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FORESTER, PAUL, son of Matthew Forester, Wandsworth, Surrey; b.; adm.; QS 1707; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1711, matr. 9 Jun 1711, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1711- void 1725; BA 1715; MA 1718; BD and DD 1745; ordained; Vicar of Wootton Bassett, Wilts., 1724; Canon of Christ Church from 20 Jun 1747; m. Mary, sister of John Perceval (in under school list 1715, qv); d. 17 Sep 1761. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

FORESTER, MATTHEW, brother of Paul Forester (qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1712, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1712, scholar 1 May 1713, matr. 1713; BA 1715/6; MA 1721; ordained deacon (Ely) 22 Feb 1718/9; Rector of Bredicot, Worcs., 1719-26; Rector of Harvington, Worcs., 14 Oct 1726-49 (will proved PCC 30 Aug 1749).

FORESTER, HENRY, son of Paul Forester (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1760 - void 17 Jul 1779 (expiry year of grace as R. Marcham 18 Jul 1778); BA 1764; MA 1767; ordained; Rector of Marcham, Berkshire, from 1778; Vicar of Fifehead, Dorset 9 Feb 1797; Rector of Great Hampden, Bucks., 27 Jan 1802; m. 23 Jun 1785 Sophia, sister of John Giffard (qv); d. 16 Apr 1819.

FOREBENCH, CHARLES; b. ; adm. ; KS Jan 1609/10 (Chapter Lease Book 1605-10, f. 261); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, matr. 1612; BA 1616; MA 1620; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1620, priest 12 Jun 1620 (both Peterborough); Rector of Great Henny, Essex 8 Aug 1634 - sequestered 1642; during sequestration seems to have served parish of Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire; restored to Great Henny; m. [by 1647] Susan --- (IGI); d. 1666.

FORD, JAMES, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 12) 1764; Edinburgh Univ.; MD 1777; LRCP 30 Sep 1779; Physician to St. George’s Hospital, London, 23 Jun 1786-93; m. Harriet Pleasance, dau. of Solomon Fell, a Sworn Clerk in the Six Clerks’ Office; d. 18 Apr 1799.

FORD, GILBERT, brother of Thomas Ford (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1767, matr. 17 Jun 1767, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1767 - void 27 Jun 1780; BA 1771; MA 1774; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Sep 1766; living at Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1795; m. Temperance ---.

Ford, Geoffrey Noel, son of Everard Allen Ford, of Hampstead, by Rachel, daughter of Sir Alexander Hammick, Bart.; b. Dec. 25, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 30, 1897; left July 1901; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. unattached Aug. 27, 1902; Indian Army Jan. 10, 1904; Lieut. Nov. 27, 1904; Double Company Commander 105th Mahratta Light Infantry Jan. 13, 1904, Adjutant March 5, 1908; Capt. Aug. 27, 1911; Major Aug. 27, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1, 1928; Col. Jan. 1, 1932; Colonel (Brigadier) of the Allahabad Brigade 1935-9; Commander, Isle of Man, 1940-3; m. Nov. 14, 1915, Katia, only daughter of Ilya Alexandra Gorkhover, of Moscow; d. 1964.

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.

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.

FOLLETT, WILLIAM WEBB, elder son of John Follett, Exeter, Devon, merchant, and Laura, dau. of James Paddon (IGI); b. 23 Apr 1837; adm. 18 Jan 1850 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1852; Capt. of the School 1855; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1856, matr. 15 May 1856, Westminster Student (still 1866); 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1858, 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1860; BA 1860; MA 1863; adm. Inner Temple 1859; ordained [deacon or priest ?] 20 Dec 1863; Incumbent, Market Harborough, Leics., 1869-71; d. unm. at Badgastein, Austria 30 Sep 1874.