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.