelphia 23
July 1867.

FAWCETT, HENRY (_son of William Fawcett of Salisbury, draper
1793–1887_). _b._ Salisbury 26 Aug. 1833; ed. at King’s coll.
London and Trin. Hall, Cam., 7 wrangler 1856; B.A. 1856, M.A.
1859; student at L.I. 26 Oct. 1854; fell. of his coll. Dec. 1856;
totally blinded by his father when shooting 17 Sep. 1858;
professor of political economy in Univ. of Cam. 27 Nov. 1863 to
death; contested Cambridge 1862, Brighton 1863 and 1874; M.P. for
Brighton, July 1865 to 26 Jany. 1874, M.P. for Hackney 24 April
1874 to death; postmaster general 3 May 1880 to death, established
the parcels post 1 Aug. 1883; P.C. 3 May 1880; lord rector of
Glasgow Univ. 1883; a correspondent of French academy 1884; author
of _Manual of political economy_ 1863, _6 ed._ 1883 and 10 other
books. _d._ 18 Brookside, Cambridge 6 Nov. 1884, monument placed
in Westminster Abbey by national subscription. _bur._ Trumpington
churchyard 10 Nov. _Life of Henry Fawcett by Leslie Stephen_
(1885), _2 portraits_; _Times 7 Nov. 1884 p. 10, cols. 3–6_.

FAWCETT, JOHN (_son of a shoemaker at village of Wennington,
Lancashire_). _b._ Wennington 8 Dec. 1789, shoemaker there to
1825; organist and professor of music at Bolton 1825 to death; his
compositions are said to number 200; his chief works are _The
Seraphic Choir_ 1840; _The Cherub Lute_ 1845; _Music for
thousands_ 1845; _The Lancashire vocalist_ 1854; _The temperance
minstrel_ 1856; _Chanting made easy_ 1857; _The universal
chorister_ 1863; _The temperance harmonist_ 1864. _d._ Bolton 26
Oct. 1867. _J. Fawcett’s Harp of Zion_, _portrait_.

FAWCETT, JOHN (_3 son of the preceding_). _b._ Bolton 1824; organist
of St. John’s church, Farnworth, Lancs. 1825–1842, of Bolton
parish church 1842 to death; obtained degree of Mus. Bac. Ox. 3
Nov. 1852, his exercise a sacred cantata _Supplication and
Thanksgiving_ was published by subscription 1856. _d._ Manchester
1 July 1857.

FAWCETT, REV. JOSHUA (_2 son of Richard Fawcett of Bradford, worsted
manufacturer_). _b._ Bradford 9 May 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1829, M.A. 1836; P.C. of Holy Trinity, Wibsey, Yorkshire 17
Feb. 1833 to death; hon. canon of Ripon, Sep. 1860 to death;
edited _The Village Churchman_ afterwards incorporated with _The
Churchman_ and continued under title of _The Churchman’s Magazine
8 vols._ 1838–45; author of _A harmony of the Gospels_ 1836 and
other books. _d._ suddenly while walking on Low Moor, Bradford 21
Dec. 1864. _J. James’s Bradford_ (1866) 263–64.

FAWKNER, JOHN PASCOE. _b._ London 20 Aug. 1792; went out to Port
Phillip, Australia 1803; a publican at Launceston, Van Diemen’s
Land; brought out the _Launceston Advertiser_ 1830; founded
Melbourne, Victoria 29 Aug. 1835; brought out the _Melbourne
Advertiser_ the first newspaper in Victoria 1 Jany. 1838, the
_Port Phillip Patriot_ 5 March 1838 converted it into the _Daily
News_; member of first legislative council Oct. 1851; member of
the upper house, Nov. 1856 to death. _d._ Melbourne 4 Sep. 1869.
_Labilliere’s Early history of Victoria ii_, 88–95 (1878).

FAWSITT, AMY, stage name of Mary Ann Fawsitt (_dau. of William
Fawsitt of the Manchester exchange, who d. 1843_). _b._ London
1836; ed. for a governess at Abbeville and Milan; first appeared
on stage at Edinburgh 1865; first appeared in London at Holborn
theatre as Flora Grainger in _The Mistress of the Mill_ 1 May
1869; played Lottie in Albery’s _Two Roses_ at Vaudeville theatre
400 times from 4 June 1870; played Lady Teazle at same theatre 412
times from 18 July 1872; came out at Fifth Avenue theatre New York
27 Sep. 1876. (_m._ 27 May 1871 Edward Menzies of Perth and
Belgrave sq. London). _d._ 8th Avenue, New York 26 Dec. 1876.
_bur._ Marble cemetery, New York 29 Dec. _Illustrated sporting and
dramatic news i_, 217, 219 (1874), _portrait_; _London Figaro 29
Sep. 1877, pp._ 10–12.

FEARON, VEN. HENRY (_son of Rev. J. F. Fearon, V. of Cuckfield,
Sussex_). _b._ 20 June 1802; ed. at Winchester and Em. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1824, M.A. 1827; fellow of Em. coll.; R. of Loughborough 1848
to death; archdeacon of Leicester 1863–84; author of _Old Dame
Walder, a tale of Suffolk life_ 1847; _What to learn and what to
unlearn, Lectures_ 1860 and other books. _d._ Loughborough 12 June
1885.

FEARON, ROBERT BRYCE. Ensign 31 foot June 1795, lieut. col. 8 May
1823; lieut. col. 64 foot 12 Jany. 1826; lieut. col. 6 foot 1 May
1828; lieut. col. 40 foot 23 Nov. 1838 to death; commanded troops
on board ship ‘Kent’ burnt in Bay of Biscay 1 March 1825, C.B. for
his services on this occasion 2 April 1825; M.G. 9 Nov. 1846;
committed suicide by shooting himself at residence of his daughter
Lady Palmer at Much Hadham, Herts. 26 Jany. 1851.

FEARON, SAMUEL TURNER. M.R.C.S. 1848; M.D. St. Andrews 1851;
professor of Chinese literature, King’s college, London. _d._
Abercrombie house, Southampton st. Fitzroy sq. London 18 Jany.
1854 aged 35.

FEATHERSTON, ISAAC EARL (_4 son of Thomas Featherston of Cotfield
house, Durham_). _b._ 21 March 1813; studied medicine at Univ. of
Edin., M.D. 1836; went to New Zealand 1840; superintendent of
province of Wellington 1853–71; member of general assembly for
Wanganui and afterwards for city of Wellington; agent general for
New Zealand in England 1871 to death. _d._ 60 York road, Brighton
19 June 1876. _W. Gisborne’s New Zealand Rulers_ (1886), 83,
_portrait_.

