Fawcett is the name of an old English gentry family[1][2] which held lands in Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire. Prominent members of the family include politicians, Privy Counsellors, senior army officers and civil servants, shipping magnates, explorers and archaeologists.
- ^ "Genealogical Herald Burk" (PDF). ia600906.us.archive.org.
- ^ "Armorial families : A directory of gentlemen of coat-armour". 1905.