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FLEMING, REV. JOHN (_son of Alexander Fleming_). _b._ Kirkroads farm
near Bathgate in Linlithgowshire 10 Jany. 1785; ordained 22 Sep.
1808; minister of Flisk, Fifeshire 1810; the best zoologist in
Scotland; D.D. of univ. of St. Andrews 1814; minister of
Clackmannan 1832–34; professor of natural philosophy in Univ. and
King’s coll. Aberdeen 1834; joined the Free ch. 1834; professor of
natural science Free ch. coll. Edin. 1845; studied the old red
sand stone and its fossils; author of _The Philosophy of Zoology 2
vols._ 1822; _The temperature of the seasons_ 1851 and other books
and articles in scientific journals. _d._ Llangwym, Monmouthshire
18 Nov. 1857. _Fleming’s Lithology of Edinburgh, with memoir by
Rev. John Duns_ 1859 _pp. i-civ_.

FLEMING, JOHN GIBSON. _b._ Glasgow 1809; ed. at Univ. of Glasgow,
M.D. 1830; member of faculty of phys. and surgeons Glasgow 1833,
pres. 1865–71; represented the faculty in general medical council
15 years; surgeon to Royal asylum for lunatics; F.R.S. Edin.;
author of _Medical statistics of life assurance, Glasgow_ 1862.
_d._ 155 Bath st. Glasgow 2 Oct. 1879.

FLEMING, SIR VALENTINE (_brother of James Fleming, who d. 23 July
1887_). _b._ Ashby de la Zouch 1809; ed. at Trin. coll. Dub., B.A.
1832; barrister G.I. 21 Nov. 1838; comr. of Insolvent Court for
Hobart Town 1841; solicitor general of Tasmania 1844 to Jany.
1848, attorney general Jany. 1848 to Aug. 1854; chief justice of
supreme court of Tasmania Aug. 1854 to May 1870 when he resigned;
knighted by patent 2 July 1856. _d._ Holbrook, Redhill 25 Oct.
1884 in 75 year.

FLETCHER, REV. ALEXANDER (_son of Rev. Wm. Fletcher of Bridge of
Teith, Downe, Perthshire, minister of the associate synod_). _b._
Bridge of Teith 8 April 1787; ed. at univ. of Glasgow, M.A.;
co-pastor with his father at Bridge of Teith 16 Sep. 1807;
minister of Miles’s lane chapel, London, Nov. 1811, of Albion
chapel, London Wall 7 Nov. 1816 to 1824; prosecuted in a breach of
promise case by Eliza Dick, April 1824; separated from the
Secession church 1824, minister of Finsbury chapel, London
1824–59; author of _A guide to Family Devotion_ 1834 of which
50,000 copies were sold in England, _The Sabbath School Preacher
and Juvenile Miscellany_ 1848–50, _2 vols._, and other works. _d._
4 Portland place, Lower Clapton, London 30 Sep. 1860.
_Macfarlane’s Altar-Light, a tribute to the memory of the Rev. A.
Fletcher_ 1860; _Blair’s The prince of preachers, Rev. A.
Fletcher_ 1860; _The Christian cabinet illustrated almanack for
1860 p._ 31, _portrait_; _Trial of the Rev. Alexander Fletcher
before the United Associate synod_ 1824.

FLETCHER, ELIZA (_dau. of Mr. Dawson of Oxton near Tadcaster,
Yorkshire, land surveyor_). _b._ Oxton 15 Jany. 1770; educ. Manor
sch. York; wrote her autobiography. (_m._ 16 July 1791 Archibald
Fletcher, advocate, who died at Auchindinny house near Edinburgh
20 Dec. 1828). _d._ Edinburgh 5 Feb. 1858. _Autobiography of Mrs.
Fletcher, edited by Lady Richardson_ 1875, _2 portraits_.

FLETCHER, GEORGE (_son of Joseph Fletcher_). _bapt._ Clarborough,
Nottinghamshire 15 Oct. 1764; enlisted in Welsh fusiliers 2 Nov.
1785, deserted 16 March 1792; enlisted 3 foot guards 14 March 1793
when he stated that his original enlistment took place in Oct.
1773; pensioned 18 April 1803 on 1s. 2½d. a day; worked in West
India dock 1803–39; local Wesleyan preacher, gave out that his
birth took place on 2 Feb. 1747 and had large congregations to see
him. _d._ 41 Wade st. Poplar, London 2 Feb. 1855. _Thom’s Human
Longevity_ (1873) 64,164–70; _I.L.N. 10 March 1855 p._ 221,
_portrait_.

FLETCHER, ISAAC (_2 son of John Wilson Fletcher of Tarnbank,
Cumberland 1788–1857_). _b._ Greysowthen, Cumberland 22 Feb. 1827;
a coal owner and ironmaster; M.P. for Cockermouth, Nov. 1868 to
death; chairman of Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith railway;
F.R.A.S. 11 May 1849; F.R.S. 7 June 1855; shot himself at Morley’s
hotel, Trafalgar sq. London 3 April 1879.

FLETCHER, JOHN VENOUR. _b._ Chesterfield 14 Nov. 1801; entered navy
13 Feb. 1814; captain 8 June 1841, went on half pay 24 Oct. 1841;
admiral on half pay 20 Oct. 1872. _d._ Reading 5 Dec. 1877.

FLETCHER, JOSEPH. _b._ 1813; barrister M.T. 7 May 1841; sec. to
Handloom inquiry commission 1841, to Children’s employment
commission 1841–3; inspector of schools receiving grants under
Privy Council 1844; one of hon. secretaries of statistical society
of London 15 Feb. 1841; edited the _Statistical Journal_; author
of _Summary of the Moral Statistics of England and Wales_ 1850;
_Statistics of the Farm School system of the Continent and the
education of pauper and criminal children_ 1851. _d._ Chirk, co.
Denbigh 11 Aug. 1852. _bur._ Tottenham church, Middlesex 18 Aug.

FLETCHER, REV. JOSEPH (_son of Rev. Joseph Fletcher 1784–1843,
independent minister at Stepney_). _b._ Blackburn 7 Jany. 1816; in
a Manchester counting house to 1833; at Coward coll. 1833;
minister of Congregational ch. Hanley 1839–49, of Christchurch,
Hampshire 1849–73; kept a school at Christchurch but the death by
drowning of 7 of his pupils in May 1838 caused him to close the
establishment; author of _The works and memoirs of Rev. Joseph
Fletcher, D.D._ 1846; _History of Independency 4 vols._ 1847–49
and other works. _d._ Christchurch 2 June 1876.

FLETCHER, RALPH. _b._ Gloucester; studied at St. Bartholomews;
surgeon to Gloucester county hospital; had one of finest
consulting practices in the kingdom, extending to whole of South
Wales and Bristol; the income from his practice, which was purely
surgical, exceeded £4000 for many years; had a very fine
collection of pictures; author of _Sketches on the influence of
the mind on the body_ 1833; _Notes on cruelty to animals_ 1846.
_d._ Barton st. Gloucester 8 Feb. 1851 aged 70 worth more than
£80,000. _Medical Directory_ 1852 _pp._ 646–7.

FLEXMORE, RICHARD, stage name of Richard Flexmore Geatter (_son of
Richard Flexmore Geatter, celebrated comic dancer_). _b._
Kennington, London 15 Sep. 1824; appeared at Victoria theatre as a
dancer 1832; clown at Grecian theatre, Christmas 1844, at Olympic
theatre, Christmas 1845; played at Princess’s, Strand, Adelphi,
Covent Garden and Drury Lane to 1860; noted for his imitations of
the leading dancers of his day; acted with his wife in chief
European cities in 1849, &c. (_m._ 28 July 1849 Franciska
Christophosa dau. of Jean Baptiste Auriol famous French clown, she
_m._ (2) her cousin Monsieur Auriol, and _d._ Paris 3 Sep. 1862).
_d._ 66 Hercules buildings, Lambeth, London 20 Aug. 1860. _Illust.
sp. and dr. news ii_, 268 (1874), _portrait, iv_, 294 (1875),
_portrait_; _Era 26 Aug. 1860 p. 10, col. 1_, _and 2 Sep. p. 10,
col. 2_; _A first appearance, By Mrs. Evans Bell_ (1872), _i_,
129–33, _iii_, 195–7.

FLIGHT, WALTER (_son of William P. Flight_). _b._ Winchester 21
Jany. 1841; ed. at Queenwood coll. Hampshire, D. Sci. London 1867;
assistant in mineralogical department British Museum 5 Sep. 1867,
resigned 1884; experimented on the constituents of meteorites;
F.R.S. 7 June 1883; author of numerous papers in scientific
journals, majority of them on meteorites. _d._ 4 Wildwood terrace,
North End, Hampstead 4 Nov. 1885. _W. Flight’s Chapter on
Meteorites_ 1887.

