. > In there I have found a copy of a press release for the Defence Esates > Annual Report in 2000. It says the report features the Fulton block at > RAF Cosford. > <quote> > built in memory of Captain J D B Fulton, regarded as one of the > founders of what became the RAF, Captain Fulton commanded one of two > Royal Engineer Air Battalions, and was largely responsible for > reforming them as the Royal Flying Corps in 1912. > </quote> > (From other documents in the file, JDBF commanded No 2 Battalion, which > was the first 'heavier than air'[planes], Battalion - No 1 was > balloons.) > > <quote> > Fulton block was built in memory of Captain Fulton in 1938 at a cost of > £250,000 bequeathed by Lady Fulton. > </quote> > > > So he 'does' have official-ish confirmation that the block was named > for the man whose sword he owns. The Defence Estates seems to have been > replaced by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (a rose by any > other name). I'll contact them and see if they can shed any light. > > JDBF's parents were Frederick George Fulton, a shipowner ( name from > CWGC entry and occupation from JBDF's entry in the Royal Military > Academy Woolwich Register) and Jane Elizabeth (maiden name not yet > known) who, according to the 1891 census, was a widow, born c 1848 > Yorkshire. Jane Elizabeth died in 1910 and JDBF was her executor. Her > probate entry shows she left £8282 10s 10d - which seems to be far > short of the £250,000 needed to build the block so I still don't know > what relation the Lady Fulton, who made the bequest, was to JDBF. There were two women actually entitled to the name and style of Lady Fulton; both were widows of judges, Sir James Forrest Fulton and Sir Robert Fulton. Sophia, the wife of Sir Forrest, Recorder of London, was a great one for good causes, but left only £3126 in 1928 and several children to share it. Sir Robert, an old Indian judge, left £101,775-14-2 in 1927 (and two children) His younger widow Margaret Edith, died in 1951 and left £18.991-18-7 even thern (and one surviving dau, apparently). I would think Margaret E is the best candidate for Lady Fulton, though there is no apparent close relationship. Perhaps the name attracted her, perhaps JD was a distant cousin of her husband's. Sir Robert was Scottish born (Edinburgh) and certainly the chances are that John Duncan Fulton's origins are Scots, even if his birth was in California. I have niot found any will for Frederick G so far, -possibly his assets were all in America and/or Scotland. EVE Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society