On 2013-07-10 14:10:22 +0000, Geoff Pearson said: > "Ian Goddard" <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message > news:b455btFnbr8U1@mid.individual.net... >> wtwjgc (Joe) wrote: >> %>< >>> >>> I notice the Fulton Block is now a Grade II listed building. Perhaps >>> English Heritage have more information about bequest? >>> >> >> >> This site does: >> http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-1407287-fulton-block-raf-cosford-donington- >> >> >> "HISTORY: Funded by Lady Fulton, the widow of one of the pioneers of >> military aviation in Britain," > > It will be worth asking English Heritage for their evidence on Lady > Fulton - listing is usually a careful process but sometimes apocryphal > stories survive and then support themselves. If need be an FOI request > will bring it all out. However, in parallel, find him a wife! Thanks for the suggestion, I have mailed them (I am running out of organisations to ask!). I'd love to find him a wife! but so far have failed miserably at that, nor can I find a record of his parents marrying. -- Tickettyboo

"Tickettyboo" <tickettyboo@mail2oops.com> wrote in message news:b45cj1Fov4sU1@mid.individual.net... > On 2013-07-10 14:10:22 +0000, Geoff Pearson said: > >> "Ian Goddard" <goddai01@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message >> news:b455btFnbr8U1@mid.individual.net... >>> wtwjgc (Joe) wrote: >>> %>< >>>> >>>> I notice the Fulton Block is now a Grade II listed building. Perhaps >>>> English Heritage have more information about bequest? >>>> >>> >>> >>> This site does: >>> http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-1407287-fulton-block-raf-cosford-donington- >>> "HISTORY: Funded by Lady Fulton, the widow of one of the pioneers of >>> military aviation in Britain," >> >> It will be worth asking English Heritage for their evidence on Lady >> Fulton - listing is usually a careful process but sometimes apocryphal >> stories survive and then support themselves. If need be an FOI request >> will bring it all out. However, in parallel, find him a wife! > > Thanks for the suggestion, I have mailed them (I am running out of > organisations to ask!). > I'd love to find him a wife! but so far have failed miserably at that, nor > can I find a record of his parents marrying. > > -- > Tickettyboo > He might have had a Fulton brother or cousin who picked up a knighthood, or a wife who came as a Lady, having been the daughter of an Earl/Marquess/Viscount/Duke - as there is still no solid foundation for the widow Fulton anything is possible.