FLOOD, FREDERICK SOLLY- (_only son of Richard Solly of Walthamstow,
who d. 1803_). _b._ 7 Aug. 1801; ed. at Harrow and Trin. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1828; assumed by r.l. additional surname of
Flood 14 Oct. 1818; barrister L.I. 6 May 1828; attorney general
for city and garrison of Gibraltar 15 Feb. 1866 to 1877. _d._
Gibraltar 13 May 1888.

FLOWER, EDWARD FORDHAM (_younger son of Richard Flower, who d. 15
Jany. 1862_). _b._ Marden hall, Hertfordshire 31 Jany. 1805; spent
his early life in Illinois; brewer Stratford on Avon 1832–62;
mayor of Stratford 3 times, also in 1864 during Shakespeare
tercentenary; contested Coventry 1865 and North Warwickshire 1868;
removed to London 1873; endeavoured to prevent cruelty to horses
in use of bearing reins and gag-bits; author of _Bits and bearing
reins_ 1875, _7 ed._ 1886 and 3 other books. _d._ 35 Hyde park
gardens, London 20 March 1883. _E. F. Flower’s Bits and bearing
reins_ (1886) 3–15, _portrait_; _Victoria Mag., May 1878 pp._
67–8, _portrait_; _I.L.N. 7 May 1864 p._ 453, _portrait_.

FLOWER, JOHN WICKHAM. _b._ London 11 Aug. 1807; studied geology and
archæology; lived at Croydon about 1848 to death; F.G.S. 1863;
author of _Adam’s disobedience and its results_, _2 ed._ 1871; _A
Layman’s reason for discontinuing the use of the Athanasian creed_
1872. _d._ Park hill, Croydon 11 April 1873.

FLOWER, RICHARD. _b._ Hertfordshire about 1780; went with Morris
Birkbeck to the U.S. 1817 to found an English colony in Albion,
Edwards co. Illinois; instrumental in securing defeat of attempt
to legalize African slavery in Illinois 1823; author of _History
of the English settlement in Edwards county, Illinois founded in
1817 and 1818 by Morris Birkbeck and Richard Flower, Chicago_
1882. _d._ Grayville, White co. Illinois 15 Jany. 1862.

FLOWERS, FREDERICK (_3 son of Field Flowers, rector of Partney,
Lincs._) _b._ Boston, Lincs. 1810; educ. Louth gram. sch.;
barrister L.I. 18 Nov. 1839; recorder of Stamford, March 1862 to
July 1864; revising barrister northern division Nottinghamshire;
police magistrate Bow st. London 6 July 1864 to death. _d._
Holmesdale, Tottenham lane, Hornsey, Middlesex 26 Jany. 1886.
_Graphic 8 Jany. 1881 p._ 32, _portrait_; _Saturday Review lxi_,
145 (1886).

FLOWERS, GEORGE FRENCH (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Boston
1811; studied music under Rink and Von Wartensee in Germany; of
Lincoln coll. Oxf., Bac. Mus. 1839, Doc. Mus. 1865; organist
British embassy chapel, Paris, St. Mark’s Myddleton sq., and St.
John’s Paddington successively; founded Contrapuntists’ Soc. 1843;
introduced and developed Vogler’s system of progressive cadences
1848; his most distinguished pupil in singing was Mrs. Howard
Paul; joined ch. of Rome 1860; author of _Essay on the
construction of fugue_ 1846; _Muscular Vocalisation, a poem,
Barrow on Humber_ 1861; composer of organ fugues, pastoral chorus
and choral fugue. _d._ of cholera in London 14 June 1872.

FLOYER, JOHN (_younger son of Rev. Wm. Floyer 1746–1819, V. of
Stinsford, Dorset_). _b._ 26 April 1811; ed. at Winchester and
Balliol coll. Ox., B.A. 1831; sheriff of Dorset 1844; M.P. for
Dorset 1846–57 and 1864–85; contested Dorset, April 1857; chairman
of Dorset quarter sessions. _d._ 5 Old palace yard, Westminster 4
July 1887.

FLUDE, THOMAS PETERS (_2 son of Jonathan Flude, town mayor of
Berwick on Tweed_). Second lieut. R.A. 17 July 1817, col. 15 May
1855, col. commandant 11 Dec. 1868 to 1 Oct. 1877; general 1 Oct.
1877. _d._ Tweed house, Folkestone 13 July 1885 in 87 year.

FOGGO, GEORGE. _b._ London 14 April 1793; instructed in painting by
Jean Baptist Regnault in Paris; worked with his brother James
Foggo 1819–59; one of founders and hon. sec. of Soc. for obtaining
free access to Museums; lithographer; published a set of
lithographs from Raphael’s cartoons 1828; _Catalogue of the
pictures in the National Gallery_ 1844 and the _Adventures of Sir
J. Brook, Rajah of Sarawak_ 1853; exhibited 7 pictures at R.A., 14
at B.I. and 36 at Suffolk st. 1816–64. _d._ London 26 Sep. 1869.

FOGGO, JAMES. _b._ London 11 June 1789; instructed by Jean Baptist
Regnault in Paris; returned to London 1815; supported himself by
teaching and portrait painting; from 1819 painted pictures in
conjunction with his brother George Foggo for 40 years; well known
as painters of altar pieces; exhibited a large picture “The
Christian inhabitants of Parga preparing to emigrate”; exhibited
their works with Haydon and others at the Pantheon, London 1843
etc.; exhibited 5 pictures at R.A., 8 at B.I. and 22 at Suffolk
st. 1816–58; with his brother undertook care of exhibition of
pictures at Pantheon Oxford st. London 1852. _d._ London 14 Sep.
1860.

FOLEY, THOMAS HENRY FOLEY, 4 Baron (_eld. son of 3 Baron Foley
1780–1833_). _b._ Hill st. Berkeley sq. London 11 Dec. 1808; M.P.
for Worcestershire 5 Aug. 1830 to 16 April 1833; captain of corps
of gentlemen at arms 1833–34, 1835–41, 1846–52, 1852–58, 1859–66
and 1868 to death; P.C. 1833; lord lieut. of Worcestershire. _d._
Paris 20 Nov. 1869, personalty sworn under £250,000, 22 Jany.
1870.

FOLEY, REV. DANIEL. _b._ about 1815; employed in shop of Patrick
Grey, Tralee; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1843, M.A. 1852, B.D.
1854, D.D. 1858; professor of Irish in univ. of Dublin 1849–61;
prebendary of Kilbragh in Cashel cath. to death; R. of Templetuohy
1852 to death; lectured against disestablishment of Ch. of
Ireland; author of _An English-Irish Dictionary, Dublin_ 1855.
_d._ Blackrock, Dublin 7 July 1874.

FOLEY, JOHN HENRY. _b._ Dublin 24 May 1818; student of the R.A.
London 1835, A.R.A. 1849, R.A. 1858; his group of Iro and Bacchus
exhibited 1840 purchased by the earl of Ellesmere; executed
statues of Hampden and Selden for St. Stephen’s hall, Westminster;
executed group of Asia and figure of Prince Consort for Albert
Memorial, Hyde park, Caractacus and Egeria for Mansion house, and
statues of Canning, Harding and Outram for Calcutta; exhibited 49
works at R.A. and 8 at B.I. 1839–75. _d._ Hampstead 27 Aug. 1874.
_bur._ St. Paul’s cathedral 4 Sep., left his models to the Dublin
Soc. and the bulk of his property to the Artists’ Benevolent fund.
_Journal of British Archæol. Assoc. xxxi_, 226–29 (1875);
_Sandby’s History of Royal Academy ii_, 315–17 (1862); _I.L.N.
xxx_, 419 (1857), _portrait_, _lxv_, 236, 249, 254 (1874),
_portrait_.

FOLJAMBE, GEORGE SAVILE. _b._ 4 June 1800; ed. at Eton and St John’s
coll. Cam.; kept fox hounds in Notts. 1822–45 when he sold them
for upwards of £3500; sheriff of Notts. _d._ Osberton near Worksop
18 Dec. 1869. _Sporting Review lxiii_, 12–14, 371 (1870).

FOLLETT, BRENT SPENCER (_4 son of Benjamin Follett of Topsham,
Devon_). _b._ 1810; barrister L.I. 7 June 1833, bencher 3 Nov.
1851 to death, treasurer 1872; Q.C. 11 July 1851; M.P. for
Bridgwater 1852–57; contested Cirencester, April 1859; chief
registrar of Land Registry Office, London 18 Aug. 1862 to death;
member of council of legal education, London. _d._ 23 Jany. 1887.

