- Forster Baronets
There have been at least four Forster Baronetcies, including:
Forster of Bamburgh
The Baronetcy of Forster of Bamburgh ["The History and Antiquities of North Durham" (1852) Rev James Raine M.A., p. 306] was created in the Baronetage of England by James I for Claudius Forster of
Bamburgh Castle ,Northumberland , on 7 March 1620.The Forsters of
Adderstone and Bamburgh, a long-established and prolific Northumbrian family, provided twelve successive Governors of Bamburgh Castle over a period of 400 years, but the family was ultimately ruined as a result of their part in the Jacobite rebellions in the 18th century.Forster of Bamburgh (1620)
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Sir Claudius Forster, 1st Baronet (c. 1575-1623) "Extinct on his death"Other notable Northumberland Forsters
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Thomas Forster (1683-1738)Forster of Aldermaston
The Baronetcy of Forster of Aldermaston was created in the Baronetage of England by James I for
Humphrey Forster ofAldermaston Court ,Berkshire on 20 May 1620.The Forsters of Aldermaston descended from the Forsters of
Harpsden inOxfordshire and supposedly from the Forsters of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.Forster of Aldermaston (1620)
*Sir Humphrey Forster, 1st Baronet (1595-1663)
*Sir Humphrey Forster, 2nd Baronet (d. 1711)Forster of East Greenwich
The Baronetcy of Forster of East Greenwich ["Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England" W.T. Calthorpe (1835) p. 80 Google Books] was created on 11 July 1661 in the Baronetage of England for Reginald Forster, a London goldsmith who served at the Court of Charles I. The 2nd Baronet married a Warwickshire heiress but died childless and the Baronetcy became extinct.
Forster of East Greenwich (1661)
* Sir Reginald Forster, 1st Baronet (1618-84)
* Sir Reginald Forster, 2nd Baronet (1640-1705) "Extinct on his death"Forster of Lysways Hall
The Baronetcy of Forster of Lysways Hall ["Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland" (1862) p. 499] was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 March 1874 for Charles Forster, of
Lysways Hall , Longdon,Staffordshire ,Member of Parliament for Walsall 1852-91, son of Charles Smith Forster, banker, of Walsall, andHigh Sheriff of Staffordshire 1845.Forster of Lysways Hall (1874)
*Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815-91)
*Sir Charles Forster, 2nd Baronet (1841-1914)
*Sir Francis Villiers Forster, 3rd Baronet (1850-1930) "Extinct on his death"References
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