Henry Forster

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Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

'Of London', Awarded the compensation for Lancewood Pen in St Elizabeth as owner.

Not definitively identified, but likely to be Rev. Henry Brookes or Brooks Forster or Foster (1808-1890), the son of Captain Henry Foster (1784-1816) and nephew of George Foster (q.v.): although this is speculative, it fits with the decease of Henry Forster senior before 1817 and the guardianship by George Foster of Henry Forster until c. 1830 shown in the slave registers.

  1. Henry Brookes Forster: Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, Mar. 31, 1829. Of Middlesex. [Eldest s. of Capt. Henry, of the 23rd Regt. B. Sept. 21, 1808.] Matric. Michs. 1829; B.A. 1833; M.A. 1836. Ord. deacon (Gloucester) Dec. 20, 1834; priest, Dec. 20, 1835; C. of Duntisbourne Abbots, Gloucs., 1834-6. C. of Northchurch, Herts., 1836-40. C. of Stratton, Gloucs., 1840-1. R. of Coln-Rogers, 1841-79. Hon. Canon of Gloucester Cathedral, 1856. Married Ellen, dau. of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour. Lived latterly at Upton Lodge, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon., where he died Sept. 23, 1890, aged 82. Brother of John (1829). (Clergy List; Crockford (Henry Brooks or Brook); Burke, L.G.; Scott, MSS.; The Guardian, Oct. 1, 1890.)

Sources

T71/870 St Elizabeth claim no. 518, which identifies him as 'London'. Lancewood appeared first in 1816 against Henry Foster; in 1821 it was shown against Henry Forster and in successive years against Henry Foster until in 1828 it was shown against 'heirs of Henry Foster'. Throughout this period men with the surname Foster are shown against other estates in St Elizabeth, e.g. Bogue, Jamaica Almanacs 1816-1828. William Morrice, the London merchant who vouched for Henry Forster at the National Debt Office, was a trustee under the award for Bogue (T71/870 St Elizabeth No. 348A&B).

  1. Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 [database online]

Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish

Associated Claims (1)

£978 11s 9d
Awardee (Owner-in-fee)

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1834 [LA] → Owner

Relationships (2)

Son → Father
Nephew → Uncle
Notes →
This is tentative. George Foster was the guardian of Henry Forster until the latter's majority c ....