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FORSTER, CHRISTOPHER; b. ; adm. Midsummer 1809.

FORSTER, SIR FRANCIS VILLIERS, BART., brother of Sir Charles Forster, Bart. (qv); b. 9 May 1850; adm. (G) 15 Feb 1864; left Whitsun 1866; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Nov 1869, called to bar 6 Jun 1872; Midland Circuit; Master, South Staffordshire Foxhounds, from 1885 (jointly with elder brother to 1902 and jointly with Marquess of Anglesey 1912-9); succ. brother as 3rd baronet 3 Jul 1914; JP Staffordshire 1879; first President, Old Grantite Club; m. 4 Aug 1876 Harriet Susan, widow of James Mason, and dau. of William Seckham, Kidlington, Oxfordshire; d. 12 Mar 1930.

FORSTER, GEORGE EDWARD, son of Robert Forster, Southwell, Notts.; b. 30 Apr 1837; adm. (G) 6 Jun 1849; Min. Can. 1852; of Uppingham; d. 3 Aug 1878. [Perhaps George Edward Forster, adm. solicitor Easter 1859, in practice at 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London EC, in 1861]

FORSTER, SIR HUMPHREY, BART., eldest son of William Forster, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Tyrrell, Heron, Essex; nephew of Charles Forster (qv); bapt. St. Margaret, Westminster 30 Dec 1650 (IGI); adm.; left Sep 1663 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; MP Berkshire 5 Mar 1677-9, 1685-7, 1690 - Nov 1701; High Sheriff, Berkshire 1704; m. 26 Nov 1672 Judith, dau. of Sir Humphrey Winch, Bart.; buried Aldermarston, Berks., 19 Dec 1711.

FORSTER, JOHN HENRY, brother of Sir Charles Forster, Bart. (qv); b. 4 Nov 1842; adm. 7 Oct 1853; rowed against Eton 1860, 1861; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1861; stroke of the University College boat which won the Grand Challenge Cup, the Ladies’ Challenge Plate and the Stewards’ Challenge Cup at Henley 1863; BA 1866; MA 1868; adm. Inner Temple 30 Jul 1864, called to bar 6 Jun 1868; Oxford circuit; JP Staffordshire 1878; d. unm. 19 Jun 1904.

FORSTER, JOHN, son of Francis Forster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, Mayor of Newcastle, and Eleanor, dau. of Robert Greave, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; b.; adm. 13 Sep 1779; KS (aged 13) 1781; Capt. of the School 1785; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1786, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1786, scholar 19 Apr 1787, matr. Mich. 1786; BA 1790; MA 1795; ordained deacon (Durham) Mich. 1791; Curate, Mitford, Northumberland 1791; Rector of Little Sandall, Yorks., 23 Dec 1803; Rector of Ryther, Yorks., from 9 Nov 1805; m. 24 May 1803 (IGI) Ann, dau. of Henry Latton (qv); d. 4 Oct 1846.

FORSTER, RALPH GEORGE ELLIOTT, eldest son of Ralph William Elliott Forster, Gloucester Street, Belgrave Road, London, and of Lincoln’s Inn, barrister, and Frances Joanna, dau. of Rev. William Henry Stone, Canon of Canterbury; b. 4 Jul 1865; adm. (H) 21 Jun 1878; left Dec 1882; entered Foreign Office; student interpreter, Japan 16 Feb 1886; second assistant, 30 Jan 1889, first assistant 8 Aug 1896; acting Consul at various places in Japan 1895-1909; Consul at Honolulu 17 Nov 1909-12, Nagasaki 20 Jul 1912-4; Consul General at Kobe 22 Jan 1914 - Jan 1926; CMG 24 Dec 1923; m. 1 Nov 1897 Louise, eldest dau. of Louis Joubert, Mansourah, Egypt; d. 4 Dec 1931.