Francis Fulford (television personality)

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Francis Fulford, Esq (born 31 August 1952) is an English reality TV star. He is a member of England's landed gentry, and the 23rd Fulford to have owned and inhabited Great Fulford manor house.[1][2]

Family estate

Fulford is the owner and occupier of the manor of Great Fulford, granted to his ancestor William de Fulford by Richard I of England about 1191, as a reward for military service on the Third Crusade.[3] The present great house dates back to the 16th century.[4]

Life and career

Francis Fulford is the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford and Joan Shirley, younger daughter of Rear-Admiral C. Maurice Blackman, DSO.[5] He is a great-great-grandson of Francis Fulford (1803-1868), Bishop of Montreal.[6]

Fulford attended Sunningdale School in Berkshire, but failed the common entrance exam for Eton, so instead attended Milton Abbey School in Dorset. After leaving there, he did not go on to any higher education.[7] At 18 he started a career with the Coldstream Guards, but failed the Army Officer Selection Board exam and so left after nine months. He travelled to Australia to work as a jackaroo, but soon returned to England, re-taking (and again failing) the Army Officer Selection Board exam,[7] before moving to London to work as a stockbroker and insurance broker.[1] Since inheriting the family estate he has devoted himself to its management, though it is in need of restoration and currently (according to his many television appearances) in a state of severe debt. He lives there with his wife Kishanda and four children.

Since 2004 he has maintained an ongoing career in reality television, appearing in various entertainment and documentary-style programmes, many of which (such as The F***ing Fulfords) make a feature of his casual swearing, prejudices,[8] and traditionalist views.[9][10][11]

In 2007 he attempted a move into local politics, standing for a seat on Teignbridge District Council as a member of the Conservative Party. He was defeated, gaining 370 votes out of an electorate of 2215.[12] He is currently a member of the UK Independence Party.[13]

Reality television

Publications

Ancestry

Ancestors of Francis Fulford (b. 1952)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Francis Fulford (1803–1868)
Bishop of Montreal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Francis Drummond Fulford (1831–1907)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Mary Drummond (1812–1873)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Francis Algernon Fulford (1861–1926)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Charles Holland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Mary Ann Holland (1835–1894)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Elisabeth Prior
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Lt.-Col. Francis Edgar Anthony Fulford (1898–1969)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Andrew Robert Drummond (1794–1865)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Edgar Atheling Drummond (1825–1893)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Lady Elizabeth Frederica Manners (1801–1886)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Constance Louisa Drummond (1870–1935)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Lowther Augustus John Pennington (1802–1838),
3rd Baron Muncaster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Hon. Louisa Theodosia Pennington (1838–1886)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Frances Catherine Ramsden (1805–1853)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Francis Fulford
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Charles Thomas Blackman (1820–1888)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Charles William Blackman (1857–1907)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Sarah Wood (1831–1912)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Rear-Admiral Charles Maurice Blackman (1890–1981)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. John Leggett Budden (b. 1817)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Gertrude Frances Budden (1857–1939)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Frances Charlotte James
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Joan Shirley Blackman (d. 2012)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. John Hargrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Lawrence Hargrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Ann Hargrave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Brenda Olive Hargrave (1893–1969)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Margaret Preston Johnson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fulford, Francis, Bearing Up:The Long View London, 2004, ISBN 978-1-85725-203-3
  2. ↑ Colby, Frederic Thomas, B.D., F.S.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford – editor, The Visitation of Devon 1620, London, 1872, pps: 117–119.
  3. ↑ Peter Townend, ed., Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, volume 1 (1965), p. 294: three Fulford brothers are recorded as crusaders.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes, London, 1962, p.801.
  6. ↑ Charles Mosley, ed., Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, volume 3 (2003), p. 3,110
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Saban, Stephen. The Wow Report, 2004. Latest Star of Brit TV Is Swearing Racist Sexist Homophobic Aristocrat
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Shrimsley, Robert. The Financial Times, August 13, 2004 When gritty realism turns into panto
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Radio Times Interview, 2014-10-28 Life is Toff's the Fulfords as posh and outspoken as ever
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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