FEATHERSTONHAUGH, GEORGE WILLIAM. _b._ London 1780; went to U.S.
America 1807 where he married and resided; geologist of U.S.A. in
journeys through Mexico and Arkansas 1834–5; commissioner to
determine boundary between U.S.A. and British North America 1839;
British consul at Havre 29 Oct. 1844 to death; instrumental in
bringing Louis Philippe and his queen to England 3 March 1848;
F.R.S. 2 April 1835; edited the monthly American journal of
geology from 1831; author of _The Republic of Cicero_,
_translated_ 1829; _Excursion through the slave states 2 vols._
1844; _A canoe voyage up the Minnay Sotor 2 vols._ 1847 and other
books. _d._ Havre 27 Sep. 1866. _Quarterly Journal of Geological
Soc. xxiii, pp. xliii-v_ (1867).

FECHTER, CHARLES ALBERT (_son of Jean Maria Guillaume Fechter,
sculptor_). _b._ Hanway yard, Oxford st. London 23 Oct. 1824; made
his début at Comedíe Française, Paris, Dec. 1844; played at St.
James’s theatre, London 1847; played at Vaudeville theatre, Paris
1852–58; joint director of Odéon theatre 1857; the leading jeune
premier in France; appeared as Ruy Blas in Victor Hugo’s drama
_Ruy Blas_ at Princess’s theatre 27 Oct. 1860, and as Hamlet 20
March 1861 with great success; lessee of Lyceum theatre, Dec. 1862
to Nov. 1867; played at Adelphi theatre 1867–69 and 1872; first
appeared in New York 10 Jany. 1870; opened Globe theatre, New York
12 Sep. 1870; opened Park theatre, New York 15 April 1874; broke
his leg 1876 when he retired from the stage. _d._ at his farm,
Richmond, Bucks. county, Philadelphia 5 Aug. 1879. _Kate Field’s
C. A. Fechter_ (1882), _4 portraits_; _A. Brereton’s Some famous
Hamlets_ (1884) 45–50; _Pascoe’s Dramatic List_ (1879) 127–36;
_Tallis’s Illustrated life in London_ (1864) 104, 105, 138, _2
portraits_; _Theatre iii_, 70, 132 (1879), _portrait_.

FEDERICI, FREDERICK, stage name of Frederick Baker. Sang frequently
in London at St. James’s hall and Monday popular concerts; played
all the baritone parts in Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas in
America and England; went to Australia, June 1887; played
Mephistopheles in _Faust_ at Princess’s theatre, Melbourne 3 March
1888. _d._ in the green-room of the theatre at 12.10 a._m._ 4
March 1888. _Illustrated sporting and dramatic news 26 May 1888
pp._ 321, 322, _portrait_.

FEENEY, PATRICK. _b._ Galway 1800; ran away from home at 9 years of
age; a strolling showman or performer of feats of strength and
agility, he balanced coach wheels, a plank 21 feet long and a live
donkey on a ladder; always known as Old Malabar; made the round of
all the fairs in England and Scotland; an account of his life was
written and published by David Prince Miller; performed in streets
of Glasgow 5 Nov. 1883. _d._ 9 M’Pherson st. Glasgow 6 Nov. 1883.
_Era 10 Nov. 1883 p. 4, col. 4._

FEENEY, PATRICK. _b._ Rosscommon 19 Nov. 1850; first appeared on the
stage at Birmingham as an Irish comic singer; first appeared in
London 1876; sang in all chief music halls in London and the
provinces; the leading Irish comic singer for some years before
his death; spent 40 weeks in the United States 1888. _d._
Kennington park road, London 13 May 1889.

FEENEY, RIGHT REV. THOMAS. Professor in Maynooth college; bishop of
Ptolemais and administrator apostolic of Killala, July 1839,
consecrated 13 Oct. 1839; bishop of Killala 12 Dec. 1847 to death.
_d._ Killala 9 June 1873.

FEILD, RIGHT REV. EDWARD (_3 son of James Feild_). _b._ Worcester 7
June 1801; ed. at Rugby and Queen’s coll. Ox., Michel scholar,
Michel fellow 1827–33; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, D.D. 1844; R. of
English Bicknor, Gloucs. 1834–44; the first inspector of schools
under National Society, May 1840; bishop of Newfoundland 22 March
1844 to death; consecrated at Lambeth palace 28 April; author of
addresses, sermons and charges. _d._ the bishop’s palace, Bermuda
8 June 1876. _Tucker’s Memoir of E. Field_ (1877), _portrait_.

FEILDEN, HENRY MASTER (_eld. son of the succeeding_). _b._ Witton
park, Blackburn 21 Feb. 1818; M.P. for Blackburn 30 March 1869 to
death. _d._ Lytham, Lancashire 5 Sep. 1875.

FEILDEN, JOSEPH. _b._ Blackburn 1792; sheriff of Lancs. 1818; M.P.
for Blackburn 15 Aug. 1865 to 16 March 1869 when unseated on
petition. _d._ Wilton park near Blackburn 29 Aug. 1870.

FEIST, CHARLES (_son of Rev. Peter Feist who became a dissenting
minister_). _b._ Beverley, Yorkshire 12 April 1795; educ. Beverley
gram. sch.; in solicitor’s office London; member of Norfolk and
Suffolk circuits under David Fisher 5 years; proprietor of a sch.
at Swaffham, Norfolk 7 years, of a sch. in London 1 year, of a
sch. in Newmarket 18 years where he educated many of the jockeys;
correspondent of _Sunday Times_ at Newmarket; came to London 1842
in connection with _Sunday Times_; author of _Breathings of the
Woodland Lyre_ 1815; _Useful rhymes for youths betimes_ 1837;
_Spring blossoms, dialogues on subjects entertaining to children_,
_4 ed._ 1844. _d._ 10 Granville sq. Clerkenwell, London 10 July
1856. _Sporting Review xxxvi_, 391–4 (1856).

FEIST, HENRY MORT. Editor of _The Sporting Life_ 16 March 1859 to
decease, wrote in it under name of Augur; no man understood racing
and racing men more thoroughly; reporter and sporting prophet for
_Daily Telegraph_ under pseudonym of Hotspur; amateur actor and
good in the role of a clown. _d._ Croydon 18 Dec. 1874 aged 37, a
fund raised for his wife and children, admiral Rous president.
_Sporting Times 26 Dec. 1874 pp._ 157–8, _portrait_; _Sporting
Life 19 Dec. 1874, p. 2_, _26 Dec. p. 2_; _Illust. sporting and
dramatic news ii_, 327, 333 (1875), _portrait_.

