Francis Fauquier
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Francis Fauquier (bef. 1703 - 1768)

Francis Fauquier
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Francis Fauquier was the descendant of French and English ancestors, born in England of wealthy parents, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and a close friend of Thomas Jefferson, who described him as 'the ablest man who ever held' the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia.[1]

Birth and Parentage

Francis Fauquier was the son of Jean Francois Fauquier and Elizabeth née Chamberlayne. He was born in London, England, and was christened in the parish church of Saint Andrew Undershaft on 11 July 1703. His father was a French Huguenot immigrant who had fled persecution in France and became a financial agent and deputy master of the mint under Sir Isaac Newton, supervising copper coinage early in the reign of George I. By his death in 1726 Jean Francois Fauquier had become a Bank of England director. In his will he bequeathed his son a fortune of £5,000 in bank stock and £20,000 worth of South Sea Company stock.[2]

Francis grew up with an older and a younger sister, Mary[3] and Elizabeth[4], and a younger brother, William. [5]Another brother, Samuel, born on 22 July 1704, had died less than a year later on 2 May 1705. [6]

Marriage and Family

Frances Fauquier married Katherine/Catharine Dalston, one of the daughters of Sir Charles Dalston, of Heath Hall, West Yorkshire, on 11 March 1730, in York Cathedral. [7]

They had two sons,

  1. Francis
  2. William, both of whom were born in Little Saxham, Suffolk, at The Hall, which Francis Fauquier rented for a while from the Crofts family.[8][9]The boys were baptised at the church of St Nicholas, LIttle Saxham.

Another baptism, only 13 days before William's christening, was that of Francis, a bastard child of Mary Mott, by Francis, servant of Francis Foquier at ye Hall.[8]

Life and Career

"Francis Fauquier served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 10 February 1758[10][11] until his death in 1768 [12]and during the terms of two absentee governors, John Campbell, fourth earl of Loudoun, and Sir Jeffery Amherst. Born and educated in London, Fauquier was influential in business and the arts before coming to Virginia. Beginning in the midst of the French and Indian War (1754–1763), his administration was fraught with unusual difficulties. He struggled to establish defenses against Indian raids on the frontier and to recruit and supply Virginia regiments to supplement British expeditionary forces; he worked for a compromise between colonials and English merchants over the issue of paper money; and he maintained a strong grip upon the government in the midst of the Stamp Act crisis and revelations of irregularities in the Treasurer's Office following the death of Speaker John Robinson (1705–1766). Influenced by the Enlightenment, Fauquier had a good relationship with Virginia's colonial leaders and generally promoted education. The Bruton Church baptism register shows that like many other influential men of his day in Williamsburg, it was important to him that his African slaves were brought under the influence and care of the Church.[13]

Before his death, he stipulated that the families of his slaves not be split up upon his death." From the Encyclopedia Virginia.[14]

He died while in office on 3 March 1768 and was succeeded by Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt.[10][12]

[15]
His obituary in the Virginia Gazette reads:
This morning, at two o’clock, the Hon. FRANCIS FAUQUIER, Esq. Lieutenant - Governor and Commander-in-Chief of this Dominion, submitted to the relentless Hand of Death and was relieved from those numerous infirmities which embittered the Latter Part of his Existence. The many good Qualities which united in this Gentleman, render the Tribute of Reverence justly due to his Memory. . As a faithful Representative of his Sovereign, he was vigilant in Government, moderate in power, exemplary in Religion, and merciful where the Rigour of Justice could by any means be dispensed with.
In the Exercise of his less public Virtues; he was warm in his Attachments, punctual in his Engagements. Munificent to Indigence, and in his domestick Connexions truly paternal. Though his end was accompanied by uncommon Anguish, yet no Sigh or Complaint issued from his Bosom, no Pain interrupted the Serenity of his Mind. His Life was a Pattern worthy of Imitation. Let his Successors therefore walk in his Paths; Let his Survivors take Heed to his Ways. The Task is not difficult, when they have before them so strongly impressed the Footsteps of this upright Man.

He was buried in Bruton Church, Williamsburg, Virginia, but no monument to him remains. [13]Fauquier County in Virginia is named after him.