FOLSOM, ABBY H. _b._ England about 1792; went to the U.S. about
1837; became noted as an advocate of anti-slavery reform and for
addresses at meetings of American anti-slavery society about
1842–5; author of _A letter from a member of the Boston bar to an
Avaricious Landlord, Boston_ 1851. (_m._ Mr. Folsom of
Massachusetts). _d._ Rochester, New York 1867.

FONBLANQUE, ALBANY WILLIAM (_3 son of John de Grenier Fonblanque
1760–1838_). _b._ London 1793; a journalist on _Morning
Chronicle_, _Times_ and _Atlas_; on the _Examiner_ 1826, manager
and editor 1830–47, sole proprietor to 1860; head of statistical
department of Board of Trade 1847 to death; a brilliant talker, a
finished scholar and a student of music and art; author of
_England under seven administrations 3 vols._ 1837. _d._ London 14
Oct. 1872. _Life, ed. by E. B. de Fonblanque_ 1874; _Westminster
Papers vii_, 21–23 (1874); _Graphic vi_, 442, 445 (1872),
_portrait_.

FONBLANQUE, JOHN SAMUEL MARTIN DE GRENIER (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ Brook st. Grosvenor sq. London, March 1787; ed.
at Charterhouse and Caius coll. Cam.; 2 lieut. 21 fusiliers 3 June
1810, 1 lieut. to 25 March 1817 when placed on h.p.; served in the
American war, made prisoner at New Orleans; barrister L.I. 27 Nov.
1816; one of the 70 comrs. of bankruptcy 1817, comr. of Court of
Bankruptcy 1830 to death; a founder of _The Jurist, a quarterly
journal of jurisprudence and legislation_ 1827; author with J. A.
Paris of _Medical Jurisprudence 3 vols._ 1823. _d._ Brighton 3
Nov. 1865.

FOOTE, HENRY RICHARD. Entered navy 6 May 1830; captain 20 Oct. 1853;
harbour manager and secretary Newport dock company 1854; retired
captain 31 March 1866; retired admiral 9 Jany. 1880. _d._
Ellesmere house, Newport, Monmouthshire 23 Nov. 1885 aged 68.

FORAN, MOST REV. NICHOLAS. _b._ Waterford; ed. at Maynooth; pres. of
St. John’s college, Waterford short time; parish priest of
Lismore; parish priest of Dungarvan to 1837; R.C. Bishop of
Waterford and Lismore 23 May 1837 to death; consecrated 24 Aug.
1837. _d._ Dungarvan 18 May 1855 in 74 year.

FORBES, WALTER FORBES, 18 Baron. _b._ Crailing house, Roxburghshire
29 May 1798; ensign Coldstream guards 1814; commanded a company at
defence of Hougoumont 18 June 1815; retired 1825; succeeded 4 May
1843; a great benefactor to St. Ninian’s cathedral, Perth. _d._
Richmond, Surrey 1 May 1868, monument in Guards’ chapel,
Wellington barracks, London.

FORBES, RIGHT REV. ALEXANDER PENROSE (_2 son of John Hay Forbes,
lord Medwyn 1776–1854_). _b._ Edinburgh 6 June 1817; educ. Glasgow
univ. 1833 and Haileybury coll.; assistant collector Rajahmundry,
India 1837; head assistant to the Sudder and Foujdarry Adawlut
1839–40; matric. from Brasenose coll. Oxf. 1840, Boden Sanskrit
scholar 1841; B.A. 1844, M.A. 1846, D.C.L. 18 May 1848; C. of
Aston Rowant, Oxf. 1844; C. of St. Thomas’, Oxf. 1845; incumb. of
Stonehaven, Kincardine 1846; V. of St. Saviour’s, Leeds 1847, one
of the first Tractarian churches; elected bishop of Brechin 21
Sep. 1847 when the seat of the bishoprick was removed from Brechin
to Dundee, and he also became V. of St. Paul’s, Dundee; censured
by the college of bishops for his teaching on the real presence 15
March 1860; built St. Paul’s cathedral, Dundee 1855 and founded
sisterhood of St. Mary and St. Modwenna; author of _An explanation
of the Thirty nine articles 2 vols._ 1867–68 in which he was
assisted by Dr. Pusey; _The prisoners of Craigmacaire_ 1852; _The
pious life of Helen Inglis_ 1854; _Kalendars of Scottish saints_
1872 and 20 other works. _d._ Castle hill, Dundee 8 Oct. 1875.
_Mackey’s Bishop Forbes_ (1888), _portrait_; _Memoir of Alexander,
bishop of Brechin, By Miss Skene_ (1876).

FORBES, SIR CHARLES FERGUSSON. _b._ 1779; hospital assistant in army
medical service, May 1798; served in Egypt, Gallicia and the
Peninsula; retired with rank of deputy inspector general of
hospitals 1864; M.D. Edinburgh 24 June 1808; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec.
1814, F.R.C.P. 10 July 1841; practised in London 1814 to death;
physician Royal Westminster infirmary for diseases of the eye
1816, fell out with his colleague G. J. Guthrie 1827 when he
resigned; fought a duel with Hale Thomson one of Guthrie’s party,
on Clapham common 29 Dec. 1827; F.L.S. 1822; K.C.H. 1837; knighted
at St. James’s palace 13 March 1844. _d._ 23 Argyll st. London 22
March 1852. _Munk’s Roll of College of Physicians_ (1878) _iii_,
129; _Medical Circular i_, 137 (1852).

FORBES, DAVID. Entered Bombay army 1819; lieut. col. 9 Bombay N.I.
23 Nov. 1841 to 25 May 1852; commandant at Aden 9 Jany. 1851 to 25
May 1852; col. 3 European regiment 1854 to death; M.G. 28 Nov.
1854. _d._ Upper Brunswick place, Brighton 2 April 1863.

FORBES, DAVID (_son of Edward Forbes of Oakhill, Isle of Man,
banker_). _b._ Douglas 6 Sep. 1828; educ. Brentwood, Essex and
Edin. univ.; superintendent of mining and metallurgical works at
Espedal, Norway 1848–58; F.G.S. 1853 and one of secretaries 1871;
F.R.S. 3 June 1856; partner with Evans and Askin, nickel smelters,
Birmingham 1856; A.I.C.E. 1 Feb. 1853, mem. of council 1872–73;
visited Bolivia, Peru, South Sea islands and Africa in search of
mines and minerals 1857–66; foreign sec. of Iron and Steel
Institute 1871–6; one of the first to apply the microscope to the
study of rocks; wrote 58 papers on scientific subjects. _d._ 11
York place, Portman sq. London 5 Dec. 1876. _Quarterly Journal of
Geol. Soc. xxxiii_, 41–8 (1877); _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xlix_, 270–75 (1877); _Journal of Iron and Steel Institute_ 1876
_pp._ 519–24.

FORBES, DUNCAN. _b._ Kinnaird, Perthshire 28 April 1798; village
school master of Straloch 1815; educ. Carmichael sch., Perth gram.
sch. and St. Andrew’s univ., M.A. 1823, LLD. 1847; employed in
Calcutta academy Nov. 1823 to 1826; assistant to Dr. John
Borthwick Gilchrist, teacher of Hindustani and to Dr. Sandford
Arnet 1826–37; professor of oriental languages, King’s coll.
London 1837–61; hon. fellow of King’s coll. 1861; catalogued
Persian MSS. in British Museum 1849–55; author of _The Hindustani
Manual_ 1845; _The history of chess from the time of the early
invention of the game in India_ 1860; _A grammar of the Bengali
language_ 1861; _A grammar of the Arabic language_ 1863 and other
books. _d._ London 17 Aug. 1868. _Annual Report R. Asiatic Soc.,
May 1869 pp. vii-viii._

FORBES, EDWARD (_2 child of Edward Forbes of Douglas, Isle of Man,
banker_). _b._ Douglas 12 Feb. 1815; ed. at univ. of Edin.
1831–36; naturalist to H.M.’s surveying ship Beacon, in the Levant
1841–42; professor of botany at King’s college, London, Oct. 1842;
F.G.S. 4 Dec. 1844, librarian and curator 1842–44, pres. 1853;
F.R.S. 13 Feb. 1845; palæontologist at Museum of practical geology
1 Nov. 1844 to 1854; founded Club of the Metropolitan Red Lions
1845; professor of natural history in Univ. of Edin. April 1854 to
death; published with Sylvanus Hanley _A History of British
Mollusca 4 vols._ 1848–53; author of many books and papers on
natural history. _d._ Wardie near Edinburgh 18 Nov. 1854. _J. H.
Bennett’s Memoir of E. Forbes_ 1855; _Memoir of E. Forbes by G.
Wilson and A. Geikie_ 1861, _portrait_; _Sir A. Grant’s Univ. of
Edin. ii_, 434 (1884); _I.L.N. xxv_, 564, 566 (1854), _portrait_.