FELIX, NICHOLAS, assumed name of Nicholas Wanostrocht (_son of
Vincent Wanostrocht of Camberwell, Surrey, schoolmaster, who d.
1824_). _b._ Camberwell 5 Oct. 1804; kept a school at Peckham
road, Camberwell 1824–32 when he leased it to Royal Naval School;
studied cricket under Harry Hampton at Camberwell; invented the
Catapulta with which he practised; left hand batsman; slow
underhand left hand bowler; played first match at Lord’s 23 Aug.
1828; played in the Gentlemen _v._ Players matches 1831–52; kept a
school at Blackheath; afterwards lived at Montpellier road,
Brighton; subscription raised for him 1858; _portrait_, animal and
landscape painter; inventor of the tubular india rubber gloves; a
player of fives and billiards; author of _Felix on the bat_ 1845,
_3 ed._ 1855. _d._ Wimborne Minster, Dorset 3 Sep. 1876.
_Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores ii_, 61 (1862), _vii_, _p. xi_
(1877).

FELLOWES, CHARLES (_son of Sir Thomas Fellowes 1778–1853_). _b._ 19
Oct. 1823; entered navy 14 May 1836; captain 26 Feb. 1858; R.A. 18
June 1876; admiral superintendent of Chatham dockyard 1876–79;
V.A. 31 Dec. 1880; C.B. 20 May 1871; commanded channel squadron 3
July 1885 to death. _d._ Gibraltar 8 March 1886.

FELLOWES, SIR JAMES (_3 son of Wm. Fellowes, M.D. of Leicester,
physician to George iv_). _b._ Edinburgh 1772; ed. at Rugby;
entered at Peterhouse, Cam., removed to Caius as a Tancred
scholar; fellow of Caius; studied medicine in London and
Edinburgh; M.B. Cam. 1797, M.D. 5 July 1803; F.R.C.P. 30 Sep.
1805; hospital assist. June 1794; one of phys. to the Forces 28
Oct. 1795; knighted by George 3rd at the Queen’s palace 21 March
1810; inspector general of military hospitals 29 April 1813 to
1815 when he retired; F.R.S. 29 Feb. 1816; author of _Reports of
the pestilential disorder of Andalusia which appeared at Cadiz in
the years 1800, 1804, 1810 and 1813_, 1815. _d._ Langstone cottage
near Havant 30 Dec. 1857.

FELLOWES, SIR THOMAS (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Minorca
1778; midshipman in service of H.E.I.C.; master’s mate R.N. 1797;
C.B. 4 June 1815; K.C. 22 Feb. 1822; knighted 13 Feb. 1828; naval
A.D.C. to the Queen 1841–47; superintendent of royal naval
hospital and victualling yard, Plymouth 6 Feb. 1843 to 1 Sep.
1847; R.A. 26 July 1847. _d._ Great Bedwyn vicarage, Wilts. 12
April 1853.

FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES (_son of John Fellows of Nottingham_). _b._
Nottingham, Aug. 1799; made the 13th recorded ascent of Mont Blanc
25 July 1827; discovered Xanthus and Tlos, Asia Minor 1838 and 13
other ancient cities there 1840; brought home the Lycian marbles
1844; knighted at St. James’s palace 7 May 1845; author of _A
journal written during an excursion in Asia Minor_ 1839; _An
account of discoveries in Lycia_ 1841 and other books. _d._ 4
Montagu place, Russell sq. London 8 Nov. 1860. _C. Brown’s Lives
of Nottinghamshire Worthies_ (1882) 352–3.

FELLOWS, THOMAS HOWARD (_eld. son of Thomas Fellows of Moneyhill,
Herts., solicitor_). _b._ 1823; ed. at Eton; barrister I.T. 17
Nov. 1852; went to Melbourne 1853; member of legislative assembly
of Victoria 1855–58 and 1867–72; member of legislative council
1858–67; solicitor general 1856–57 and 1857–58; attorney general
25 Feb. 1857 to 24 March 1857; postmaster general 14 Oct. 1863 to
24 March 1864; minister of justice and leader of the Assembly, May
to July 1868; judge of supreme court of Victoria 18 Dec. 1872 to
death; author of _The law of costs_ 1847; _Convocation, its
origin, progress and authority_ 1852. _d._ Melbourne 8 April 1878
in 56 year.

FENN, REV. JOSEPH FINCH (_son of Rev. Joseph Fenn, minister of
Blackheath park chapel, Kent_). _b._ 1820; ed. at Trin. coll.
Cam., fellow 1844–7; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845, B.D. 1877; V. of
Stotfold, Beds. 1847–60; P.C. of Ch. Ch. Cheltenham 1860 to death;
chaplain to bishop of Gloucester and Bristol 1877 to death; hon.
canon of Gloucester 1879 to death; proctor in convocation 1880 to
death; promoter of free library system in Cheltenham; author of a
vol. of sermons entitled _Lenten Teachings_. _d._ Cheltenham 22
July 1884.

FENNELL, JOHN GREVILLE. _b._ at sea between Ireland and England
1807; artist, naturalist and angler; drew pictures of tournament
at Eglinton Castle for _Illustrated London News_; wrote on fishing
in _The Field_ 1853 to death; contributed to _Fishing Gazette_
under name of Creel, and other sporting papers; author of _The
Rail and the Rod_ 1867; _The book of the Roach_ 1870. _d._
Jessamine cottage, Henley 13 Jany. 1885. _Fishing Gazette x_, 24,
51, 61, 220, 264 (1885), _portrait_.

FENTON, CHARLES GILL (_son of James Gill Fenton, stage director to
Edmund Kean, who d. 20 Aug. 1877 aged 83_). Played small parts in
pantomimes 1831; played Shakesperian parts and principal parts in
pantomimes at Sadler’s Wells theatre 1844–59; actor and scene
painter at Strand theatre about 1863–73; acted at Vaudeville
theatre 1873–74. _d._ Shelburne road, Islington 15 Feb. 1877 aged
56.

FENTON, EDWARD DYNE. Ensign 53 foot 1847, lieut. 1849–57 when placed
on h.p.; captain 14 foot 1858; captain 86 foot 1860–70 when he
sold out; author of _Sorties from Gib in quest of sensation and
sentiment_ 1872; _Military men I have met_ 1872; _Eve’s Daughters_
1873; _B. an autobiography 3 vols._ 1874 a novel. _d._ Scarborough
29 July 1880.

FENWICK, EDWARD MATTHEW (_son of Edward James Reid of Jamaica_).
_b._ Jamaica 1812; barrister M.T. 1 May 1854; assumed name of
Fenwick in lieu of Reid, June 1851; contested Lancaster 30 April
1859; M.P. for Lancaster 13 April 1864, re-elected 1 Feb. 1866,
election was declared void 23 April 1866 and writ was suspended
till passing of Reform bill 1867 when borough was disfranchised.
_d._ Burrow hill, Kirkby Lonsdale 16 Oct. 1877.

