Francis Fulford

Francis Fulford (born 31 August 1952) is a British businessman, television personality, presenter, and former stockbroker. He belongs to the landed gentry and is the 26th Fulford to have owned and inhabited Great Fulford manor house in Devon.

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 is a great-great-grandson of Francis Fulford (1803–1868), Bishop of Montreal.

Fulford attended Sunningdale School in Berkshire, but failed the common entrance exam for Eton, so instead attended Milton Abbey School in Dorset. After leaving there, he did not go on to any higher education. At 18, he attempted a career with the Coldstream Guards, but failed the Army Officer Selection Board exam. He travelled to Australia to work as a jackaroo, but soon returned to Britain, re-taking (and again failing) the Army Officer Selection Board exam, and traditionalist views.

In 2007, he attempted a move into local politics, standing for a seat on Teignbridge District Council as a member of the Conservative Party. He was defeated, gaining 370 votes out of an electorate of 2,215. In all previous local elections, the Conservative Party candidate(s) had been elected easily. , the Teign Valley was represented by two Conservative Party councillors on the Teignbridge District Council.

In 2009, he appeared on 60 Minutes Australia where he expressed his desire to shoot what he deems "champagne socialists", amongst other comments expressing his gratification of his ancestor having killed 5,000 Frenchmen. He subsequently makes the remark "55 million left".

As of 2014, Fulford was a member of the UK Independence Party.

Family estate Fulford is lord of the manor of Great Fulford, the current owner of the estate which was granted to his ancestor William de Fulford by King Richard about 1191, as a reward for military service on the Third Crusade. The present great house dates back to the 16th century.

Reality television The F***ing Fulfords (2004) How Clean Is Your House? (2004) Why America Sucks (2005) Why England's F***ed (2005) Country House Rescue (2012) Salvage Hunters (2012) Life Is Toff (6 episodes) (2014) Help! My House Is Haunted (2018) Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing (2026)

Publications Bearing Up: The Long View, Timewell Press, London 2004,

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