FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Matthew Inglett Fortescue-Brickdale (qv); b. 1 Mar 1857; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (James'); QS 1871; one of the founders of The Elizabethan in 1874, designing its original headpiece, and also an illuminated school prayer book, which he presented “curae monitorum” (Elizabethan, I, 63, and xvii, 192); left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1875; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1875; BA 1879; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 May 1877, called to bar 17 Nov 1883; Assistant barrister, Land Registry Office 1888, Assistant Registrar 1894, Registrar and Chief Registrar 1900-23; knighted 1 Jan 1911; JP Gloucestershire; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1916; author, various publications on transfer of land; m. 5 Sep 1888 Mabel Beatrice, eldest dau. of George Louis Monck Gibbs, Bramley, Surrey; d. 20 Sep 1944.

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, 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, 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, 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 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, CHARLES, second son of Sir Humphrey Forster, Bart., Aldermarston, Berks., and Anne, dau. of Sir William Kingsmill, Kt, Sidmonton, Hampshire; b. 1631; adm.; KS ; left 1649 (Chapter Muniments 43113, as Forrester); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 9 Nov 1650; adm. Gray’s Inn 30 Jan 1651/2; d. 1698.

FORSHALL, FREDERICK HALE, son of Rev. Josiah Forshall FRS, Chaplain, Foundling Hospital, and Keeper of Department of Manuscripts, British Museum, and Frances, only dau. of Richard Smith, Harborne Heath, Staffs.; b. 18 Nov 1829; adm. 3 Feb 1843 (Scott's); QS 1844; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1848, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1848, scholar 1849, matr. Mich. 1848; emigrated to Australia 1849; a private tutor at Sydney, New South Wales; Sydney Univ., matr. 1852, Chancellor’s Prize for Greek Iambics 1853; Librarian, Sydney Univ.; returned to England 1855; followed the occupation of a coach; ordained deacon 1885, priest 1886 (both Bath and Wells); held various curacies, but gave up holy orders 20 Nov 1894, under the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Act; author, Westminster School past and present, 1884; d. 11 Aug 1901.

FORRESTER, HENRY; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1629, adm. scholar 1630, matr. Easter 1631.