FORBES, FRANCIS REGINALD (_2 son of 6 Earl of Granard 1760–1837_).
_b._ Moira castle, Ireland 17 Sep. 1791; attached to embassy at
St. Petersburg, July 1812; minister plenipotentiary at Dresden 26
Nov. 1832; raised to rank of envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary 2 May 1857, transferred to Rio de Janeiro 13 Dec.
1858; retired 2 Sep. 1859, pension granted him 1 Nov. 1859. _d._
Geneva 5 Nov. 1873.

FORBES, REV. GEORGE HAY (_brother of Right Rev. A. P. Forbes_). _b._
4 Aug. 1821; episcopal minister at Burntisland 1849 to death;
founded and endowed the Pitsligo press at Burntisland, issued
theological pamphlets, ancient liturgies and missals, and a
periodical called _The Panoply_ 1853–69, all of which he printed
himself, the press was moved to Edinburgh, January 1884; author of
_The goodness of God, Prize essay_ 1849; _Doctrinal errors of the
English prayer book_ 1863. _d._ The Parsonage, Burntisland 7 Nov.
1875.

FORBES, HENRY. _b._ 1804; pupil of Smart, Hummel, Moscheles and
Herz; organist of St. Luke’s, Chelsea; his opera _The Fairy Oak_
produced at Drury Lane 18 Oct. 1845; his cantata Ruth performed
London 1847; conductor of Società Armonica 1827–50; composer of
_National Psalmody_ 1843. _d._ London 24 Nov. 1859.

FORBES, JAMES. _b._ Bridgend, Perthshire, May 1793; head gardener to
Duke of Bedford at Woburn abbey, Beds. 37 years; A.L.S. 17 Jany.
1832; published _Hortus ericaceus Woburnensis_ 1825; _Salicetum
Woburnense_ 1829; _Hortus Woburnensis_ 1833; _Pinetum Woburnense_
1839. _d._ The Abbey Gardens, Woburn 6 July 1861. _Proc. of
Linnæan Soc._ (1861) 104.

FORBES, JAMES DAVID (_youngest son of Sir Wm. Forbes, 7 Bart.
1773–1828_). _b._ Edinburgh 20 April 1809; ed. at Univ. of Edin.,
LLD. 1860; F.R.S. Edin. 1828, sec. 1840–51; F.R.S. 7 June 1832,
Rumford medallist 1838 for discovery of polarisation of heat; a
founder of British Association 1832; professor of natural
philosophy in Univ. of Edin. 30 Jany. 1833, resigned April 1860;
dean of Faculty of Arts 1837; granted civil list pension of £200,
14 Oct. 1845; surveyed Mer de Glace 1850; principal of St. Andrews
2 Dec. 1859 to Oct. 1868; author of _Travels through the Alps of
Savoy with observations on glaciers_ 1843 and of upwards of 149
articles in scientific transactions. _d._ Clifton hill house,
Bristol 31 Dec. 1868. _Life and letters of J. D. Forbes_ 1873;
_Proc. of Royal Soc. xix_, 1–9 (1871); _Sir A. Grant’s Univ. of
Edin. ii_, 354–7 (1884); _Contemporary Review xxii_, 484–508
(1873).

FORBES, SIR JOHN (_4 son of Alexander Forbes of the Enzie,
Banffshire_). _b._ Cuttelbrae, Ruthven, Banffshire 18 Oct. 1787;
ed. at Marischal coll. Aberdeen 1803–6 and Univ. of Edin., M.D.
1817; assistant surgeon R.N. 1807–16 when placed on h.p.; phys. at
Penzance 1817–22, at Chichester 1822–40, in London 1840–59; F.R.S.
5 Feb. 1829; founded _British and Foreign medical review_, Jany.
1836, edited it 1836 to Oct. 1847, 48 numbers; phys. extraord. to
Prince Consort, Aug. 1840 to 1859; phys. in ord. to H.M.’s
Household, Feb. 1841 to 1859; F.R.C.S. Lond. 1845; knighted at
Buckingham palace 8 Aug. 1853; author of _Original cases
illustrating the use of the stethescope_ 1824; editor with A.
Tweedie and J. Conolly of _Cyclopædia of practical medicine_
1833–35, _4 vols._; author of _A physician’s holiday in
Switzerland_ 1848; _Sight seeing in Germany_ 1856. _d._ Whitchurch
near Reading 13 Nov. 1861. _E. A. Parke’s Memoir of Sir John
Forbes_; _Proc. of Royal Soc. xii_, 6–10 (1862).

FORBES, REV. JOHN. _b._ Dunkeld, Perthshire; educ. Perth academy and
St. Andrew’s univ., D.D. 1837; LLD. of Glasgow univ. 1840;
minister at Hope park chapel, Edinburgh 1826, at Outer-High
church, Glasgow 18 Dec. 1828; left the Presbyterian ch. 24 May
1843; contributed to _The evidences of Revealed Religion_ 1838;
Free church minister of Free St. Paul’s Glasgow 1843; author of
_Differential and integral calculus_; _Three sermons on Lord’s
Day_ 1831 and other books. _d._ Glasgow 25 Dec. 1874 aged 73.
_Wylie’s Disruption Worthies_ (1881) 253–60; _John Smith’s Our
Scottish Clergy_ (1848) 231–7.

FORBES, JOHN HAY (_2 son of Sir Wm. Forbes, 6 Bart., of Pitsligo
1739–1806_). _b._ Edinburgh Sep. 1776; advocate 2 March 1799;
sheriff depute of Perthshire 1807; judge of Court of Session with
title of Lord Medwyn, Jany. 1825 to Oct. 1852; a lord of
justiciary 16 Nov. 1830 to May 1849; edited _Thoughts concerning
man’s condition in this life and hopes in world to come, By
Alexander Forbes, Baron Pitsligo_ 1854. _d._ Edinburgh 25 July
1854. _J. Kay’s Edinburgh Portraits ii_, 99 (1842), _portrait_.

FORBES, NATHANIEL. Entered Madras army 1782; col. 24 Madras N.I.
1820 or 1821 to death; L.G. 10 Jany. 1837. _d._ Sloane st. London
16 Aug. 1851.

FORBES, THOMAS JOHN. Second lieut. R.A. 6 March 1795; col.
commandant 8 Dec. 1847 to death; general 16 Jany. 1859. _d._
Stoke-by-Nayland, Colchester 1 Feb. 1868 aged 87.

FORBES, WILLIAM. _b._ 1806; M.P. for Stirlingshire 1835–38 and 1841
to death. _d._ Callander house near Stirling 10 Feb. 1855.

FORBES, WILLIAM ALEXANDER (_2 son of John Staats Forbes_). _b._
Cheltenham 24 June 1855; educ. Kensington sch. and Winchester
coll.; studied at Edin. univ. 1873 and univ. coll. London 1875–76;
matric. St. John’s coll. Cam. 1876, fellow; prosector to
Zoological soc. of London, Dec. 1879 to death; lectured on
comparative anatomy Charing Cross hospital medical sch.; wrote on
the muscular structure and voice organs of birds; travelled in
Pernambuco 1880 and in tropical Africa 1882 to investigate the
fauna; author of _The collected papers of A. H. Garrod_ 1881. _d._
Shonga on the Niger 14 Jany. 1883. _bur._ Wickham, Kent 1 April
1884. _F. E. Beddard’s Collected Papers of W. A. Forbes_ (1885).

FORBES, WILLIAM NAIRN (_6 son of John Forbes of Blackford, co.
Aberdeen_). _b._ Blackford 3 April 1796; ed. at King’s coll. old
Aberdeen, univ. of Edin. and Addiscombe; 2 lieut. Bengal engineers
1816, col. 1 Aug. 1854 to death; M.G. 28 Nov. 1854; superintendent
of mint machinery at Calcutta 1823; master of Calcutta mint 3 Feb.
1836 to death; built cathedral at Calcutta 1839–47; M.I.C.E. 1828.
_d._ on board the ‘Oriental’ off the island of Tibble Teer on his
way to England 1 May 1855. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. xx_,
138–40 (1861).