FENWICK, HENRY (_eld. son of Thomas Fenwick of Southill, co.
Durham_). _b._ 1820; ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1842, M.A.
1845; barrister L.I. 6 May 1845; contested Sunderland, July 1852
and Durham, Dec. 1852; M.P. for Sunderland 1855–66. _d._ Lansdowne
house, Richmond, Surrey 18 April 1868.

FENWICK-BISSET, MORDAUNT (_only son of Ven. Maurice George
Fenwick-Bisset 1797–1879, archdeacon of Raphoe, Ireland_). _b._
Raphoe 27 Feb. 1825; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam.; master of Devon and
Somerset stag hounds 1855–80; assumed additional name of Bisset
1853; sheriff of Somerset 1872; M.P. for West Somerset, April 1880
to Feb. 1884. _d._ Bagborough house near Taunton 7 July 1884.
_Covert side sketches by J. N. Fitt_ (1870) 219–22; _Fores’s
Sporting Notes, Oct. 1884_, _portrait_.

FERGUSON, SIR ADAM (_eld. son of Adam Ferguson 1723–1816, professor
of moral philosophy in Univ. of Edin._) _b._ Edinburgh 1771; ed.
at Univ. of Edin.; captain 101 foot 1808–16 when placed on h.p.;
prisoner of war in France 1812–14; deputy keeper of Regalia of
Scotland 1818 to death, the Regalia were discovered 5 Feb. 1818;
knighted by George iv at Edin. 29 Aug. 1822. _d._ Edinburgh 1
Jany. 1855 in 84 year. _Lockhart’s Life of Sir Walter Scott_
(1837) _iv_, 223, 249, 272.

FERGUSON, GEORGE. _b._ 1786; entered navy July 1798; captain 6 June
1814; admiral on half pay 11 Feb. 1861; M.P. for Banff 1832–37.
_d._ 37 Charles st. Berkeley sq. London 15 March 1867.

FERGUSON, JAMES. _b._ Perthshire 31 Aug. 1797; taken to the United
States 1800; assistant civil engineer on Erie canal 1817; first
assistant of U.S. coast survey 1833–47; assistant astronomer of
U.S. naval observatory 1847 to death; discovered three asteroids;
contributed to _Gould’s Astronomical Journal_, _Astronomische
Nachrichten_, _Episcopal Church Review_ and other magazines. _d._
Washington, D.C. 26 Sep. 1867.

FERGUSON, JAMES FREDERIC (_son of Jacques Frédéric Jaquemain, who
assumed name of Ferguson 1793, deputy postmaster of Beaufort in
South Carolina_). _b._ Charleston 1807; went to Dublin 1820;
indexed the entire body of Exchequer records; clerk and sec. to
commission for arranging records of the Irish courts 1850; in
charge of the Exchequer records to death; contributed to _Gent.
Mag._, _Notes and Queries_, _Topographer and Genealogist_ and
_Transactions of the Kilkenny archæological society_; translated
_Norman French chronicle of conquest of Ireland, edited by M.
Michel_. _d._ Dublin 26 Nov. 1855.

FERGUSON, JOHN (_son of William Ferguson of Irvine, Ayrshire,
shipmaster_). _b._ Irvine 28 Feb. 1787; ed. at Ayr; in a banker’s
office; went to America; settled at Irvine 1810; left by his will
£80,000 for educational and religious objects in Scotland, and
about £375,000 called the Ferguson Bequest Fund interest of which
is spent in building churches and schoolhouses, &c. _d._ 8 Jany.
1856.

FERGUSON, JOHN CREERY. Educ. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1823, M.B.
1827, M.A. 1833; licentiate of K.Q.C.P. Ireland 1827, fellow 1829,
hon. fellow 1846; professor of practice of medicine, school of
physic, Trin. coll. Dublin; professor of practice of medicine
Queen’s college, Belfast to death. _d._ 14 Howard st. Belfast 24
June 1865.

FERGUSON, ROBERT (_son of Robert Ferguson of Indian civil service_).
_b._ India 15 Nov. 1799; studied medicine in London, Heidelberg
and Univ. of Edin., M.D. Edin. 1 Aug. 1823; resident medical
officer of Marylebone infirmary; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1824, F.R.C.P. 3
July 1837, censor 1844 and 1845, consiliarius 1857–59; phys. to
Westminster Lying-in-hospital; professor of midwifery at King’s
coll. 1831–39 or 40; physician accoucheur to the Queen 16 July
1840; phys. extraordinary to the Queen 14 March 1857; contributed
numerous articles to _Quarterly Review_; published _Essay on
diseases of women, Puerperal Fever_ 1839. _d._ Ascot cottage,
Winkfield near Windsor 25 June 1865. _Munk’s Roll of the royal
college of physicians_ (1878) _iii_, 295.

FERGUSON, SIR ROBERT ALEXANDER, 2 Baronet. _b._ Londonderry 1795;
succeeded his father 1811; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., M.A. 1817;
M.P. for city of Derry 1830 to death; lord lieut. of Londonderry
1840 to death; col. of Derry militia 24 June 1839 to death. _d._
Dublin 13 March 1860.

FERGUSON, ROBERT MUNRO. _b._ 20 Aug. 1802; ed. at Eton and Univ. of
Edin.; ensign 43 foot 24 Feb. 1820; lieut. col. 79 foot 13 March
1835 to 29 Oct. 1841; M.P. for Kirkaldy burghs 1841–62. _d._ Raith
house near Kirkaldy 28 Nov. 1868.

FERGUSON, SIR SAMUEL (_3 son of John Ferguson of Collon house, co.
Antrim_). _b._ Belfast 10 March 1810; ed. at Belfast and Trin.
coll. Dublin, B.A. 1826, M.A. 1832, hon. LLD. 1864; called to
Irish bar 1838; Q.C. 16 June 1859; deputy keeper of public records
of Ireland 1867; knighted 17 March 1878; pres. of Royal Irish
Academy 1882; contributed from 1833 to _Dublin Univ. Mag._; wrote
many tales and poems in _Blackwood’s Mag._; author of _Lays of the
Western Gael_ 1865; _Congal, an epic poem in five books_ 1872;
_Poems_ 1880; _Ogham inscriptions in Ireland, Wales and Scotland_,
_edited by Lady Ferguson_ 1887. _d._ Strand lodge, Howth, co.
Dublin 9 Aug. 1886. _bur._ Donegore, co. Antrim. _O’Hagan’s Poetry
of Sir S. Ferguson_ 1887; _A. P. Graves’s Has Ireland a national
poet?_; _Blackwood’s Mag. Nov. 1886 pp._ 621–41.

