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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.

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.