Grundy Fazbear

Handel Grundy Fazbear, known profesionally as "Grundy Fazbear" was the third president of the United Kingdom after Albert Jennings-Peterson. He was president from 1946 to 1962; serving for 16 years and 4 consecutive terms.

He was also the father of infamous restauranteur Freddy Fazbear. He was also the grandfather of UK president Freddy Fazbear II, and great-grandfather of president Freddy Murray. After leaving office, he retained his senate seat and became deputy speaker in 1966, he later lost his seat in the 1974 election. He dedicated the rest of his life to philanthropic work, and eventually retired from public life in 1986. He died in his sleep in January 1993, just months before his son's dramatic fall from grace.

Early Life (1902 - 1919)
Grundy was born on June 26th, 1902, in North Devon. He grew up near South Molton. The Fazbear family haven't disclosed much regarding Grundy's childhood. It can be confirmed that his parents were called Henrietta and George, and that they died of natural causes in the 1950s, both aged between 70-75. The most interesting and well-researched part of his upbringing, however, would be his affair with Edwina Stanton. The 19 year old Edwina had accidentally conceived a child with Grundy, who at the time still went by his first name Handel. Grundy was 17, which meant that Edwina was shunned for sleeping with an underaged boy, although she was mainly shunned for conceiving out of wedlock. Edwina was forced to marry him, and went by her middle name, Freda. She was known as Freda Fazbear, and he was known as Grundy Fazbear from the day of their marriage; October 10th 1919.

Marriage (1919)
Freda later gave birth on March 8th 1920 to their only son, Frederick. It was often speculated that Grundy and Freda did not love eachother besides the infatuation they felt in the early years of their relationship. Freda and Grundy later stated that they did in fact love eachother, but added that it "took some time" to "cultivate that sort of affection and respect." The first 20 years of their marriage was noticeably turbulent, and Freddy often remarked that it felt like "the pre-war battle" as it had become noticeably aggressive before the start of the Second World War.

Political Career (1926 - 1974)
Grundy had ambitions for the senate, and campaigned feverishly during the December 1925 election. He won the North Devon seat in the senate and remained in the senate until he was voted out in 1974. He holds the record for longest time in office as senate member for North Devon; 48 years.

WW2
Grundy and Freda were devastated to see their son off to war. Despite potentially being exempt as a member of the senate, Grundy signed up to fight in 1939. He was later discharged honourably in 1943, after reaching the upper age limit. During this two year period, Freda acted as Senate Member under Grundy's name, alongside volunteering in a munitions factory. Grundy resumed working as senate member, which allowed Freda to volunteer full time. Grundy resumed his work as a senate member and became immensely popular for his service, although some senate members (including his future vice-president and successor Francis Tucker) found the act "arrogant" and "self-serving." His motives for voluntarily signing up for action were called into question, as the "valour" of having been a soldier was known to appeal to some voters. Grundy said that his motivation was his son, and that he wanted to fight to help give his son a "brighter future". Freda also agreed with this response and reinforced it by stating that Grundy "cares very deeply for the future generations' wellbeing and prospects."

Post-War and Presidency (1945 - 1962)
After the war ended, incumbent president Albert Jennings-Peterson was noticeably exhausted. Grundy was convinced in 1944 to run for president, as Jennings-Peterson's successor was deeply unpopular. Grundy ran as the conservative candidate during the December 1945 election, and won with a senate majority of 90. This ended the 28-year Liberal control of the senate. Freda always publicly supported her husband, and pubicly stated that she "looked forward" to being First Lady of the United Kingdom.

First Half; 1946 - 1954
Grundy's first significant event as president was the sudden but expected death of the UK's first president, Elias Kipp, in 1949. He had been suffering from lung cancer since the end of the war, but had kept it secret and battled it privately. The second significant event was the Great Smog in London. Grundy was appalled by Churchill's mishandling of the fog, and was annoyed by Churchill's habit of keeping health scares private. He felt that the public needed to know that their Head Of Govt. was incapacitated, or else it would look odd if the Head Of State was seemingly passing laws without any apparent substantial cause. Grundy was also unhappy with Churchill's primary focus being foreign policy. Grundy felt that as President and Commander In-Chief, foreign policy was *his* primary concern, and not the Prime Minister's.

Second Half; 1954 - 1962
Grundy, despite butting heads with Churchill a few times, was openly sad to see Churchill go after he resigned in 1955. In the two short years that Anthony Eden was premier, the relationship between the Head Of State and Head Of Govt. was perceived to have mellowed, as Eden had a much cooler demeanour and presented himself as tranquil as opposed to the "fiery" Winston Churchill. Unfortunately for Eden, he suffered a severe bout of ill-health that eventually led to his resignation in 1957. Grundy was disappointed that he had only lasted two years, but he also respected that Eden was likely in mortal danger if he continued to expose himself to the stress of being premier.

Harold Macmillan succeeded Eden in 1957, and appeared to offer the country some form of stability. The UK was experience extreme austerity, and had only come off rationing in 1954. Macmillan and Fazbear had a on/off relationship. Macmillan's reluctance to continue being premier during the turbulent early 1960s also greatly irritated Fazbear.

The conservatives had begun losing popularity in the late 1950s, and this also translated over to the senate's performance. Grundy lost his senate majority in 1958, and remained president only with a minority government in the senate. This left Grundy feeling bitter, and contributed to the stresses of the early 1960s that would lead to his sudden heart attack on the campaign trail in May 1961. Surgery was luckily not necessary, but Grundy was forced to resign as head of the party, and therefore could not stand as presidential candidate in December 1961. He retained his senate seat, but his successor Francis J. Tucker recommended that he take paid sick leave in order to recover fully.

This effectively ended his presidency after 16 years.

Post-Presidency (1962 - 1974)
Grundy remained as a backbench senate member for the first four years of his post-presidential career. Now in his 60s, Grundy knew he was never likely to be president again. In 1966, he was elected Deputy Speaker by the Conservative party in the senate and remained as deputy speaker until he was voted out in 1974. During his final years in the senate, he began his philanthropy outside of the senate. Grundy lost his seat in the 1974 election, despite being confident he would win another term, and decided to retire from politics.

Philanthropy (1974 - 1986)
Grundy immediately became a member of the Fazbear Entertainment Foundation's executive board. He was a paid advisor of the foundation. He eventually left the board and joined the executive board of a London nursing home for elderly pets in 1981. When aksed why he made the change, he stated he didn't feel as if he "belonged" on the executive board of the Fazbear Entertainment Foundation. He took a brief sabbatical from philanthropy after suffering his second heart attack in 1983. He returned to work in early 1984, but eventually had to take another sabbatical as his wife Freda was suffering from liver cancer. Freda's condition did not improve however, and her cancer metastasised to other organs. She died in her sleep from complications of her cancer on August 1st, 1985. Grundy was devastated, and decided that he would enter permanent retirement as the grief affected his health adversely. He officially left the board in January 1986.

Later Life (1986 - 1993)
Grundy's health deteriorated slowly over the last 7 years of his life. He suffered from congestive heart failure after a third heart attack in May 1990. After this event, his health declined sharply, and he suffered another heart attack in July 1992. He later died in his sleep from a fifth and final heart attack on January 8th, 1993. Despite his poor health, his death was still described as "unexpected". He was buried alongside his wife in South Molton cemetery in North Devon. He died just months before his daughter-in-law, and the subsequent downfall of his son's restraunteur career.