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FOOTE, JOHN, brother of Robert Foote (qv); b. 1784; in school lists 1795, 1797; entered Royal Navy Nov 1797 as First Class Volunteer on HMS Seahorse, under captaincy of his uncle Capt. E. J. Foote; took part in capture of French frigate La Sensible in Mediterranean 27 Jun 1798; Lieut., 10 May 1804; while commanding a gunboat, wounded and taken prisoner off Gibraltar by a Spanish privateer 25 Oct 1806; Commander, 29 Sep 1813; Capt., 29 Sep 1827; succeded to Ward, Beer Ferris, Devon, under will of cousin; m. Fanny Pengelly, Devon; d. 28 Oct 1853, aged 69.

FOOTE, JOHN, son of Richard Foote, Westminster; b.; at school in 1577; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1580; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1584, matr. 2 Jul 1585, aged 20, Westminster Student to 1604; BA 1588; MA 1591; BD 1600; ordained; Rector of Broughton, Yorks.; Vicar of Kildwick, Yorks., from 5 May 1603; buried Kildwick 9 Feb 1622/3.

FOOTE, ROBERT, eldest son of John Foote, Charlton Place, Kent, and Mary, dau. of Edward Cockett, Herts.; b. 15 May 1783; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1798; of Charlton Place, Kent; High Sheriff, Kent 1815; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1806; m. 24 Dec 1802 Charlotte Augusta, dau. of Hon. Frederick Keppel (qv); d. 8 Aug 1845.

FORBES, BENJAMIN; b.; adm. 29 Jul 1783. [Perhaps Benjamin Forbes, bapt. St. Margaret Moses, London 31 Jun 1770, son of William Forbes and Margaret (Mackenzie ?) (IGI)]

FORBES, DAVID; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1739 (Hawkins'); left 1739.

Forbes, Michael; b. 1 Oct. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1934; RAFVR 1940 (Flt Lieut.).

Forbes, Peter Fraser Lestock, son of Sidney Lestock Forbes of Putney; b. 20 Mar. 1918; adm. May 1932 (G); left Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. Rajputana Rifles IA 1942; d. of wounds in Burma Feb. 1943.

Peter Fraser Lestock Forbes was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire on the 20th of March 1918 the younger son of Sidney Lestock Forbes, an engineer, and Edith Lizzie (nee Goodwin) Forbes of Putney, later of “Beggars Roost”, Seven Hills Road, Cobham in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from May 1932 to December 1934. He won the Pancake Greaze in 1933.
He enlisted in the army where he rose to the rank of Lance Corporal before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army on the 28th of May 1942.
His funeral took place on the 27th of February 1943.
He is buried at Kirkee War Cemetery Plot 8, Row K, Grave 15.

FORBES, PETER; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1750 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754. [Perhaps Peter Forbes, bapt. St. Andrew’s, Holborn 3 Aug 1741, son of Peter Forbes, and Jane --- (IGI)]

FORBES, WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, son of William Forbes, Tolquhon, Aberdeenshire, and Anne, dau. of John Leith, Whitehaugh, Aberdeenshire; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1725; KS 1726; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1730, matr. 22 Jun 1730, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1730 - void 19 Oct 1749, expiry year of grace as V. Thornbury; BA 1734; MA 1737; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1734, priest 5 Jun 1737 (both Oxford); Curate, Binsey, Oxfordshire 1736, St. Thomas, Oxford 1738; Vicar of Thornbury, Gloucs., from 1748; d. Sep 1761.