FARGUS

Frederick John ( eld. son of Frederick Charles Fargus of Bristol, auctioneer, who d. 14 April 1868 ). b. Bristol 26 Dec. 1847; auctioneer at Bristol 1868–83; author of Called Back 1883, 350,000 copies of it were sold and it was at once translated into 6 European languages, his dramatic version of it was played at Prince’s theatre, London nearly 200 nights from 20 May 1884; all his stories were published under pseudonym of Hugh Conway. d. Monte Carlo 15 May 1885. bur. Nice cemetery 18 May. Called Back, by H. Conway (1885) pp. vii-xiii , portrait ; The Lute, June 1885 p. 125; I.L.N. 30 May 1885 p. 559, portrait .