Francis FOWKE

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Francis

Fowke

1753 - 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). Of 13 Berry st, St James when he died in 1819. 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."

Born: Fort St George, , Madras, India 28th Oct 1753	Baptised: St George, Hanover Sq, London, , , England 22nd Dec 1753
Died: Boughrood Castle, Boughrood, Radnorshire, , Wales 20th Oct 1819	Buried: Boughrood Church, Boughrood, Radnorshire, , Wales 2nd Nov 1819
Family: Fowke formerly of Brewood

Ancestors

1. Francis Fowke ( Lowe , Lowe ) 1753 - 1819	2. Joseph Fowke ( Crofts , Walsh , Treacher ) 1716 - 1800	4. Randall Fowke ( ? , May ) 1673 - 1745
		5. Anne/Anna May ( Fowke ) 1684 - 1734
	3. Elizabeth (Eliza/Betsy) Walsh ( Fowke ) 1731 - ante 1769	6. Joseph George Walsh ( Maskelyne ) ante 1695 - 1731
		7. Elizabeth (Eliza) Maskelyne ( Walsh ) 1697 - 1734

Siblings

Arthur

Fowke

1756 - 1775
2.

Margaret (Mag/Peggy/Tippey) Elizabeth

(

) 1758 - 1836
3.

* 1768
4.

(

) 1769 - post 1805
5.

1770 - 1784
6.

liv. 1771
7.

* 1771

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

Descendants

[ Options ]

a. ? 1. William Fowke 1781 - 1795
b. Mary Lowe ( Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 2. Francis Fowke ( Phillips ) 1789 - 1826 2a. Ann Phillips ( Fowke ) 2.1. James Francis Fowke 1826 - 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 1815 - 1825 6c. Rev. David Lewis Williams ( Fowke ) c. 1805 - 1855 6.5. Adelaide Mary Williams 1827 - post 1851 6.6. David Arthur Fowke Williams 1829 - 1844 6.7. William Alfred (Alfred) Williams ( Jefferson ) 1830 - post 1871 ... 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. Esther Heany (Heaney) ( Fowke ) c. 1818 - 1845 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 ) ante 1809 - 1837 11.1. Mary Frances (Fanny) Price Fowke ( Holland ) 1836 - 1922 ... 11.2. Anna Jane Price Fowke 1837 - 1864 12. Edward Fowke ( Nott , Prosser ) 1800 - 1872 12a. Mary Nott ( Fowke ) ante 1803 - post 1827 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. Mary Probert ( Fowke ) c. 1813 - post 1827 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 - 1844 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. Elisabeth Fowke ( Bell ) 1809 - 1882 19a. Thomas Bell ( Fowke ) c. 1797 - 1854 19.1. Julia Bell ( Wilson ) * 1831 19.2. Frances Mary Bell ( Crommelin ) c. 1832 - 1925 ... 19.3. Alexander Bell ( Draper ) c. 1833 - post 1861 ... 19.4. George Nugent Bell ( Burke ) c. 1835 - post 1850 19.5. Frederick Nugent Bell 1836 - 1861 19.6. Ellen Bell * c. 1840 19.7. Francis Bell ( Crommelin , Burke ) c. 1849 - 1888 ... 19.8. Edmund Bell ( West ) + 1878 ... 20. Eliza Fowke ( Games ) 1809 - 1849 20a. George Games ( Fowke ) 1805 - 1849 20.1. Georgiana Sarah Games ( Games ) 1834 - 1880 20.2. Elizabeth (Eliza) Isabella Hughes Games ( Price ) 1837 - 1921 20.3. Anna (Annie) Maria Hughes Games 1839 - 1921

Sources

Family Archivists: see
Fowke
formerly of Brewood

Timeline

28th Oct 1753	Born (birth) Fort St George, Madras, India
22nd Dec 1753	Baptised (baptism) 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 (marriage) Gretna Green, Scotland
7th Jul 1813	Made a will (will)
19th Jul 1813	Married Mary Lowe ( Fowke , Fowke ) 1769 - 1847 (marriage) London, England
20th Oct 1819	Died (death) Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales
2nd Nov 1819	Buried (burial) Boughrood, Radnorshire, Wales

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