FERGUSON, WILLIAM. Entered Ceylon civil service 1839; lived in
Ceylon, Dec. 1839 to death; author of _The Palmyra Palm, Borassus
flabelliformis, Colombo_ 1850; _A plan of the summit of Adam’s
Peak_; _Scripture botany of Ceylon_ and 4 other books. _d._ Ceylon
31 July 1887.

FERGUSON-DAVIE, SIR HENRY ROBERT, 1 Baronet. _b._ 2 May 1797; cornet
9 Lancers 18 March 1818; major 34 foot 28 Dec. 1826, lieut. col.
1828–29; captain Grenadier guards 1830, major 1844–47; col. 73
foot 17 Feb. 1865 to death; general 25 June 1866; took additional
surname of Davie 9 Feb. 1846; M.P. for Haddington burghs 1846–78;
created baronet 9 Jany. 1847. _d._ Creedy park near Crediton 1
Dec. 1885.

FERGUSSON, SIR JAMES (_son of Charles Fergusson_). _b._ 17 March
1787; ensign 18 foot 20 Aug. 1801; lieut. col. 3 foot 16 May 1814
to 1815 when placed on h.p.; lieut. col. of 88 foot 12 Aug. 1819,
of 52 foot 2 June 1825 to 10 May 1839 when he retired on h.p.;
A.D.C. to the Sovereign 1830–41; col. 62 foot 9 March 1850 to 26
March 1850; col. 43 foot 26 March 1850 to death; commanded troops
at Malta, May 1852 to July 1855; governor of Gibraltar 26 July
1855 to 1859; general 13 Feb. 1860; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831, K.C.B. 5
July 1855, G.C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Bath 4 Sep. 1865.

FERGUSSON, JAMES (_2 son of Wm. Fergusson, M.D. 1773–1846_). _b._
Ayr 22 Jany. 1808; an indigo manufacturer in India; member of
Royal Asiatic Soc. 1840; general manager of Crystal palace,
Sydenham, Feb. 1856 to 1858; F.R.S. 4 June 1863; sec. to first
comr. of public works 1869; inspector of public buildings 1870–74;
awarded by Institute of British Architects royal gold medal for
architecture 1871; author of _Illustrations of rock cut temples of
India_ 1845; _Illustrations of ancient architecture in Hindostan_
1847; _History of architecture in all countries from the earliest
times to the present day 3 vols._ 1865–7 and other books. _d._ 20
Langham place, London 9 Jany. 1886.

FERGUSSON, WILLIAM. Second lieut. R.M. 10 Sep. 1798, col. 9 Nov.
1846, col. commandant of Plymouth division 25 April 1849 to 26
Feb. 1851 when he retired on full pay; L.G. 6 Feb. 1857. _d._
Princes st. Hanover sq. London 26 Dec. 1861 aged 82.

FERGUSSON, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (_youngest son of James Fergusson
of Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire_). _b._ Preston-pans, East Lothian 20
March 1808; ed. at high sch. and univ. of Edin., L.R.C.S. Edin.
1828, F.R.C.S. 1829; M.R.C.S. London 1840, F.R.C.S. 1844;
professor of surgery King’s college, London, May 1840 to April
1870; surgeon at King’s college hospital May 1840 to death;
surgeon extraord. to the Queen 18 Dec. 1855, one of serjeant
surgeons in ordinary 11 Oct. 1867; F.R.S. Edin. 1839; F.R.S. 9
June 1848; created baronet 10 Jany. 1866; the greatest operative
surgeon in Great Britain or probably in Europe; author of _A
system of practical surgery_ 1842, _5 ed._ 1870; _Lectures on the
progress of anatomy and surgery during the present century_ 1867
and other books. _d._ 16 George st. Hanover sq. London 10 Feb.
1877. _bur._ West Linton, Peebleshire 16 Feb. _H. Smith’s Sir W.
Fergusson_ 1877; _Medical Circular i_, 395–7 (1852), _portrait_;
_I.L.N. xlviii_, 176 (1866), _portrait_; _Graphic xv_, 172 (1877),
_portrait_.

FERMOR-HESKETH, SIR THOMAS GEORGE, 5 Baronet. _b._ Rufford hall near
Ormskirk 11 Jany. 1825; succeeded his father 10 Feb. 1843; sheriff
of Lancashire 1848; colonel 2 Lancashire militia 1 March 1852 to
death; M.P. for Preston 4 April 1862 to death; assumed name of
Fermor by royal license 8 Nov. 1867. _d._ Rufford hall 20 Aug.
1872.

FERMOY, EDMUND BURKE ROCHE, 1 Baron (_only son of Edward Roche of
Trabolgan, co. Cloyne 1771–1855_). _b._ Aug. 1815; M.P. for co.
Cork 1837–55, for Marylebone 1859–65; lord lieutenant of Cork
1856; created Baron Fermoy in the county of Cork 10 Sep. 1856.
_d._ Trabolgan 17 Sep. 1874. _I.L.N. xxxv_, 82 (1859), _portrait_.

FERNELEY, JOHN (_son of Mr. Ferneley of Thrussington, Leics.,
wheelwright_). _b._ Thrussington 18 May 1782; pupil of Ben Marshal
the animal painter; painted some large hunting pictures for
Assheton Smith 1806; an animal painter at Melton Mowbray 1814 to
death; enjoyed an unlimited patronage for about 50 years; many of
his pictures were engraved in the _Sporting Magazine_ and other
similar works. _d._ Thrussington 4 June 1860. _Sporting Review
xliv_, 4–6 (1860).

FERREY, BENJAMIN. _b._ Christchurch, Hants. 1 April 1810; ed. at
Wimborne gr. sch.; articled to Augustus Pugin 1825; practised as
an architect 1832 to death; designed oldest part of present town
of Bournemouth 1837; diocesan architect of Bath and Wells 1841 to
death; restored Wells cathedral 1842; designed many churches
mainly Gothic; F.R.I.B.A. 1839; F.S.A. 1863; author of
_Recollections of A. N. W. Pugin and of A. Pugin_ 1861; author
with E. W. Brayley of _Antiquities of the priory church of
Christchurch, Hants._ 1834. _d._ 55 Inverness terrace, Bayswater,
London 22 Aug. 1880.

