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.