 1870 - 1955 (85 years)
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| Name |
Charles Thurstan Fogg-Elliot |
| Born |
28 Jun 1870 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Career |
FOGG-ELLIOT, CHARLES THURSTAN. Admitted at TRINITY HALL, 1890. [2nd] son of John, Esq., deceased [J.P. and D.L.], late of Elvet Hall, Durham. [Born June 25, 1870.] School, Durham. Matriculated Michaelmas 1890. Rowing 'blue' 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894; President, Cambridge University Boat Club, 1894. Winner, Cambridge University Fours, 1890; University Pairs, 1892. Leander Club VIII, 1893. Private Secretary to Lord Curzon (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs), 1898, and to Lord Barnard, 1899-1940-. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Captain, 4th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry). Of Staindrop, Darlington. Brother of John Walton (the next entry). (Burke, Landed Gentry; Book of Blues; University War List.)
(from 'Alumni Cantabrigienses' and kindly supplied by Adam C. Green, Archivist, Trinity College Library) |
| WW1 Enlistment |
Captain in 3rd Durham Light Infantry. |
| Died |
30 Aug 1955 |
The Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen  |
| Probate |
5 Oct 1955 |
Durham |
| ELLIOT Charles Thurstan Fogg of Raby House Staindrop county Durham died 30 August 1955 at The Royal Infirmary Aberdeen Probate Durham 5 October to Oliver Fogg Elliot retired commander R.N. Robin Fogg Elliot retired captain H.M. army and Allan Aylmer Luxmoore solcitor. Effects £8679 13s.9d. |
| Person ID |
I6 |
Mark Fogg-Elliot |
| Last Modified |
6 Aug 2021 |
| Family |
Cicely Wilkinson, b. Oct-Dec 1877, Tudhoe, Durham , d. 16 Apr 1932 (Age ~ 54 years) |
| Married |
26 Aug 1897 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Commander Mark Fogg-Elliot, DSO RN, b. 30 Sep 1898, d. Jun 1950, Newcastle district (Age 51 years) |
| | 2. Commander Oliver Fogg-Elliot, OBE MID RN, b. 19 May 1901, Staindrop, Durham, England , d. 18 Sep 1978, Raby House, Staindrop, Durham, England (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. Commander Lancelot Fogg-Elliot, RN, b. 17 Jan 1903, d. 15 Dec 1941, 35m west of Alexandria, Mediterranean Sea (Age 38 years) |
| + | 4. Captain Robin Fogg-Elliot, MBE DL, b. 9 Nov 1904, Teesdale, Durham , d. 31 May 1986, Hounslow (Age 81 years) |
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| Last Modified |
12 Oct 2013 |
| Family ID |
F3 |
Group Sheet |
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 | Charles Thurstan Fogg-Elliot
Published in Vanity Fair, 22 March 1894. Fogg-Elliot, Charles Thurston - “Fogg” - by 'Spy' (Sir Leslie Ward):
'Unlike most ‘Varsity oars he does not come from Eton, but reflects credit on Durham School, where he first learned to pull under the winged words of Mr. R.H. Poole; who had himself gone through the mill at Oxford before he rowed bow of the Dark Blue Eight fourteen years ago. From Durham he went to Trinity Hall in the October term of 1890, got into the Cambridge Eight at No. 7 in the year following; sat on the same thwart for two years, was “promoted” to No. 3 last year, and rowed at No. 6 on Saturday: whence it is clear that he can row on either side of a boat. On the Cam he has won the University Fours and Pairs, and he has also rowed at the Head of the River; though last year, as Captain of the Hall Boat Club, he rowed in the second boat and suffered bumps. At Henley, too, he has had his successes, having helped to win the Visitors’ for his College, and rowing No. 3 in the high class Leander Eight which carried off the Grand Challenge last year. Having achieved so much he was very properly chosen President of the Cambridge University Boat Club, when Mr. G.C. Kerr, of Trinity (also, oddly enough, a Durham man), left that pinnacle of aquatic fame vacant last summer. For he is generally held to be both a good oar and a good fellow.
He is a very strong young man, whose hair and moustachios are as white as his face is sometimes red; and, like most of our strong young barbarians, he is quite a good-tempered fellow. He is known as “Fogg,” and he is a puzzle; for it is impossible to tell where his forehead ends and his nose begins. Yet is he quite a popular boy, who is not nearly so fierce as he often looks. He was only beaten last Saturday because the Oxford crew were better than his own.
He has occasional flashes of dry humour; and he thinks that he can wrestle.'
After his appearance in Vanity Fair, Charles Thurston Fogg-Elliot (1870-1955) completed his rowing career by racing for Trinity Hall in the 1896 Grand. After university, he became secretary to Lords Barnard and Curzon, Curzon noting that Fogg-Elliot’s taciturnity and flowing yellow mustache made him seem “like of forlorn Viking.” In the 1914-18 war he was Captain in the Fourth Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. |
 | Charles Thurstan Fogg-Elliot
Cambridge University Boat Club VIII - B&W photo - The Illustrated London News - April 9, 1892 |
 | Final of the Stewards' Challenge Cup 1891, Thames Rowing Club v Trinity Hall Cambridge.
Charles Thurstan Fogg-Elliot is #6. |
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