Francis Fowke 1755 - 1819
Francis Fowke , of Boughrood Castle, Radnorshire, Wales, edu. Cheam, in great measure brought up in the Clive household, formerly 4-times Resident of Benares, India, "returning from India with a fortunes of £70,000 from bribes, army contracting, opium and diamond dealing", with his father heavily involved with bringing notorious Impeachment Charges against Warren Hastings, etc. Of Wimbledon (1792, 1813). Educ. in the household of Sir Robert Clive (whose wife was Francis Fowke's mother's 1st cousin). He was with the East India Company as a writer in 1770, factor in 1776 and junior merchant in 1778. In 1778, he is described as being of Hartford st, Mayfair and of Boughrood Castle, Radnorshire. High Sheriff of Radnorshire (17)95 "of Boughrood". He was a good musician, well read, a linguist. He was obsessed by the idea of inventing a universal language in which all books were to be printed. He was disinherited by his uncle John (Walsh) presumably because he cohabited with Mary nee Lowe for some time before his marriage. Maybe? "Fowke, Francis (Male) Title(s): Esq. Date: 1786 Subscribed to Ayen Akbery: or, The Institutes of the Emperor Akber, Translated from the original Persian (Vol. 1), 1786, GLADWIN, Francis. Calcutta Subject: law " EICS - Writer 1770, Factor 1776, Junior merchant 1778. Recommended as Resident of Benares by Gen. Clavering (see Records at East india House, of Proceedings relative to Francis Fowke resident of Benares in the appointment and reappointment of him to that Residency, and his first and second recall from thence - London printed March 1782 - Copy in British Museum 100 M67). He spoke Persian. Of Hertford st, Mayfair, and of Beaughroot [sic] Castle, Radnorshire (1778). He bought Boughrood Castle on leaving India. See also: http://w4.ed.uiuc.edu/faculty/westbury/Paradigm/becher.html 1776 Fowke, F. Phaedri Augusti Liberti, Fabularum, Aesopiarurn Libri Quinque: or the Fables of Phaedrus in Latin and English, the English attempted in the stile of the Original with the Sentences numbered on both sides for the Ease of the Learner, and with notes critical and explanatory. Also an Appendix shewing certain passages and three different translations at one view, and several examples of the participle in `dus' and gerunds rendered into English uniformly by the participle `ing'. ALSO A Discourse on the Doctrine of Language by Francis Fowke Esq. LONDON: Printed for D. Wilson and G. Nicol, Booksellers in the Strand. He left India after the passing of Pitt's India Bill. He was in Paris in 1788. PRO ref. C 217/153 Copy Special Commissions of Escheat on deaths without heir of: Francis Fowke: Rad 1834-1874 Covering dates 1834-1874 Place of deposit Public Record Office, Kew C 205/10/5 Francis Fowke County: Rad 1831 July 20 "East Sussex Record Office ARCHIVE OF MESSRS PAPER AND FOVARGUE OF BATTLE, SOLICITORS Catalogue Ref. RAF Creator(s): Raper and Fovargue, solicitors [Access Conditions] Records are open to consultation unless otherwise indicated Deeds and Documents relating to lands formerly belonging to the family of Fuller of Brightling BRIGHTLING &c - ref. SAS-RF/8 The Manor of Socknersh and Hollingrove &c FILE - Attested Copy of Release in fee - ref. SAS-RF/8/184 - date: 16 Aug 1790 [from Scope and Content] (Following Lease for a year) by Joseph Windham, nephew and heir and sole executor of William Windham, and Stephen Comyn and others to Henry Strachey, Francis Fowke and John Benn and Richard Davenport, by way of transfer of Mortgage - for £9000 to the said Jos. Windham and a furter advance to Stephen Comyn and others of £5000 making £14000 in all - of the said premises " PRO ref. C 205/10/5 Francis Fowke County: Rad 1831 July 20 Item details: C 217/153 Copy Special Commissions of Escheat on deaths without heir of: Francis Fowke: Rad 1834-1874 Covering dates 1834-1874 Scope and content Copy Special Commissions of Escheat on deaths without heir of: Francis Fowke: Rad Held by The National Archives, Kew Portland (London) Collection: Catalogue of Family and Financial Papers of the Dukes of Portland, 1583-1940 Catalogue of marriage settlements and related papers for the daughters and other kinswomen of the Earls and Dukes of Portland. 