Born

Date calculated from age at death

Mentioned in Will.1

Of Richard Tomson
Annotated as "my brother in law William Fox"

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.2

of George Hooper and Sarah Tomson

Executor.1

Of the will of Richard Tomson (1729?-1793)
Joint executor with Mary Tomson the widow the relic

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.3

of James Cooper & Ann Simpson Tomson

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.4

of David Cooper & Dorothy Tomson

Witness at wedding in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.5

of Peter Burgess and Catherine Tomson

Wrote will.6

1) This is the last will
2) and testament of me William Fox of Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet
3) in the county of Kent Esq. a Rear Admiral in his Majesty's Royal
4) Navy ... ... ...
5) ... ... ...

Some of the names mentioned .-
1) my nephew Richard Tomson
2) my niece Sarah Curling wife of George Hooper
3) my niece Catherine the wife of Peter Burgess
4) my niece Ann Simpson the wife of James Cooper
5) my niece Mary Tomson spinster
6) my said niece Dorothy the wife of David Cooper

Died.8,9

From Jackson's Oxford Journal :-
"At Ramsgate, after a lingering illness, Rear-Admiral William Fox, aged 78"

Buried in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.8,10

"This monument to the memory of the late Rear Admiral William FOX, who died 3rd December 1810 aged 77 years, is erected by His Royal Highness PRINCE WILLIAM HENRY, Duke of Clarence and St  Andrews, and Earl of Munster, K.G. & K.T., Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet from a sincere regard for the character of the late Rear Admiral, and from an uninterrupted friendship which subsisted for 31 years. October 11th 1811."

From the Parish Register :-
"Fox / William / Decay / 77 / C / December / 8"

Photo taken by Linda Eccles 10th August 2014

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.6

Joint executors :-
Richard Tomson the nephew
George Hooper

Research Note.7

Extract from :-
Margaret Bolton, "Not lost but gone before; the story of St Laurence churchyard". No imprint. Copies available from the church in Ramsgate.

"William IV made at least one special visit to the churchyard to visit the grave of Admiral Fox who had lived in Effingham Street. William IV erected the memorial to the admiral, his close friend for 31 years, inside the church."