FERRIER, JAMES FREDERICK (_son of John Ferrier of Edinburgh, writer
to the signet_). _b._ Edinburgh 16 June 1808; ed. at univ. of
Edin. and Magd. coll. Ox., B.A. Ox. 1832; called to Scottish bar
1832; prof. of civil history in univ. of Edin. 1842–45; prof. of
moral philosophy and political economy in univ. of St. Andrews
1845 to death; author of _The institutes of metaphysics_ 1854, _2
ed._ 1856 and other books. _d._ St. Andrews 11 June 1864.
_Lectures on Greek philosophy by J. F. Ferrier_ 1, _pp. vii-xliv_,
1866; _G. Gilfillan’s Remoter Stars_ (1867) 139–46.

FERRIER, SUSAN EDMONSTONE (_youngest child of James Ferrier of
Edinburgh, writer to the signet 1744–1829_). _b._ Edinburgh 7 Sep.
1782; author of _Marriage, a novel 3 vols._ 1818, anon.; _The
Inheritance 3 vols._ 1824, and _Destiny, or the chief’s daughter 3
vols._ 1831. _d._ at house of her brother Walter Ferrier in
Edinburgh 5 Nov. 1854. _Works of S. E. Ferrier_ (1881), _i_, 1–38;
_Edinburgh Review lxxiv_, 498–505 (1842).

FESTING, BENJAMIN MORTON (_5 son of Henry Festing, commander R.N.,
who d. 1807_). _b._ Andover, Hants., April 1794; entered navy 2
May 1805; inspector in the coast guard 11 July 1837–1840; captain
on half pay 27 Sep. 1851; K.H. 1 Jany. 1837 for services on coast
of Italy in 1812–13. _d._ Weymouth 10 May 1865.

FESTING, SIR FRANCIS WORGAN (_2 son of the preceding_), _b._ High
Littleton, Somerset 24 July 1833; 2 lieut. R.M. 3 July 1850;
served in the Baltic 1854–5, in the China expedition 1857–9;
served in Ashantee war 1873–4 for which he received thanks of both
Houses of Parliament 30 March 1874; A.A.G. of R.M. 1876–1883;
A.D.C. to the Queen 7 July 1879; col. commandant R.M.A. 3 Sep.
1886; C.B. 31 March 1874; K.C.M.G. 8 May 1874. _d._ Donnington
lodge, Newbury 21 Nov. 1886. _bur._ Eastney cemetery, Portsmouth
26 Nov. _Brackenbury’s Ashantee war_ (1874) _i_, 72–100; _Graphic
2 May 1874, pp._ 413, 415, 420, _portrait_.

FESTING, ROBERT WORGAN GEORGE (_brother of B. M. Festing
1794–1865_). Entered navy 22 Feb. 1799; captain 9 Oct. 1811;
retired admiral 1 Nov. 1860; C.B. 20 July 1838. _d._ Maiden
Bradley near Frome 16 July 1862 aged 73.

FEVERSHAM, WILLIAM DUNCOMBE, 2 Baron. _b._ London 14 Jany. 1798; ed.
at Eton and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1820, M.A. 1823; M.P. for Yorkshire
1826–30, for North riding of Yorkshire 1832 to 16 July 1841 when
he succeeded to the peerage; a breeder of short horn cattle. _d._
3 Hyde park gate, London 11 Feb. 1867. _bur._ Helmsley church 19
Feb. _Sporting Review lvii_, 158 (1867).

FEW, ROBERT (_eld. son of Charles Few of Henrietta st. Covent
Garden, London, solicitor_). _b._ 1807; ed. at old gr. sch.
Marlborough; solicitor in London 1828 to death; settled with Rev.
John Hodgson basis of Clergy Mutual Insurance Co. 1829, member of
the board 40 years, deputy chairman 1872 to death; one of the
founders of Marlborough college 1843, mem. of council many years;
deputy steward of Westminster 1873 to death; author of _History of
St. John’s house_ 1884. _d._ Wolsey grange, Esher, Surrey 24 Oct.
1887 in 80 year.

FFARINGTON, WILLIAM. _b._ 1777; entered navy 13 Oct. 1785; captain
18 Sep. 1815; retired admiral 4 Oct. 1862. _d._ Woodvale, Cowes 4
May 1868.

FFENNELL, WILLIAM JOSHUA (_eld. son of Joshua William Ffennell of
Ballybrado near Cahir_). _b._ Ballybrado 16 Aug. 1799; sec. of
river Suir Preservation Society 1837; fishery inspector under
Board of Works 1845; commissioner to enquire into salmon fisheries
of England and Wales 30 July 1860; inspector of fisheries Oct.
1861 to Oct. 1864; com. under Salmon fisheries of Scotland act
1861, 25 Sep. 1862; the act commonly called ‘Ffennell’s act’ was
passed 1848 being the first modern salmon fishery act; started
with F. T. Buckland _Land and Water_ 27 Jany. 1866. _d._ London 12
March 1867.

FFOULKES, VEN. HENRY POWELL (_2 son of John Powell Ffoulkes of
Eriviatt, co. Denbigh, who d. 2 Dec. 1826 aged 56_). _b._ 2 Jany.
1815; ed. at Ball. coll. Ox., B.A. 1837, M.A. 1840; C. of St.
Matthew, Buckley, Flints. 1840–57; R. of Llandyssil, Montgomery
1857–59; R. of Whittington, Salop 1859 to death; archdeacon of
Montgomery and canon res. of St. Asaph, Feb. 1861 to death. _d._
the Canonry, St. Asaph 26 Jany. 1886.

FIDDES, THOMAS. Entered Bengal army 1804; col. of 45 Bengal N.I. 9
Aug. 1843, of 1 European fusiliers 1853, of 42 Bengal light
infantry 1854, of 5 Bengal N.I. 1861 to death; L.G. 15 Sep. 1856.
_d._ Oakfield, Cheltenham 13 April 1863 aged 81.

FIELD, CHARLES FREDERICK. Chief inspector of Metropolitan detective
police to 1851 when he retired on pension; inquiry agent at Eldon
chambers, Devereux court, Strand, London; figures prominently in
Dickens’s novel _Bleak House_ under name of Inspector Bucket. _d._
2 Gertrude st. Chelsea, London 27 Sep. 1874. _Publisher’s Circular
1874 p. 738._

FIELD, EDWIN WILKINS (_eld. child of Rev. Wm. Field 1767–1851_).
_b._ Leam near Warwick 12 Oct. 1804; ed. at his father’s school;
admitted an attorney and solicitor Nov. 1826; partner with Wm.
Sharpe 1827, they became partners in firm of Taylor and Roscoe
1835; secretary to royal commission to prepare a plan for new law
courts 1865; a great law reformer, also amateur artist; author of
_Memoir of Edgar Taylor_, _privately printed_ 1839; _Observations
of a solicitor on defects in the system of the equity courts_ 1840
and 17 other pamphlets; drowned in the Thames near Goring 30 July
1871. _bur._ Highgate cemetery 4 Aug., statue by T. Woolner at
solicitors’ entrance to the Law courts in Carey st. _Edwin Wilkins
Field, a memorial sketch by T. Sadler_ 1872, _portrait_; _Law
magazine and law review i_, 35–50 (1872).