FORBES-LESLIE, JONATHAN (_youngest son of John Forbes of
Blackford_). _b._ 1798; ensign 78 foot 19 Jany. 1814, lieut. col.
9 Nov. 1846 to 10 Dec. 1847 when he retired from the army; author
of _Eleven years in Ceylon 2 vols._ 1840; _Recent disturbances and
military executions in Ceylon_ 1850; assumed name of Leslie after
Forbes 1861. _d._ Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire 23 Dec. 1877.
_Leslie’s Family of Leslie_ (1869) _iii_, 320.

FORD, CHARLES ERSKINE. _b._ 5 Jany. 1812; 2 lieut. R.E. 29 April
1829, col. 11 Oct. 1863, col. commandant 1 Oct. 1877 to death;
general 1 Oct. 1877; placed on retired list 1 July 1881. _d._
Hampton court palace 27 July 1884.

FORD, REV. DAVID EVERARD (_son of Rev. David Ford, congregational
minister_). _b._ Long Melford, Suffolk 13 Sep. 1797;
congregational minister at Lymington, Hants. 1821–1841; visited
stations of congregational union 1841–43; minister of Richmond
chapel, Manchester 1843, resigned 1858; author of _Decapolis, or
the individual obligation of christians to save souls_ 1840,
_fifth American ed._ 1848; _Chorazin_ 1841; _Damascus_ 1842;
_Laodicea_ 1844 and _Alarm in Zion_ 1848; published music for
psalms and hymns 1825–29 and _Rudiments of music_ 1843. _d._
Bedford 23 Oct. 1875.

FORD, RICHARD (_eld. son of Sir Richard Ford, chief police
magistrate of London, who d. 3 May 1806 aged 47_). _b._ Sloane st.
London April 1796; ed. at Winchester and Trin. coll. Ox.; B.A.
1817, M.A. 1822; barrister L.I. 17 May 1822; resided in Spain
1830–34; settled at Heavitree near Exeter 1834; contributed to
_Quarterly Review_ 1836–57; author of _A handbook for travellers
in Spain and readers at home 2 vols._ 1845, _new ed. 2 vols._
1861; _Gatherings from Spain_ 1846, _new ed._ 1861; had a fine
collection of majolica ware. _d._ Heavitree 1 Sep. 1858. _Times 4
Sep. 1858 p. 6, col. 5_; _Waagen’s Treasures of art ii_, 223–6
(1854); _Fraser’s Mag. Oct. 1858 pp._ 422–4.

FORD, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Rev. Richard Wilbraham Ford, R. of
Little Risington, Gloucs._) _b._ 4 May 1812; ed. at Eton and
King’s coll. Cam., fellow; B.A. 1834, M.A. 1837; admitted
solicitor 1836; partner in firm of Ranken and Co. London 1837;
member of council of Incorporated Law Society 1860–76, vice pres.
1869–70, pres. 1870–71. _d._ Majori, South Italy 10 Jany. 1889.

FORDHAM, GEORGE (_son of James Fordham_). _b._ Cambridge 11 Sep.
1837; trained under R. Drewitt and E. Smith, and commenced his
career at Brighton 1850; at the head of list of winning jockeys
1855–63, won 165 races 1862; won the Oaks 5 times, the
Cambridgeshire 4 times, the Ascot cup 5 times, the 2000 guineas 3
times, the 1000 guineas 7 times; won the Derby on Sir Bevys 1879,
won the Grand prix de Paris 1867, 1868 and 1881, the French Derby
1861 and 1868, the French Oaks 1880; known as “the demon.” _d._
Slough 12 Oct. 1887. _Baily’s Mag. iii_, 183–8 (1861) _xlviii_,
277–9 (1888); _Illust. sporting news ii_, 301 (1863), _portrait_;
_Illust. sp. and dr. news i_, 16 (1874), _portrait_, _24 May
1884_, _portrait_; _Sporting Mirror ii_, 37–40 (1881), _portrait_.

FORDYCE, ALEXANDER DINGWALL. _b._ Aberdeen 4 March 1800; entered
navy 12 June 1813; commander on h.p. 3 Sep. 1841; retired captain
14 July 1857; M.P. for Aberdeen 1847–52; author of _Outlines of
naval routine_ 1837. _d._ Aberdeen 16 July 1864. _Naval and
military gazette 30 July 1864 p._ 483.

FORDYCE, CHARLES FRANCIS. _b._ 19 Dec. 1819; ensign 41 foot 17 Feb.
1838; major 47 foot 1852–55; A.Q.M.G. Canada 1855–57; military
sec. to governor of Madras 1866–71, private sec. 1871–72; col.
second battalion Gloucestershire regiment 7 Aug. 1884 to death;
placed on retired list with hon. rank of general 1 July 1881; C.B.
2 Jany. 1857. _d._ Hayford, Torquay 23 Sep. 1887.

FORDYCE, GEORGE DINGWALL (_brother of Alexander Dingwall Fordyce_).
_b._ 1808; advocate 1832, advocate depute; sheriff of Sutherland
and Caithness 14 Aug. 1857 to 1875. _d._ Forres st. Edinburgh 7
Sep. 1875.

FORDYCE, JOHN. _b._ Ayton, Berwickshire; ensign 34 foot 18 Dec.
1828; lieut. col. 74 foot 10 July 1846 to death; killed in the
action of Waterkloof, Caffraria 6 Nov. 1851. _The Christian
Soldier_ 1856; _W. R. King’s Campaigning in Kaffirland_ (1853)
_p._ 146, _view of his death_.

FORDYCE, SIR JOHN (_son of James Fordyce_). _b._ 4 March 1806; 2
lieut. Bengal artillery 10 May 1822, col. commandant 5 April 1873
to death; L.G. 21 Jany. 1872; K.C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ Colne
house, Earl’s Colne, Essex 26 Feb. 1877.

FORDYCE, WILLIAM DINGWALL. _b._ Rubilaw cottage, Aberdeen 31 March
1836; ed. at Univ. of Edin., M.A. 1859; advocate 1862; M.P. for
Aberdeenshire 1866–68, for East Aberdeenshire 1868 to death. _d._
Brucklay Castle near Aberdeen 27 Nov. 1875.

FORESTER, JOHN GEORGE WELD, 2 Baron (_eld. child of 1 Baron Forester
1767–1828_). _b._ Sackville st. Piccadilly, London 9 Aug. 1801;
M.P. for Wenlock 1826–28; captain of corps of gentlemen-at-arms
1841–46; P.C. 14 Sep. 1841; master of the Belvoir fox hounds
1830–58. _d._ Willey park, Broseley, Shropshire 10 Oct. 1874.
_Baily’s Mag. xii_, 163–5 (1867), _portrait_.

FORESTER, GEORGE CECIL WELD FORESTER, 3 Baron (_brother of the
preceding_). _b._ Sackville st. Piccadilly, London 10 May 1807;
ed. at Westminster; cornet Royal horse guards 27 May 1824, lieut.
col. 2 Sep. 1853 to 30 Sep. 1859; placed on retired list 1 Oct.
1877; general 1 Oct. 1877; M.P. for Wenlock 1828–74; controller of
the household, March to Dec. 1852 and Feb. 1858 to July 1859. _d._
3 Carlton gardens, London 14 Feb. 1886.

FORMBY, REV. HENRY (_2 son of Henry Greenhalgh Formby of Bury,
Lancs. 1789–1834_). _b._ 1816; ed. at Clitheroe gr. sch.
Charterhouse and Brasenose coll. Ox.; B.A. 1837, M.A. 1841; V. of
Ruardean, Gloucs. 1844; received into R.C. church at St. Mary’s
college, Oscott 24 Jany. 1846; ordained priest at Oscott 18 Sep.
1847; priest at St. Chads, Birmingham and Wednesbury successively;
resided at Dominican priory of St. Peter, Hinckley, Leics. about
1865 to death; edited for some years _The monthly magazine of the
Holy Rosary, n.s._ 1873, _&c._; author of _A visit to the East_
1843 and 40 other books. _d._ Normanton hall, Leics. 12 March
1884. _Gillow’s English Catholics ii_, 309–13 (1885).

FORREST, SIR JAMES, 1 Baronet (_son of James Forrest of Edinburgh,
writer to the signet 1744–1820_). _b._ 16 Oct. 1780; advocate
1803; lord provost of Edinburgh 1838; created a baronet 7 Aug.
1838; a ruling elder of established church of Scotland to 1843
when he joined the free church; grand master of grand lodge of
freemasons in Scotland. _d._ Plymouth 5 April 1860.

