(1871-05-30)30 May 1871 Battersea, London, England
Died
1 December 1929(1929-12-01) (aged 58) Lucknow, India
Sport
Sport
Sports shooting
Colonel John Champion FaunthorpeMC CBE (30 May 1871 – 1 December 1929) was a British Army officer, big game hunter and sport shooter.[1] Apart from serving in the Indian Civil Services in the United Provinces, he served in World War I in army intelligence and was in charge of controlling the press. After working briefly in the United States as part of the British Embassy, he returned to India to join Arthur Stannard Vernay on an expedition to collect specimens of South Asian mammals for the American Museum of Natural History. Mounted specimens of the large mammals they hunted were then exhibited in what was named the Vernay-Faunthorpe Hall.
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Colonel John Champion Faunthorpe MC CBE (30 May 1871 – 1 December 1929) was a British Army officer, big game hunter and sport shooter. Apart from serving...
people including Leslie Coleman, Victor Brooke, Arthur S. Vernay, JohnFaunthorpe, Kenneth Anderson, the ornithologist Salim Ali, as well as the Maharaja...
expeditions led by British-born antiques dealer Arthur S. Vernay and Col. JohnFaunthorpe (as noted by stylized plaques at both entrances). The expeditions were...
team running deer, double shots the IOC medal database lists also JohnFaunthorpe and John O'Leary as gold medalists for Great Britain; Hans Nordvik and Oluf...
of the Victorian philanthropist John Ruskin, a friend of the then College Principal, the Reverend Canon JohnFaunthorpe. The Festival is held annually...
Barnett John Bellamy Maurice Blood Henry Burr Henry Burt John Butt Arthur Carnell Geoffrey Coles Malcolm Cooper Hugh Durant Richard Faulds JohnFaunthorpe John...
round, eliminating it from medal contention early. Roster Harold Annison John Budd Charles Bugbee Smith D. Edward R. Haston Richard Hodgson Arthur Hunt...
John Champion Faunthorpe intended to enhance the American Museum of Natural History's collection of Southeast Asian animals, Vernay joined Faunthorpe...
47-year-old real estate builder, businessman, and multimillionaire Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and his 18-year-old pregnant wife Madeleine were returning...
The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire (2006), 144 pp Faunthorpe, John Pincher. Geography of the British colonies and foreign possessions...
Artillery Captain James Edward Fasken, Army Service Corps Temp Captain John Champion Faunthorpe, General List Temp Captain Walter Fawcus, Northumberland Fusiliers...
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