FIELD, FREDERICK (_2 son of Charles Field of London, candle maker_).
_b._ Lambeth, London 2 Aug. 1826; an original member of Chemical
Soc. of London 1846; chemist to some copper-smelting works at
Coquimbo, Chili 1848, manager of the works 1852; British vice
consul at Caldera near Coquimbo 1853–56; chemist and sub-manager
to smelting works at Guayacan 1856–59; lecturer on chemistry at
St. Mary’s hospital, London 1860; professor of chemistry in London
Institution 1862; a partner in firm of J. C. and J. Field, candle
makers 1866 to death; F.R.S. 4 June 1863; F.R.S. Edin.; M.R.I.A.;
wrote 43 papers on scientific subjects. _d._ Oakfield, Addlestone
3 April 1885.

FIELD, REV. FREDERICK (_son of Henry Field of London, apothecary
1755–1837_). _b._ London 20 July 1801; ed. at Christ’s hosp. and
Trin. coll. Cam.; Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew scholar and tenth wrangler
1823; B.A. 1823, M.A. 1826, hon. LLD. 1875; fell. of his coll.
1824–43, hon. fell. of his coll. 1876 to death; R. of Reepham,
Norfolk 1842–63; edited _S. Joannis Chrysostomi Homiliæ in
Matthæum 3 vols._ 1839; _S. Joannis Chrysostomi Interpretatio
omnium epistolarum Paulinarum per homilias facta 7 vols._ 1849–62;
_Origenis Hexaplorum, quæ supersunt 2 vols._ 1874–5 and many other
patristic works; member of Old Testament revision company 1870 to
death. _d._ Carlton terrace, Heigham, Norwich 19 April 1885.
_Origenis Hexaplorum_ 1874, _preface_; _Cambridge Review 6 May
1885_.

FIELD, GEORGE. _b._ Berkhampstead, Herts. about 1777; grew Madder in
his own garden from which he produced specimens of the colouring
matter more beautiful than any before seen; invented the
pereolator by atmospheric pressure for reducing the madder to its
finest consistence 1816; author of _Chromatography, or a treatise
on colours and pigments_ 1835, _3 ed._ 1885; _Outlines of
analogical philosophy 2 vols._ 1839; _Rudiments of the painter’s
art, or a grammar of colouring_ 1850 and 5 other books. _d._ Syon
hill, Park cottage, Isleworth, Surrey 28 Sep. 1854.

FIELD, HENRY WILLIAM (_4 son of John Field 1764–1845, umpire at
Royal Mint, London_). _b._ 23 March 1803; entered Royal Mint 1818,
probationer assayer 1836, Queen’s assay master 1851 to 1871; made
chemically pure gold and brought the coin of the realm up to
mathematical precision; exhibited 8 designs or models for coins at
R.A. 1822–27. _d._ 10 Chesham place, Brighton 9 June 1888. _bur._
Nunhead cemetery, London 14 June. _J. Waylen’s House of Cromwell_
(1880) _p._ 49.

FIELD, JOSEPH M. _b._ London 1810; ed. in New York; first appeared
on the stage in New York 1843; performed in most of the large
cities; manager of Field’s Varieties, St. Louis, Mo. 1852;
established at St. Louis the _Reveille_ a daily paper, one of the
editors and chief proprietor; dramatized and produced many local
plays; wrote many humorous sketches for the New Orleans
_Picayune_, signed Straws which were widely quoted; proprietor of
theatre in Mobile to death; author of _The drama of Pokerville_,
_Philadelphia_ 1847. _d._ Mobile 30 Jany. 1856.

FIELD, JOSHUA (_son of Mr. Field of Lower Thames st. London, corn
and seed merchant_). _b._ Hackney 1786; ed. at Harlow, Essex
1793–1802; employed by Maudslay marine engine maker 1804–22, a
partner 1822; one of the 6 founders of Institution of Civil
engineers and, the first chairman 6 Jany. 1818, vice pres.
1837–48, pres. 1848–50; F.R.S. 3 March 1836. _d._ Balham hill
house, Surrey 11 Aug. 1863. _Pusely’s Commercial Companion_, _2
ed._ (1860) 123–4; _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xxiii_,
488–92 (1864).

FIELD, REV. WILLIAM (_son of John Field of Stoke Newington, London,
surgeon_). _b._ Stoke Newington 7 Jany. 1768; ed. for Calvinist
ministry at Homerton and Daventry; pastor of presbyterian chapel,
High st. Warwick 1789–1843; founded the _Warwick Advertiser_ 4
Jany. 1806; schoolmaster at Leam near Warwick many years; pastor
of presbyterian chapel, Kenilworth 1828–50; published _An
historical account of town and castle of Warwick_ 1815; _Memoirs
of the life of the Rev. S. Parr 2 vols._ 1826 and many sermons,
tracts, letters and pamphlets. _d._ Leam 16 Aug. 1851. _Spears’s
Record of Unitarian Worthies (1877); J. Waylen’s House of
Cromwell_ (1880) _p._ 51.

FIELDEN, JOSHUA (_son of John Fielden 1784–1849, M.P. for Oldham_).
_b._ 1827; member of firm of Fielden Brothers, cotton spinners of
Todmorden and Manchester, and of firm of Fielden Brothers & Co. of
London, merchants; M.P. for eastern division of West Riding of
Yorkshire 1868–80; author of _A Letter showing the effects of the
malt tax_ 1865. _d._ Hotel Monte Huri, Cannes 9 March 1887 in 60
year, personalty declared of value of £503,598.

FIELDEN, THOMAS (_4 son of Joshua Fielden, who d. 1811_). Member of
firm of Joshua Fielden and Sons, cotton spinners, Todmorden;
manager of the Manchester warehouse, firm became Fielden Brothers;
erected gas works 1830; firm became Fielden Brothers & Co. 1837.
_d._ Manchester 7 Dec. 1869, personalty sworn under £1,300,000, 12
March 1870. _Fortunes made in business i_, 411–56 (1884).

FIELDING, ANTONY VANDYKE COPLEY (_2 son of Nathan Theodore Fielding,
painter_). _b._ 1787; pupil of John Varley; member of Society of
Painters in water-colours 1813, treasurer 1817, sec. 1818, pres.
1831 to death; exhibited 17 pictures at R.A. and 100 at B.I.
1811–55; awarded a medal at Paris Salon 1824. _d._ Worthing 3
March 1855 in 68 year. _Redgrave’s Century of painters ii_, 509–13
(1866); _J. Sherer’s Gallery of British Artists ii_, 57–8.