FORREST, ROBERT. _b._ Carluke, Lanarkshire 1790; a stonemason in
Clydesdale quarries; cut colossal figure of first Viscount
Melville in centre of St. Andrew sq. Edinburgh; sculptor of
statues of John Knox in Glasgow necropolis, and of Mr. Ferguson of
Raith at Haddington 1843; opened his public exhibition of statuary
on the Calton hill, Edinburgh 1832. _d._ Edinburgh 29 Dec. 1852.
_W. Anderson’s Scottish Nation iii_, 710 (1863); _Georgian Era
iv_, 180 (1834).

FORREST, THOMAS. _b._ Burnwynd, Wilkieston, Midlothian 1805; studied
under W. H. Lizars in Edinburgh; line engraver; many of his plates
were published by Royal Assoc. for promotion of fine arts in
Scotland; gave a complete set of his works 160 in number to Royal
Scottish Academy 1884. _d._ Edinburgh. 15 Oct. 1889.

FORRESTER, ALFRED HENRY (_son of Robert Forrester of 5 North gate,
royal exchange, London, public notary_). _b._ London 10 Sep. 1804;
apprentice to a notary in the city; connected with his brother
Charles Robert Forrester (who _d._ 15 Jany. 1850 aged 47) in
business about 1825–39; illustrated several of his brother’s books
in which the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill was conjointly used by
writer and artist, but afterwards it was used by the artist alone;
contributed sketches to vols. 2, 3 and 4 of _Punch_ 1842–3; member
of staff of _Illustrated London News_ from 1843; wrote and
illustrated _A. Crowquill’s Guide to watering places_ 1839 and 25
other books; illustrated wholly or partly _Ups and Downs_ 1823 and
32 other books. _d._ 3 Portland place north, Clapham road, London
26 May 1872. _Everitt’s English caricaturists_ (1886) 194, 368–71,
410; _Illustrated Review 15 June 1872 pp._ 737–42, _portrait_;
_Bentley’s Miscellany_ (1846) _xix_, 87, 99, _portrait_.

FORRESTER, HENRY, stage name of Henry Frost. _b._ Capel near Dorking
9 April 1827; became an actor 1855; first appeared in London at
Marylebone theatre as Korac in _Zembuca_ 18 Dec. 1858; acted at
Sadler’s Wells 1861–64, at Princess’s, Victoria, Surrey, Royalty,
Lyceum; played Iago at Lyceum 14 Feb. 1876; played Daniel Druce in
the provinces more than 300 times. _d._ Capel house, South
Lambeth, London 9 April 1882. _Illust. sp. and dr. news v_, 31–3
(1876).

FORRESTER, JOSEPH JAMES, Baron de Forrester. _b._ Hull 27 May 1809;
merchant and wine shipper at Oporto 1831 to death; surveyed river
Douro with a view to improvement of its navigation, and published
a map of it 1848, adopted by Portuguese government as a national
work; author of _A word or two on port wine_ 1844, anon., 8
editions, for which he received addresses of thanks from 102
parishes of the Upper Douro; _Oliveira Prize essay on Portugal_
1853, _2 ed._ 1854; created Baron de Forrester for life by Queen
of Portugal; F.S.A. 1 May 1856; drowned in the river Douro near a
rapid called the Ponto do Cachuo 12 May 1861. _Memorials of Star
club of London vol._ 1 (1855).

FORSAYETH, THOMAS (_son of Rev. John Forsayeth of Cork_). _b._ Cork
1798; ed. at Cork and Trin. coll. Dublin; called to Irish bar,
Jany. 1824; went Munster circuit; recorder of Cork 1844 to death;
Q.C. 6 July 1858. _d._ Merville, Queenstown, co. Cork 13 Oct.
1877. _J. R. O’Flanagan’s Irish bar_ (1879) 408.

FORSHALL, REV. JOSIAH (_eld. son of Samuel Forshall of Witney,
Oxon._) _b._ Witney 29 March 1795; ed. at Ex. coll. Ox., fell. of
his coll. 30 June 1819 to 13 July 1826, assistant tutor 1820,
tutor 1822–24; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; assist. keeper of MSS. in
British Museum 1824, keeper 1827 to July 1837, secretary Feb.
1828–51; F.R.S. 12 June 1828; chaplain of Foundling Hospital
1829–59; edited _Catalogue of Arundel and Burney manuscripts in
British Museum_ 1834 and other catalogues; published _Gospel of
St. John arranged_ 1859, and other books; published with Sir F.
Madden _The Holy Bible ... in the earliest English versions made
by John Wycliffe 4 vols._ 1850. _d._ 49 Woburn place, London 18
Dec. 1863. _R. Cowtan’s Memories of the British Museum_ (1872)
364–76.

FORSTER, REV. CHARLES. Ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin; P.C. of Ash, Kent
1834–38; one of the six preachers in Canterbury cathedral 1835 to
death; R. of Stisted near Braintree, Essex 1838 to death; author
of _Discourses on subjects of Scripture history_ 1823; _The life
of J. Jebb, bishop of Limerick_ 1836; _The one primeval language_
1851 and other books. _d._ Stisted rectory 20 Aug. 1871 aged 84.
_Braintree Advertiser 30 Aug. 1871 p._ 2.

FORSTER, FRANK. _b._ near Newcastle 1800; managed mines near
Swansea, also in Lancs.; assistant of Robert Stephenson in his
chief enterprises up to completion of Chester and Holyhead railway
on which he was resident engineer of portion from near Conway to
Holyhead; chief engineer to Metropolitan commission of sewers from
its formation 1849 to 1852; M.I.C.E. 1845. _d._ Elm lodge,
Kilburn, London 13 April 1852. _Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xii_, 157 (1853).

FORSTER, SIR GEORGE, 2 Baronet. _b._ Baronstown Glebe, co. Louth 21
March 1796; called to bar in Ireland 1830; succeeded 4 Dec. 1843;
M.P. for co. Monaghan 1852–65. _d._ Fitzwilliam sq. Dublin 4 April
1876.

FORSTER, REV. HENRY (_youngest son of Thomas Forster of St.
Michael’s, Oxford_). Matric. from New coll. Ox. 17 Nov. 1827 aged
18; B.A. 1832, M.A. 1834; esquire bedel in divinity in Univ. of
Ox., Feb. 1832 to death when the office expired. _d._ Oxford 25
April 1857.

FORSTER, JOHN (_eld. child of Robert Forster of Newcastle, cattle
dealer, who d. 1836_). _b._ Newcastle 2 April 1812; ed. at
Newcastle gr. sch. and Univ. coll. London; student at I.T. 10 Nov.
1828, barrister 27 Jany. 1843; dramatic critic on the _True Sun_
1832; edited _Foreign quarterly review_ 1842–3; edited _Daily
News_ 9 Feb. 1846 to Oct. 1846; edited _Examiner_ 1847 to Dec.
1855; sec. to Lunacy commission 28 Dec. 1855 to Feb. 1861, comr.
in Lunacy, Feb. 1861 to 1872; painted by Maclise as Kitely in Ben
Jonson’s Every man in his humour; bequeathed his collection of
pictures, books, &c. to South Kensington Museum; author of _Lives
of the statesmen of the Commonwealth 5 vols._ 1836–9; _The life
and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith_ 1848, _new ed. 2 vols._ 1854;
_Life of Charles Dickens 3 vols._ 1872–4 and many other books.
_d._ Palace gate, Kensington 1 Feb. 1876. _Catalogue of the
Forster library_ (1888) _i-xxii_; _Handbook of Forster and Dyce
collections_ (1877) 1–21; _Monthly Chronicle of north country
lore, Feb. 1888 pp._ 49–54; _Madden’s Life of Countess of
Blessington_ (1855) _ii_, 396–405; _T. Powell’s Pictures of living
authors_ (1851) 193–200; _E. Yates’s Recollections_ (1884) _ii_,
161–3; _G.M., n.s. xvi_, 313–19 (1876); _Temple Bar xlvi_, 491–505
(1876); _I.L.N. vii_, 329 (1845), _portrait_; _Graphic xiii_, 179,
182, 188 (1876), _portrait_.

FORSTER, JOHN. _b._ 1817; M.P. for Berwick 1853–57. _d._ 91 Victoria
st. London 7 Jany. 1878.