1673-1824 Most of this material seems to have been boxed together ('Box 88') according to the 1817 brief list of the Duke of Portland's papers [see Pl L8/2 in the Portland (London) Legal Papers]; this distinctiveness has been maintained. The sections within are for daughters of the 1st Earl of Portland (Pl F4/1), of the 1st Duke (Pl F4/2), 2nd Duke (Pl F4/3), 3rd Duke (Pl F4/4), etc. Pl F4/3/5 21.3.1789 2.4.1828 Mortgage of Viscount Weymouth's settled estates; 21 Mar. 1789 (90 ff, attached + wrapper, paper) First Party: Thomas, Viscount Weymouth, Baron Thynne of Warminster, KG; and the Hon. Thomas Thynne, his eldest son and heir. Second Party: Edward, Lord Thurlow, Baron Thurlow of Ashfield, Suffolk; John, Earl of Ashburnham of Ashburnham Place, Sussex; Robert Smith of St James's Place, St James Westminster, Middlesex, Esq.; Charles Graeme of Ropley, Hampshire, Esq.; Arthur Balfour, now residing at Paris, France, Esq.; James Bradshaw of Portland Place, St Marylebone, Middlesex, Esq.; Francies Fowke of Clifford Street, Burlington Gardens, Middlesex, Esq.; Henry Strachey of Hill Street, Berkeley Square, Middlesex, Esq.; Archibald Robertson of Lawers, Scotland, Esq.; William Fawkener of South Street, Grosvenor Square, Middlesex, Esq.; Robert Drummond of Cadland, Hampshire, Esquire; Henry Drummond of the Grange, Hampshire, Esq.; John Wells the younger of New Street, Spring Gardens, Middlesex, Esq.; Charles Drummond of Charing Cross, Middlesex, Esq.; Lord Frederick Campbell of Coombank, Kent; and Henry Drummond aforementioned. Third Party: James, Marquess of Graham; Andrew Barclay Drummond of New Street, Spring Gardens, Middlesex, Esq.; and Daniel Macnamara of Lincolns Inn Fields, Middlesex, Esq. Attested copy of release and appointment by way of mortgage by (1) to (3) of the Weymouth estates in Wiltshire, Somerset, Herefordshire as specified (except burgages conferring the right to vote in parliamentary elections for the borough of Weobley, Herefordshire) to the use of (3) for a term of 3000 years in trust for (2). Covenant by (1) to levy a fine of the premises in Wiltshire and Somerset. Recites previous deeds, and the details of the arrangements reached regarding the various mortgages on the Weymouth estates. Itemised schedules of manorial tenants and rents, cottagers, woods and timber, rack rents, etc. Consideration: £ 147500 by (2) in the proportions specified to the mortgagees, £ 112500 by (2) in the proportions states to (1) and £ 5000 and £ 5000 by (2) in the proportions stated to Lord Thurlow to repay mortgages - £ 270000 in total. Examined, 2 Apr. 1828. T. H. Bowyer, `Fowke, Joseph (1716-1800)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/63560, accessed 23 Sept 2005] Radnorshire Society transactions - Vol. 52 1982 Archdeacon de Winton and the building of the first rectory in Llandrindod Wells "Llain Pwllyn had been part of the estate of Francis Fowke, senior (1754-1819), who hd built Boughrood castle, a pleasant georgian-type house overlooking the Wye, in the year 1817, close to the site of the medieval castle. On the death of his heir, Francis Fowke (1789-1826), unmarried, his remaining 12 brothers and sisters became involved in bitter personal and legal wrangles, bu no means ended when in 1833 Walter Wilkins (later de Winton), esqr. of Maesllwych Castle bought all the Fowke property in the parishes of Boughrood and llanstephan. edward, the fifth son, having some legal qualifications, was appointed agent for the maessllwch estate; he "occupied" Llain Pwyllyn though his residence was Glanhenwye near the eat entrance to Maesllwch park, some 4 mile down-Wye."
