Faning was born in Helston, Cornwall, where his father, Roger Faning, was a music teacher.
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The scuba equipment manufacturer A.P.Valves or Ambient Pressure Diving is at Water-Ma-Trout in Helston in Cornwall in England.
Examples of this practice can be found in Penzance, Cornwall; Polperro, Cornwall; Mylor, Cornwall; St Germans, Cornwall; Woodstock, Oxfordshire; Barton, Gloucester; and Helston, Cornwall (where the Mock or Sham Mayor was known as the Mayor of St Johns).
In 1872 the house was sold to Adolphus William Young, MP for Helston, who made further additions and alterations.
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (c. 1640–1712), leading British politician, MP for Helston in Cornwall 1665–Feb 1679, Sept 1679–1685
He represented the family borough of Helston in Parliament from 1665 until 1679, but his career was overshadowed by that of his younger brother, Sidney, who rose to be First Lord of the Treasury and was granted a peerage and later an earldom; another brother, Henry, took holy orders and ended as Dean of St Paul's and Provost of Eton.