Works

  • An Essay on Ways and Means for Raising Money for the Support of the Present War, without Increasing the Public Debts (1756)
  • Speech held in 1761: The speech of the Honble Francis Fauquier Esq; his Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor, and Commander in chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia: to the General Assembly, summoned to be held at the Capitol, in the City of Williamsburg, on Tuesday Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  • Fauquier, F., Fauquier, W., (1 Jan 1757)., An Account of an Extraordinary Storm of Hail in Virginia. By Francis Fauquier, Esq; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, and F. R. S. Communicated by William Fauquier, Esq; F. R. S. Pub: The Royal Society. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  • Bouquet, Henry (1600-1775)., Papers / edited by S.K. Stevens, Donald H. Kent & Autumn L. Leonard. (Letters from and to Francis Fauquier): The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.

Research Notes

Sources

  1. ↑ Groome, Harry Connelly, (1927)., Fauquier during the proprietorship. Richmond: Old Dominion Press, Retrieved from Babel HathiTrust (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  2. ↑ Baptism: Francis Fauquier, 11 Jul 1703, s. John Francis Fauquier & Elizabeth Fauquier, in St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69/And4/A/001/Ms04107/003 Retrieved from Ancestry Sharing (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  3. ↑ John Francis Fauqiner in entry for Mary Fauqiner, 1702 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here,) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  4. ↑ John Francis Feuquire in entry for Elizabeth Feuquire, 1706 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  5. ↑ John Francis Fauquier in entry for William Fauquier, 1708 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Family Search Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  6. ↑ John Francis Fauquier in entry for Samuel Fauquier, 1704 in England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrievee from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  7. ↑ Francis Fauquier, 1730 in England Marriages, 1538–1973. FamilySearch Online Database. Retrieved from FamilySearch (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. (Vol.11) (1848)., Pub: Ipswich (England). Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 3 Dec 2022.
  9. ↑ Suffolk Institute. Ickworth. (p.70). Retrieved from (Here;) Accessed 5 Dec 2022.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Virginia: Executive journals of the Council of colonial Virginia. Vol.6 1754-1773. (pp.100,286, 301)., Richmond : Virginia State Library, (1925-1966) ; Retrieved from Babel HathiTrust (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  11. ↑ The Virginia magazine of history and biography. ... (Vol.16, p.209)., (1908). Retrieved from Babel Hathi Trust (Here;) Accessed 3 Dec 2022.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 The Virginia magazine of history and biography. Vol. 10-11 (1902-1904). Richmond, Virginia Historical Society. Retrieved from Babel Hathi Trust (Here;) Accessed 3 Dec 2022.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Goodwin, William Archer Rutherfoord, (1903), Historical sketch of Bruton church, Williamsburg, Virginia. Pub: Petersburg, Va., Printed by the Franklin Press Co. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.
  14. ↑ Kolp, John G. and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. "Francis Fauquier (bap. 1703–1768)." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 3 Nov. 2016. Web. 31 Dec. 2018. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Fauquier_Francis_bap_1703-1768#start_entry
  15. ↑ Available from Research Colonial Williamsburg. Rockefeller Library Collections. Retrieved from Research Colonial Williamsburg (Here;) Accessed 6 Dec 2022.


  • George Reese, ed., The Official Papers of Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768 (1980–1983), with biography in 1:xxxv–xlviii
  • Appointment as lieutenant governor in Public Record Office, Colonial Office Papers, 324/51, 115–116, National Archives, Kew, England (available on Virginia Colonial Records Project microfilm, Library of Virginia)
  • first record in Virginia in Henry R. McIlwaine, Wilmer L. Hall, and Benjamin J. Hillman, eds., Executive Journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia (1925–1966), 6:100
  • will, estate inventory, and accounts in York Co. Wills and Inventories, Book 21:396–404 (quotation on 397), Book 22:83–103, Library of Virginia
  • G. Woods Wollaston, "The Family of Fauquier," Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London 13 (1927): 340–348
  • Nellie Norkus, "Francis Fauquier, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, 1758–1768: A Study in Colonial Problems" (Ph.D. diss., University of Pittsburgh, 1954)
  • George Reese, "Portraits of Governor Francis Fauquier," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 76 (1968): 3–10
  • Williamsburg Virginia Gazette (Purdie and Dixon), March 3, 1768; March 10, 1768
  • The Virginia magazine of history and biography. (Vol 6. p.89). Retrieved from Babel Hathitrust (Here;) Accessed 3 Dec 2022.




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