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| Born: Fort St George, , Madras, India 28th Oct 1755 | Baptised: St George, Hanover Sq, London, , , England 22nd Dec 1755
| | Died: Boughrood Castle, Boughrood, Radnorshire, , Wales 20th Oct 1819 | Buried: Boughrood Church, Boughrood, Radnorshire, , Wales Oct 1819
| | Family: Fowke formerly of Brewood |
Spouses
1. Gretna Green, Scotland, , 11th Jul 1801 Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847
2. St. Olave's, Southwark, London, , , England 19th Jul 1813 Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847
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Descendants [ Options ]
- a. ?
- 1.
William Fowke
1781 - 1795
- b.
Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 - 2.
Francis Fowke
(Phillips ) 1789 - 1826
- 2a.
- 2.1.
James Francis Fowke
1822 - post 1861
- 3.
Henry Fowke
1790 - 1793
- c. ?
- 4.
Jane Fowke
(Roberts ) ante 1792 - post 1826
- 5.
Philip Fowke
liv. 1792
- d.
Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 - 6.
Mary Fowke
(Watts , Williams ) 1792 - 1852
- 6a.
Rev. David Lewis Williams
(Fowke ) c. 1805 - 1855 - 6.1.
M/? Williams
...
- 6b.
John Watts
(Fowke ) ante 1765 - 1815 - 6.2.
Francis Watts
1813 - 1839
- 6.3.
Emily Watts
ante 1815 - ante 1836
- 6.4.
James Alexander Watts
c. 1815 - 1825
- 6c.
Rev. David Lewis Williams
(Fowke ) c. 1805 - 1855 - 6.5.
Adelaide Mary Williams
1826 - post 1848
- 6.6.
David Arthur Fowke Williams
1829 - 1844
- 6.7.
William Alfred Williams
(Jefferson ) 1830 - post 1861
- 6.8.
Edward Henry Williams
1832 - post 1841
- 6.9.
Frederic Augustus Williams
1834 - 1854
- 7.
Capt. John Fowke
(Ferguson , Heany , Borthwick ) 1794 - 1851
- 7a.
Jane Ferguson
(Fowke ) 1794 - 1827 - 7.1.
Capt. Francis (Frank) Fowke
(Rede ) 1823 - 1865
...- 7.2.
Maj. John (Jack) Stevenson Ferguson Fowke
(Story ) 1825 - 1917
...- 7.3.
Richard Fowke
* c. 1826
- 7b.
- 7.4.
Henry Heany Fowke
(Bruce ) 1838 - 1878
...- 7.5.
Jane Fowke
1840 - 1866
- 7.6.
Esther Julia Mary Fowke
1842 - 1866
- 7c.
Jane Holding Borthwick
(Fowke ) 1823 - 1887 - 7.7.
William Fowke
(Thornton ) 1847 - 1890
...- 7.8.
John Fowke
(Robson ) 1851 - 1939
...
- 8.
Lt. Richard Fowke
(Phillipps ) 1795 - 1855
- 9.
Henrietta Fowke
1796 - 1864
- 10.
Robert Fowke
1798 - ante 1801
- 11.
Sunderland (Sun) Clay Fowke
(Price ) 1798 - 1873
- 11a.
Ann Llewellin Price
(Fowke ) + 1837 - 11.1.
Mary Frances (Fanny) Price Fowke
(Holland ) 1836 - 1922
...- 11.2.
Ann(a) Jane Price Fowke
1837 - 1864
- 12.
Edward Fowke
(Nott , Prosser ) 1800 - 1872
- 12a.
- 12.1.
John Fowke
* 1818
- 12.2.
Elisabeth Fowke
1823 - post 1841
- 12.3.
Edward Fowke
1827 - ante 1851
- 12b.
Elisabeth Prosser
(Forrester , Fowke ) 1800 - 1853 - 12.4.
Elisabeth Fowke
1832 - 1834
- 12.5.
Edward Fowke
1834 - 1854
- 12.6.
Sarah Amelia Fowke
(Hosken ) 1836 - 1912
- 12.7.
Francis (Frank) Fowke
1839 - 1859
- 12.8.
Ada Fowke
(Hosken ) 1840 - 1933
- 13.
Robert Fowke
(Games ) 1801 - 1865
- 13a.
Isabella Games
(Williams , Fowke ) 1800 - 1837 - 13.1.
Robert Fowke (Foulkes)
1837 - 1879
- 14.