FORSTER, JOHN COOPER (_son of Mr. Forster of Lambeth, surgeon_).
_b._ Mount st. Lambeth 13 Nov. 1823; ed. at King’s coll. sch. and
Guy’s hospital; M.R.C.S. 1844, F.R.C.S. 1849, pres. 1884–5; M.B.
London 1847; demonstrator of anatomy at Guy’s 1850, assistant
surgeon 1855, surgeon 1870–80; retired from practice 1885; the
first to perform operation of gastrotomy in England 1858; author
of _The surgical diseases of children_ 1860, papers in
Pathological and Clinical Society’s Transactions and reports of
cases in Guy’s Hospital Reports. _d._ 29 Upper Grosvenor st.
London 2 March 1886. _Guy’s Hospital Reports vol. xiv_, 40–57
(1887).

FORSTER, THOMAS BOWES. Entered Madras army 1818; col. 9 Madras N.I.
13 April 1855 to 1869; L.G. 3 July 1867. _d._ Burder Titley,
Herefordshire 21 March 1870.

FORSTER, THOMAS EMERSON. _b._ Garrigill Gate, Northumberland 1802;
resident viewer at Walker colliery, Northumberland 1823; engineer
at Newcastle 1846 to death; M.I.C.E. 16 Feb. 1836; pres. of north
of England institute of mining engineers 1866–68. _d._ Ellison
place, Newcastle 7 March 1875. _Transactions of north of England
institute of mining engineers, xxv_, 5–10 (1876); _Min. of proc.
of Instit. of C.E. xliii_, 300–303 (1876).

FORSTER, THOMAS IGNATIUS MARIA (_eld. son of Thomas Furley Forster
of Bishopsgate, London, Russia merchant 1761–1825_). _b._ Bank of
England, Threadneedle st. 9 Nov. 1789; studied at C.C. coll. Cam.,
M.B. 1818; left Cambridge for Edinburgh, Feb. 1816; discovered a
comet 3 July 1819; joined Church of Rome about 1823; founded with
Gompertz the Animals’ Friend Society 1833; F.L.S. 1811; F.R.A.S.;
author of _Observations on the brumal retreat of the swallow_
1808, _5 ed._ 1817; _Researches about atmospheric phenomena_ 1813,
_3 ed._ 1823 and 44 other books. _d._ Brussels 2 Feb. 1860.
_Epistolarium Forsterianum 2 vols. Bruges_ 1845–50, _privately
printed_; _Recueil de ma vie, mes ouvrages, et mes pensées,
opuscule philosophique_, _3 ed. Brussels_ 1837.

FORSTER, WILLIAM (_son of Mr. Forster of Tottenham, land agent_).
_b._ Tottenham 23 March 1784; minister of Society of Friends 1805;
resided at Bradpole, Dorset 1816, afterwards at Norwich; spent 5
years on a mission to United States 1820–25; investigated
condition of people in Ireland, Nov. 1846 to April 1847; presented
an anti-slavery address to president of United States 1 Oct. 1853;
author of _A Christian exhortation to sailors_ 1813; _Recent
intelligence from Van Diemen’s Land_ 1831; _A Salutation of
Christian love_ 1860. _d._ at house of Samuel Low near the Holston
river, East Tennessee 27 Jany. 1854. _Memoirs of life of W.
Forster edited by B. Seebohm 2 vols._ 1865; _Brief memoir of W.
Forster by R. Charlton_ 1867.

FORSTER, WILLIAM EDWARD (_only child of the preceding_). _b._
Bradpole, Dorset 11 July 1818; ed. at the Friend’s sch. Tottenham
1832–5; woollen manufacturer at Bradford with Wm. Fison 1842 to
death; left Society of Friends 1850; contested Leeds, April 1859;
M.P. for Bradford, Feb. 1861 to 1885, for central division of
Bradford, Nov. 1885 to death; under sec. of state for colonies 25
Nov. 1865 to July 1866; P.C. 9 Dec. 1868; vice pres. of committee
of council on education 16 Dec. 1868 to Feb. 1874; lord rector of
Aberdeen Univ., installed 24 Nov. 1876; presented with freedom of
city of Aberdeen 27 Nov. 1876; admitted to freedom of
Clothworkers’ Co. 5 June 1877; chief sec. of state for Ireland,
April 1880 to May 1882. _d._ 80 Eccleston sq. London 5 April 1886.
_bur._ at Burley-in-Wharfedale. _Life of W. E. Forster, By T. W.
Reid_ 1888, _2 portraits_; _Illustrated Review vi_, 279–81;
_Alpine Journal, May 1886_; _I.L.N. xlviii_, 313 (1866),
_portrait_, _lxxvii_, 112 (1881), _portrait_.

FORSTER, WILLIAM FREDERICK. Ensign 3 footguards 26 Aug. 1813;
captain 97 foot 18 Aug. 1825 to 18 Feb. 1826 when placed on h.p.;
deputy adjutant general 27 Feb. 1855 to 1 July 1860; military sec.
to Duke of Cambridge, commander in chief 1 July 1860 to 1 Nov.
1871; colonel 81 foot 12 Feb. 1863 to death; general 6 Jany. 1874;
K.H. 1833. _d._ 7 Chesterfield st. Mayfair, London 8 June 1879
aged 80.

FORSYTH, JAMES. _b._ 1838; entered Indian civil service; settlement
officer and deputy comr. of Nimar; captain Bengal staff corps;
author of _The sporting rifle and its projectiles_ 1863; _The
highlands of Central India, notes on their forests and wild
tribes, natural history and sports_ 1871. _d._ 38 Manchester st.
Manchester sq. London 1 May 1871.

FORSYTH, SIR JOHN. Inspector general medical department, Bengal army
12 Nov. 1857; hon. phys. to the Queen 6 Sep. 1861 to death; C.B.
29 Aug. 1862; K.C.S.I. 24 May 1881. _d._ 51 Selborne road, West
Brighton 14 Jany. 1883 in 84 year.

FORSYTH, SIR THOMAS DOUGLAS (_10 child of Thomas Forsyth of
Liverpool, merchant_). _b._ Birkenhead 7 Oct. 1827; ed. at
Sherborne, Rugby and Haileybury; entered Bengal civil service
1848; deputy comr. Umballa 1857; officiating comr. in Punjab 1860;
comr. of Lahore 1863, of Jullundur 1865, of Umballa 1871, of Oudh
1872; additional member of governor general’s council 1874; envoy
on special mission to Burma 1875, retired 1878; C.B. 1860;
K.C.S.I. 27 July 1874. _d._ Eastbourne 17 Dec. 1886.

FORSYTH, WILLIAM (_son of Morris Forsyth of Turriff,
Aberdeenshire_). _b._ Turriff 24 Oct. 1818; ed. at Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edin.; assistant to a country doctor; sub-editor of
the _Inverness Courier_ 1842; sub editor of _Aberdeen Herald_
1843; joined staff of _Aberdeen Journal_ 1848, editor 1849 to
death; member of Aberdeen school board; author of _The martyrdom
of Kelavane_ 1861; _Idylls and Lyrics_ 1872 and other books. _d._
Richmond hill, Aberdeen 21 June 1879. _Memoir of W. Forsyth, By A.
Walker_ (1882).

FORT, RICHARD. _b._ Oakenshaw, Lancs. 15 March 1822; ed. at Eton and
Ch. Ch. Ox.; sheriff of Lancs. 1854; contested Clitheroe 1853,
M.P. for Clitheroe 1865–68. _d._ 24 Queen’s gate gardens, London 2
July 1868.

FORTESCUE, HUGH FORTESCUE, 2 Earl (_eld. child of 1 Earl Fortescue
1753–1841_). _b._ 13 Feb. 1783; styled Viscount Ebrington
1789–1841; ed. at Eton and Brasenose coll. Ox., B.A. 1803, M.A.
1810; M.P. for Barnstaple 1804–7, for St. Mawes 1807–9, for
Buckingham 1812–17, for Devon 1818–20, 1830 and 1831–32, for
Tavistock 1820–30, for North Devon 15 Dec. 1832 to 1 March 1839
when summoned to House of Peers in his father’s barony of
Fortescue; col. of 1 Devon militia 20 May 1816 to death; F.R.S. 5
June 1817; lord lieut. of Ireland 1 March 1839 to 15 Sep. 1841;
P.C. 1 March 1839; lord lieut. of Devon 1839 to death; lord
steward of H.M.’s household 1846–50; parliamentary sec. of Poor
law board 1847–51; K.G. 12 July 1856; author of _Memorandum of two
conversations between Napoleon and Viscount Ebrington_ 1814. _d._
at house of H. Ford, 25 Southernhay, Exeter 14 Sep. 1861.
_Saunders’s Portraits of Reformers_ (1840) 135, _portrait_; _The
Eton portrait gallery_ (1876) 349–52.

