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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.

FORSTER, RALPH; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1718/9.

FORSTER, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS 1665; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1667, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1667, scholar 1668, matr. 1667. [Perhaps Richard Forster, son of Thomas Forster, Westminster, adm. Middle Temple 19 Jan 1670/1]

FORSTER, SIMON ANDREW, fourth son of William Forster, violoncellist, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); grandson of William Forster, musical instrument maker and publisher; b. 13 May 1801; adm. Midsummer 1811, chorister; left 1817; a musical instrument maker in Frith Street and afterwards in Macclesfield Street, Soho; joint author with William Sandys (qv) of The History of the Violin, 1864; d. 2 Feb 1870. DNB.

FORSTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. 5 Feb 1781.

FORSTER, WILLIAM, brother of Sir Humphrey Forster, Bart. (qv); b.; at school in 1663 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder; d. 1677, aged 25.

FORTEE, HAYES, son of Simon Fortee, Lambeth, Surrey, and Margaret George Hayes; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1738/9; left 1743; lighterman; of Lambeth, Surrey; gave £2000 to the Rector of Lambeth for charitable purposes; m.; d. 2 Oct 1809.

FORTESCUE, ---; b.; in school lists 1656; it appears from the account of the dispute between Busby and Bagshaw, preserved among the Chapter Muniments, that Fortescue left in consequence of Bagshaw’s neglect of his education, and returned to his father’s trade.