Philip Fowke
(Probert , Baker ) 1802 - 1852
- 14a.
- 14.1.
Jane F. Fowke
- 14.2.
Philip Probert Fowke
1827 - 1849
- 14b.
Frances (Fanny) Ann(e) Baker
(Fowke ) 1811 - 1889 - 14.3.
Mary Frances Fowke
(Saulez ) 1843 - 1916
- 14.4.
Emily Elizabeth Fowke
(Gray ) 1844 - 1907
...- 14.5.
Philip Francis Fowke
(Gray ) 1846 - 1897
...- 14.6.
Richardson William Fowke
(Bird , Stevenson , Dahl ) 1847 - 1899
...- 14.7.
Jane Fowke
* 1849
- 14.8.
Laura Mary Fowke
1849 - 1885
- 15.
Emmeline (Emily) Fowke
1804 - 1807
- 16.
Charles Fowke
(Prosser ) 1805 - 1882
- 16a.
Anne Prosser
(Fowke ) 1807 - 1853 - 16.1.
Charles Edward Fowke
(Nicholls ) 1824 - 1904
...- 16.2.
Anne Fowke
(Clutterbuck ) 1828 - post 1851
- 16.3.
Eliza Amelia (Mary) Fowke
(Ryves ) 1830 - 1872
...- 16.4.
Mary Eliza Fowke
1832 - post 1841
- 16.5.
Emily Fowke
1835 - post 1851
- 16.6.
Edward Fowke
(Ashfield , Saunders ) 1835 - 1909
...- 16.7.
Robert Fowke
1836 - post 1882
- 16.8.
Isabella Henrietta Fowke
(Watson ) 1838 - 1871
...- 16.9.
Henry Fowke
* 1839
- 16.10.
Francis Arthur Fowke
1840 - 1841
- 16.11.
Matilda Frances Fowke
(O'Brien ) 1840 - post 1912
...- 16.12.
Elisabeth Julia Fowke
(Warrand ) 1844 - post 1863
- 16.13.
Blanche Laura Fowke
(Galloway , [Mc]Gregor ) 1846 - post 1883
- 17.
Sarah Fowke
1806 - 1816
- 18.
Dr. Frederic Fowke
(Gunter ) 1807 - 1863
- 18a.
Anne Wainwright Gunter
(Fowke ) 1801 - 1863 - 18.1.
Frederic Fowke
1842 - 1869
- 18.2.
Anne (Annie) Fowke
(Williams ) 1844 - 1930
...
- 19.
Eliza Fowke
(Games ) 1809 - 1849
- 19a.
George Games
(Fowke ) 1805 - 1849 - 19.1.
Georgiana Sarah Games
(Games ) 1834 - 1880
- 19.2.
Elizabeth (Eliza) Isabella Hughes Games
(Price ) 1837 - 1921
- 19.3.
Anna (Annie) Maria Hughes Games
1839 - 1921
- 20.
Elisabeth Fowke
(Bell ) 1809 - 1882
- 20a.
Thomas Bell
(Fowke ) c. 1797 - 1854 - 20.1.
Julia Bell
(Wilson ) * 1831
- 20.2.
Frances Mary Bell
(Crommelin ) c. 1832 - 1925
...- 20.3.
Alexander Bell
(Draper ) c. 1833 - post 1861
...- 20.4.
George Nugent Bell
(Burke ) c. 1835 - post 1850
- 20.5.
Frederick Nugent Bell
1836 - 1861
- 20.6.
Ellen Bell
* c. 1840
- 20.7.
Francis Bell
(Crommelin , Burke ) c. 1849 - 1888
...- 20.8.
Edmund Bell
(West ) + 1878
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Timeline
| 28th Oct 1755 | Born Fort St George, Madras, India | | 22nd Dec 1755 | Baptised London, England | | 7th Sep 1765 | Became an heir of Jane Maskelyne
1693 - 1766 (will) | | 23rd Nov 1765 | Became an heir of Sarah Maskelyne
1695 - ante 1766 (will) | | 11th Jul 1801 | Married Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 Gretna Green, Scotland | | 7th Jul 1813 | Made a will (will) | | 19th Jul 1813 | Married Mary Lowe
(Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 London, England | | Oct 1819 | Buried Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales | | 20th Oct 1819 | Died Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales |
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