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Francis Fulford (born 31 August 1953) is a reality TV star, farmer and landowner. He is a member of England's Landed gentry, and the 23rd Fulford to have owned and inhabited Great Fulford house.
Family Estate
The Fulford family continues to occupy the same manor granted to William de Fulford by Richard I of England about 1190 as a reward for going on crusade. The present house dates back to the 16th Century.
Early 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 He attended Sunningdale School, Berkshire, and Milton Abbey School in Dorset, entering the Coldstream Guards at 18 and leaving after failing to get a Commission. He then worked in Australia as a jackaroo and the City of London as a stockbroker and insurance broker. Since inheriting the family estate he has devoted himself to its management, and lives there with his wife Kishanda and four children.
Since 2004 he has appeared semi-regularly in reality television and documentary-style programmes, many of which (such as The F***ing Fulfords) make a feature of his casual swearing, prejudices, and traditionalist views.
In 2007 he attempted a move into local politics, standing for a seat on the Teignbridge District Council. He was defeated, gaining only 370 votes (out of an electorate of 2215).
Reality Television and Documentary
- The F***ing Fulfords (2004)
- Why Britain's F***ed (2009)
- Why America Sucks (2009)
- Life is Toff (2014)
Publications
- Bearing Up: The Long View, Timewell Press, London 2004, ISBN 1-85725-203-9
References
- Fulford, Francis, Bearing Up:The Long View London, 2004, ISBN 1-85724-203-9
- Colby, Frederic Thomas, B.D., F.S.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, editor, The Visitation of Devon 1620, London, 1872, pps: 117-119.
- Townend, Peter, editor, Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th edition, 1965, vol.1, p.294.
- Burke's LG, 1965, p.294 where the three brothers are recorded as crusaders.
- "Great Fulford :: Historic Houses Association". Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed, and Official Classes, London, 1962, p.801.
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-francis-fulford-landowner-and-writer-516629.html
- "Prepare for the F***ing Fulfords! - Showbiz - London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. 2004-08-06. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- "Can the Fulfords clean up?". Telegraph. 2005-07-06. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- http://www.teignbridge.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=13134
- Bearing Up: The Long View Timewell Press, London 2004, ISBN 1-85725-203-9