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, 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]

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.

FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, JOHN FORTESCUE, eldest son of John Brickdale (qv); b. 17 Feb 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1811; adm. Middle Temple 2 May 1811, called to bar 5 Jun 1818; Western circuit; assumed surname of Fortescue before that of Brickdale 9 Feb 1861; of Birchamp House, Newland, Gloucs.; JP Devon, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire, Somerset; m. 7 Jul 1813 Catherine, dau. of George Gregorie; d. 28 Mar 1867.

FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, MATTHEW INGLETT, eldest son of John Fortescue Fortescue-Brickdale (qv); b. 15 Apr 1817; adm. (G) 28 Jun 1830; KS 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1841; adm. Middle Temple 27 Oct 1841, called to bar 22 Nov 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 Jan 1845; Secretary, Statute Law Commission 1853; a Conveyancing Counsel to Court of Chancery from Apr 1861; m. 25 Mar 1856 Sarah Anna, dau. of Edward John Lloyd QC, Judge of the Bristol County Court; d. 24 May 1894, from the effects of a fall over a precipice near Biasca, Ticino, Switzerland.

FORTH, PHILIP; b.; adm.; KS 1671; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Jul 1672, scholar 1676, matr. 1675; first in “ordo” 1676/7; BA 1676/7; MA 1680.

FORTH, WILLIAM, son of William Forth, Nayland, Suffolk, and Mary, dau. of Richard Barker, Nayland, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS 1630; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 1633, matr. Easter 1632; migrated to Trinity Hall, adm. scholar 1635; LLB 1638; LLD 1646; Fellow, Trinity Hall, 10 Aug 1639-49; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 29 Jan 1646/7; a Commissioner of Excise; of St. Giles in the Fields, London; m.; buried Highgate, Middlesex 27 May 1671.

FOSTER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Foster, Herts. ; b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS, lxix, f. 224).

FOTHERBY, EDMUND, son of Sir John Fotherby, Kt, Barham, Kent, and Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Anthony Cooke, Kt, Gidea Hall, near Romford, Essex; b.; adm.; KS 1642; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645, matr. Easter 1648; BA 1648/9; MA 1652; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1651 - c. 1660; ordained; Vicar of Gainford, co. Durham, from 16 Jan 1659/60; m.; d. 12 Mar 1700/1, aged 76.

FOULKES, PETER, third son of Robert Foulkes, Llechryd, Denbighshire, Deputy Baron of the Court of Exchequer, Chester, and Jane Ameridith, Landulph, Cornwall; a relation of William Jane (qv); bapt. St. Mary on the Hill, Chester 5 Nov 1676 (IGI); adm.; KS 1690; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 16 Jun 1694, aged 17, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694 - void by marriage 1707, Tutor 1701-7, Junior Censor 1703-5; BA 1698; MA 1701; DD 1710; Proctor 1705; ordained; Prebendary of Exeter from 29 Sep 1704, Sub-Dean 25 Jun 1723-4, Chancellor 27 May 1724-31, Precentor 1 Oct 1731; Rector of Cheriton Bishop, Devon, from 1714; Canon of Christ Church from 25 Nov 1724, Sub-Dean 1725-33; he and John Freind (KS 1691, qv) produced an edition of Demosthenes, De Corona, 1695, of which a copy given by Foulkes to Jonathan Trelawny (qv) is in the School Library; m. 1st, 4 Aug 1707 Elizabeth Bidgood, Rockbeare, Devon; m. 2nd, by 1726, ---, sister of William Holwell, Exeter, Devon; m. 3rd, 26 Dec 1738 Anne, widow of William Holwell, and second dau. of Right Rev. Offspring Blackall DD, Bishop of Exeter; d. 4 May 1747. DNB.