Fawkes (other)
Fawkes is a surname of Norman-French origin, first appearing in the British Isles after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The surname may be a corruption of the Norman surname Vaux, which means valley. Notably, Guy Fawkes was sometimes recorded as Guy Vaux. An alternative origin for the surname is that it originates from the pre-6th century Germanic given name of ''Falco'' (later ''Faulques'') meaning "falcon". The first recorded spelling of the surname in England is that of one Geoffrey Faukes in 1221. It is also, less frequently, a given name. People Surname * Barbara Fawkes (1914–2002), British nurse and nursing educator * Francis Fawkes (1721–1777), English poet and translator * Frederick Fawkes (1870–1936), British Conservative Party politician * George Fawkes (1903–1967), British admiral * Guy Fawkes (1570–1606), English revolutionary * Isaac Fawkes (1675?–1732), English conjurer and showman * John Fawkes (born 1933), English cricketer * Marion Fawkes ...
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Faulks
Faulks may refer to: * Ben Faulks (born 1979), English actor * Edward Faulks, Baron Faulks (born 1950), English lawyer and politician * Neville Faulks (1908–1985), English judge * Peter Faulks (born 1988), Australian rules footballer * Sebastian Faulks (born 1953), British novelist and journalist See also *Faulk (other) Faulk may refer to: People *Andrew Jackson Faulk (1814–1898), 3rd Governor of Dakota Territory * Clarence Faulk (1909–2010), American journalist and broadcaster *John Henry Faulk (1913–1990), American radio show host * Justin Faulk (born 1992 ...

Randol Fawkes
Sir Randol Francis Fawkes (20 March 1924 – 15 June 2000) was a Bahamian politician, trade unionist and lawyer. He served as Member of Parliament for the St. Barnabas constituency and for a short time as a Cabinet Minister in the first Pindling government. Fawkes was knighted by the Queen in her 1977 Birthday Honours. 1967 General Election Fawkes is best remembered for the part he played in swinging the Bahamas' 1967 general election to bring about black "majority rule". In 1967, the Bahamas was a British colony ruled, despite its approximately 85% black population, by a white elite known as the Bay Street Boys The United Bahamian Party (UBP) was a major political party in the Bahamas in the 1950s and 1960s. Representing the interests of the white oligarchy known as the Bay Street Boys, it was the ruling party between 1958 and 1967.Dieter Nohlen (2005), .... The predominantly white United Bahamian Party (UBP) government called a snap election in January 1967. Of the 3 ...
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