FIELDING, HENRY BORRON (_only son of Henry Fielding of Myerscough
house near Garstang, Lancs._) Devoted himself to study of plants;
bought herbarium of Dr. Steudel 1836; bought Prescott collection
of 28,000 plants 1837; F.L.S. 1838; bequeathed his herbarium to
Univ. of Oxford. _d._ Lancaster 21 Nov. 1851.

FIELDING, NEWTON SMITH (_brother of Antony V. C. Fielding
1787–1855_). _b._ Huntingdon 1799; worked in water colours,
etching, aquatint and lithography; best known for his paintings
and engravings of animals; taught painting to family of Louis
Philippe in Paris; published _Subjects after nature_ 1836;
_Lessons on fortification_ 1853; _A dictionary of colour
containing 750 tints_ 1854; _How to sketch from nature, or
perspective and its application_, _2 ed._ 1856 and other books,
_d._ Paris 12 Jany. 1856.

FIELDING, THEODORE HENRY ADOLPHUS (_brother of the preceding_).
Painter and engraver; exhibited 18 pictures at R.A., 21 at B.I.
and 27 at Suffolk st. gallery 1799–1837; teacher of drawing and
perspective at Addiscombe college; published numerous sets of
engravings in aquatint; author of _Index of colours and mixed
tints_ 1830; _On the theory of painting_ 1836; _The art of
engraving with the various modes of operation_ 1844 and other
books. _d._ Croydon 11 July 1851 aged 70.

FIFE, JAMES DUFF, 4 Earl of (_elder son of Alexander Duff, 3 Earl of
Fife 1731–1811_). _b._ 6 Oct. 1776; served with great distinction
in Spanish army during Peninsular war, major general; M.P. for
Banffshire 1818–27; succeeded as 4 Earl 7 April 1811; lord lieut.
of Banffshire 1811–56; vice pres. of Antiquarian society,
Scotland; G.C.H. 1823; K.T. 3 Sep. 1827; created Baron Fife 27
April 1827. _d._ Duff house, Banffshire 9 March. 1857. _W. C.
Taylor’s National portrait gallery iv_, 86 (1848), _portrait_;
_Jerdan’s National portrait gallery ii_, (1831), _portrait_.

FIFE, JAMES DUFF, 5 Earl of (_elder son of General Sir Alexander
Duff, G.C.H. 1777–1851_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 July 1814; attached to
the embassy at Paris; M.P. for Banffshire 1837 to 1 Oct. 1857 when
he was created Baron Skene of Skene; lieut. and sheriff principal
of Elginshire 26 May 1851; lord lieut. of Banffshire 1857 to
death; succeeded his uncle as 5 Earl 9 March 1857; K.T. 2 March
1860. _d._ Mar lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire 7 Aug. 1879.

FIFE, GEORGE (_son of Wm. Fife of Newcastle, surgeon_). M.D. and
L.R.C.P. Edin. 1827; surgeon to Northern public dispensary, Edin.;
phys. to Queen’s hospital and professor of clinical medicine and
materia medica and therapeutics at Queen’s college, Birmingham to
death; translated Coster’s _Manual of operative surgery_ 1831;
author of _Observations on Influenza_ 1833; _Treatise on Cholera_
1849 and other books; died from taking morphia at his lodgings
Surrey st. Strand, London 10 May 1857 aged 50.

FIFE, SIR JOHN (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Newcastle 1795;
surgeon at Newcastle 1815; member of Newcastle corporation 1835,
alderman 1835, mayor 1838–9 and 1842–3; knighted at St. James’s
palace 1 July 1840 for his exertions in repressing Chartist
disturbances 1840; F.R.C.S. 1844; senior surgeon to Newcastle
infirmary; lieut. col. commandant 1 Newcastle rifle volunteers
1860–68; author of _Practical remarks on the Continental cholera,
Newcastle_ 1831. _d._ Reedsmouth house, North Tyne 15 Jany. 1871.

FIFE, WILLIAM WALLACE (_son of Peter Fife of Dundee, baker_). _b._
Dundee 28 March 1816; one of staff of the _Dundee Warder_; edited
_North British Agriculturist_ short time; edited _Nottingham Daily
Guardian_ to death. _d._ Hound’s Gate, Nottingham 25 Sep. 1867.

FIGGINS, JAMES (_son of Vincent Figgins of Smithfield, London, type
founder, who d. Dec. 1860 or Jany. 1861_). _b._ West st.
Smithfield, London 16 April 1811; a type founder in Smithfield;
sheriff of London 1865–6; M.P. for Shrewsbury 1868–74; alderman of
Farringdon without, 9 June 1873 to 1882. _d._ 12 Russell sq.
London 12 June 1884.

FILDES, JOHN. _b._ Dorton, Lancs. 18 Dec. 1811; M.P. for Great
Grimsby 1865–68. _d._ Stanley house, Oxford road, Manchester 6
July 1875.

FILLANS, JAMES. _b._ Wilsontown, Lanarkshire 27 March 1808;
apprenticed to a stonemason at Paisley; a sculptor at Glasgow,
moved to London 1836; his best works are The Blind teaching the
Blind, Grief, a Madonna, busts of Sir James Shaw and John Wilson;
exhibited 25 sculptures at R.A. 1837–50. _d._ 95 Montrose st.
Glasgow 27? Sep. 1852. _James Paterson’s Memoir of James Fillans_
1854, _portrait_.

FILLEUL, REV. PHILIP (_son of Philip Filleul of Jersey_). Matric.
from Pemb. coll. Ox. 6 Dec. 1813 aged 20, scholar; B.A. 1817, M.A.
1820; R. of St. Brelade, Jersey 1818–29; R. of St. Peter, Jersey
1828–48; vice dean of Jersey 1838; R. of St. Saviour, Jersey
1848–50; R. of St. Heliers, Jersey 1850 to death; author of
_Défense des Missions_ 1821; _Christ est-il divisé? Guernsey_
1825; _Infant baptism and confirmation, Jersey_ 1855 and other
books. _d._ St. Heliers, Jersey 13 Oct. 1875.

FILMER, SIR EDMUND, 8 Baronet. _b._ 14 June 1809; succeeded his
uncle 15 July 1834; M.P. for West Kent 1838 to death. _d._ East
Sutton place near Maidstone 8 Jany. 1857.

FILMER, SIR EDMUND, 9 Baronet (_eld. son of the preceding_). _b._ 11
July 1835; ed. at Eton; M.P. for West Kent 1859–65, for Mid Kent
1880–84; sheriff of Kent 1870. _d._ Brighton 17 Dec. 1886.