Edward Boyd Fawcett, plot V124
Captain Edward Boyd Fawcett (11th of October 1839 – 26th of September 1884) was a British army officer and English cricketer active from 1859 to 1863. He was the father of explorer Percy Fawcett.
Edward was born in India in Poona, British India to Henry Fawcett and Mary Sophia Fawcett. He was educated at Brighton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Fawcett played for the Sussex County Cricket Club. He appeared in 21 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium with a roundarm action. He scored 326 runs with the highest score of 53 and took 57 wickets with the best performance of six for 56. Fawcett enjoyed a privileged upbringing. He became friends with the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward, the future Edward VII, and was appointed the prince's royal equerry. In 1865, he married Myra Elizabeth MacDougall, the only daughter of Colonel Andrew MacDougall, of Halebank, Torquay. He settled the family in Devon, where they had two sons, Edward Douglas in 1866 and Percy Harrison in 1867, followed by three daughters.
Fawcett earned a reputation for heavy drinking, gambling, and philandering. He was born into money and married into it, and he squandered away both family fortunes. Already ill from alcoholism, he died of tuberculosis at age 44 in Teignmouth, Devon, buried in plot V124.
His widow died in London on 14 October 1902.
In 1871, Edward and Myra were living at Dunolly, St Mary Church, Devon.
Edward B Fawcett Head - Male 31 1840 - India
Myra E Fawcett Wife - Female 30 1841 - India
Edward D Fawcett Son - Male 4 1867 - Sussex, England
Percy H Fawcett Son - Male 3 1868 - Devon, England
Myra E Fawcett Daughter - Female 1 1870 - Devon, England
Blanche H Fawcett Daughter - Female 0 1871 - Devon, England
Elizabeth Maunders Servant - Female 30 1841 - Devon, England
Jane Akehurst Servant - Female 30 1841 - Sussex, England
Elizabeth Couch Servant - Female 28 1843 - Devon, England
Mary J Court Servant - Female 21 1850 - Ireland
Selina Scobell Servant - Female 24 1847 - Devon, England
In 1881, the family had moved to 3, Barnpark Terrace, Teignmouth East, Devon.
Edward B Fawcett Head Married Male 41 1840 Graduate M.A. F.R.G.S. India
Myra E Fawcett Wife Married Female 35 1846 - India
Edward D Fawcett Son Single Male 14 1867 Scholar City of London, Middlesex, England
Percy H Fawcett Son Single Male 13 1868 Scholar Torquay, Devon, England
Myra E Fawcett Daughter Single Female 11 1870 Scholar Torquay, Devon, England
Blanche H Fawcett Daughter Single Female 10 1871 Scholar Torquay, Devon, England
Beatrice M Fawcett Daughter Single Female 4 1877 Scholar Teignmouth, Devon, England
Elizabeth Maunder Servant Single Female 34 1847 Cook Devon, England
Edith M Draper Servant Single Female 21 1860 Housemaid Somerset, England
Exeter and Plymouth Gazette 12 November 1880
