Fauntleroy, Henry, banker and forger; in his twenty-third year became a partner in the bank of Marsh, Sibbald, & Co., London; was put on trial for a series of elaborate forgeries, found guilty, and hanged; the trial created a great sensation at the time, and efforts were made to obtain a commutation of the sentence (1785‒1824).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Fauns * Faunus