FORTESCUE, GEORGE MATTHEW (_brother of the preceding_). _b._ Hill
st. London 21 May 1791; ed. at Eton and Univ. of Edin.; M.P. for
Hindon, Wilts. 1827–32. _d._ Boconnoc near Lostwithiel, Cornwall
24 Jany. 1877.

FORTESCUE, JOHN WILLIAM (_2 son of 2 Earl Fortescue 1783–1861_).
_b._ 14 July 1819; M.P. for Barnstaple 1847–52. _d._ Madeira 25
Sep. 1859.

FORTESCUE, MATTHEW (_son of Joseph Fortescue of the Scots Greys_).
_b._ 18 May 1805; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1828, M.A. 1831;
special pleader; barrister M.T. 22 Nov. 1839; judge of county
court’s circuit No. 58 (Devonshire) 8 Oct. 1857 to death. _d._ Oak
park house, Dawlish 27 March 1883.

FORTUNE, ROBERT. _b._ Kelloe, Edrom, Berwickshire 16 Sep. 1813;
superintendent of indoor-plant department in Royal Horticultural
Society’s garden at Chiswick, sent to China by the Society as
collector 1842; curator of Chelsea botanical garden 1846–8;
introduced tea-plant into north-west provinces of India 1851;
author of _Three years’ wanderings in the northern provinces of
China_ 1847; _Two visits to the tea countries of China and the
British plantations in the Himalayas 2 vols._ 1853 and other
books. _d._ 1 Gilston road, South Kensington, London 13 April
1880. _Field and Semple’s Memoirs of botanic garden at Chelsea_
(1878) 205–8.

FOSS, EDWARD (_eld. son of Edward Smith Foss of 36 Essex st. Strand,
London, solicitor, who d. 13 May 1830 aged 74_). _b._ Gough sq.
Fleet st. London 16 Oct. 1787; articled to his father 1804,
partner with him 1811–30; student of Inner Temple 1822; under
sheriff of London 1827–8; retired from practice 1840; F.S.A. 18
April 1822; one of founders of Incorporated Law Society 1827,
pres. 1842–44; published _The grandeur of the law_ 1843; _The
judges of England 9 vols._ 1848–64; _Tabulæ Curiales_ 1865;
_Biographia Juridica_ 1870. _d._ Frensham house, Addiscombe 27
July 1870. _Foss’ Biographia Juridica_ (1870) _pp. xii-xv_.

FOSTER, CHARLES JAMES. _b._ Bicester, Oxfordshire 24 Nov. 1820; went
to United States 1847; edited Woodruff’s _Trotting horses of
America_ 1868, _2 ed._ 1875, also Bogardus’s _Field cover and trap
shooting_ 1874; wrote for _The Spirit of the times_ paper;
established the _New York Sportsman_ 1876; considered the best
informed man in America on subject of racing. _d._ Astoria, New
York 12 Sep. 1883.

FOSTER, EDWARD WARD (_son of Edward Foster, land steward to Sir R.
Burdett_). _b._ in parish of All Saints, Derby 8 Nov. 1762; lieut.
20 regt. of foot; served in America, Holland and Egypt; retired
1805; miniature painter to the royal family with apartments in
Round tower, Windsor; exhibited 22 landscapes at R.A. 1812–28;
travelled in England as a portrait painter; invented machine for
taking faces; author of _An elementary grammar of French language_
1837; _A chronological analysis of the Old and New Testament_
1850; _Chart of Histories of Rome, France and Britain_ 1835;
_Chronological Chart of History of British Empire_ 1847; had grant
of £60 a year from Bounty fund. _d._ Derby 12 March 1865. _J. B.
Robinson’s Derbyshire Gatherings_ (1866) 81–4, _portrait_.

FOSTER, JAMES LANCELOT. _b._ York; edited _Yorkshire Gazette_,
manager and publisher of it 1852–82; sheriff of York 1870–71. _d._
15 Ogleforth, York 3 Dec. 1883 in 74 year.

FOSTER, JOHN (_son of Jonas Foster, yeoman_). _b._ Thornton,
Yorkshire 20 Jany. 1798; established a worsted business at Low
Fold near Queensbury 1819; removed to Cannon Mill, Great Horton
1832; built the Blackdike mill 1835; introduced power-looms into
his works 1836; commenced using alpaca wool and mohair 1837;
employed 3000 people and manufactured 15,000 packs of wool a year;
retired 1869; purchased Hornby castle estate, Lancaster 1861. _d._
Prospect house, Queensbury 6 March 1879. _Fortunes made in
business ii_, 1–107 (1881), _portrait_.

FOSTER, JOHN FREDERIC (_son of Rev. Dr. Frederick Wm. Foster,
Moravian bishop_). _b._ Wyke near Halifax, Yorkshire 1795; ed. at
a Moravian coll. and Queen’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1817, M.A. 1821;
barrister M.T. 1 June 1821; stipendiary mag. of Manchester, Aug.
1825 to April 1838; chairman of quarter sessions of hundred of
Salford 9 April 1838 to death; recorder of Manchester 18 April
1839, resigned May. _d._ Alderley, Cheshire 9 April 1858. _G.M.
iv_, 559–60 (1858); _Illust. news of the world ii_, 117 (1858),
_portrait_.

FOSTER, PETER LE NEVE (_only son of Peter Le Neve Foster of Lenwade,
Norfolk_). _b._ Lenwade 17 Aug. 1809; ed. at Norwich gr. sch. and
Trin. hall, Cam., fellow 1830; 38 wrangler 1830; B.A. 1830, M.A.
1833; barrister M.T. 29 Jany. 1836; practised as a conveyancer
1836–53; sec. to Society of Arts 1853 to death; a founder of
Photographic Soc. of London 1853; pres. of Quekett Microscopical
Club; sec. of mechanical science section of British Association 13
years; author of _Photography_ 1876. _d._ East hill, Wandsworth,
London 21 Feb. 1879. _Journal of Soc. of Arts_ (1879) _xxvii_,
316; _I.L.N. lxxiv_, 224 (1879), _portrait_.

FOSTER, THOMAS. Second lieut. R.E. 1 Sep. 1815, col. commandant 8
Feb. 1866 to death; general 8 June 1871. _d._ 5 Cleveland terrace,
Hyde park, London 26 Aug. 1872 aged 76.

FOSTER, THOMAS CAMPBELL (_son of John Foster, proprietor and editor
of Leeds Patriot paper_). _b._ Knaresbro’, Yorkshire 6 Oct. 1813;
sub-editor of _Liverpool Standard_; reporter for _The Times_ in
Houses of Parliament; made enquiries into the Rebecca riots and
other important questions for _The Times_; special pleader 1842;
barrister M.T. 30 Jany. 1846, bencher Jany. 1878; contested
Sheffield 13 July 1865; revising barrister for west riding of
Yorkshire 1868–75; recorder of Warwick 23 Dec. 1874 to death; Q.C.
25 June 1875; author of _Letters on the condition of the people of
Ireland_ 1845; _Treatise on the writ of Scire Facias_ 1851 and
other books. _d._ 30 Orsett terrace, Hyde park, London 1 July
1882. _Biograph vol. 1_ (1882) pp. 293–326.

FOSTER, SIR WILLIAM, 1 Baronet (_younger son of Wm. Foster of
Norwich 1762–1821_). _b._ 16 June 1798; attorney at Norwich 1820
to death; alderman of Norwich to death, sheriff 1832, mayor 1844;
created baronet 3 Aug. 1838. _d._ St. Giles’s st. Norwich 2 Dec.
1874.

FOTHERGILL, JOHN MILNER (_son of Mr. Fothergill of Morland,
Westmoreland, surgeon_). _b._ Morland 11 April 1841; ed. at Univ.
of Edin., M.D. 1865; practised at Morland, then at Leeds; M.R.C.P.
1872; phys. in London 1872 to death; author of _Digitalis, its
modes of action and its uses_ 1871; _The heart and its diseases
with their treatment_ 1872, _2 ed._ 1879 and 20 other books. _d._
3 Henrietta st. Cavendish sq. London 28 June 1888. _Midland
medical miscellany ii_, 161–2 (1883), _portrait_.

FOULKES, REV. HENRY (_2 son of John Foulkes of Henllan, Denbighshire
1736–1814_). Matric. from Jesus coll. Ox. 10 July 1790 aged 17;
B.A. 1794, M.A. 1797, B.D. 1804, D.D. 1817; fellow of Jesus coll.
to 1817, principal 1817 to death; R. of Yelford, Oxon. 1815 to
death; R. of Besselsleigh, Berks. and of Llandyssil, Cardigan 1817
to death. _d._ Jesus college 17 Sep. 1857.