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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey, 2nd Bt. (1650-1711), of Aldermaston, Berks.

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b. 21 Dec. 1650, 1st s. of William Forster (d. 1661) of Aldermaston by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Tyrell† of Heron, East Horndon, Essex. educ. Westminster 1663. m. 26 Nov. 1672, Judith (d. 1720), da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Winch, 1st Bt.†, of Haynes, Beds. and Harleyford, Bucks., 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. suc. gdfa. as 2nd Bt. 12 Oct. 1663. Burke, Extinct Baronetage, 204–5; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 208; Cat. Ashmolean Mss, 330; Rec. Old Westminsters, i. 343; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 209.
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Sheriff, Berks. 1703–4.

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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey, 2nd Bt. (1650-1711), of Aldermaston, Berks.
Main residence: Aldermaston, Berks.
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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey, 2nd Bt. (1650-1711)

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FORSTER, Ferdinando (1670-1701), of Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.

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b. 14 Feb. 1670, 3rd s. of Sir William Forster of Bamburgh, and bro. of William*. educ. Durham sch.; G. Inn 1686; St. John’s, Camb. 1686. unm. suc. bro. 1700. Arch. Ael. ser. 4, xxiii. 120; New Hist. Northumb. i. 157; Morant, Essex, ii. 45.
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Ensign, Holland Regt. 1685, lt. 1688; capt. 1 Ft. Gds. 1689–91. CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 268.

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FORSTER, Ferdinando (1670-1701), of Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.
Main residence: Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.
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FORSTER, Ferdinando (1670-1701)

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FORESTER, Sir William (1655-1718), of Dothill Park, nr. Wellington, Salop.

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b. 10 Dec. 1655, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Francis Forester of Wellington by Lady Mary, da. of Richard Newport†, 1st Baron Newport, wid. of John Steventon of Dothill Park. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1673, MA 1675. m. lic. 23 Apr. 1684, Lady Mary, da. of James Cecil†, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1684; Kntd. c. 20 Aug. 1689. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, iii. 167–70; ser. 3, ii. 333–4; Salopian Shreds and Patches, vii. 141; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 572.
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Clerk of Bd. of Green Cloth 1689–1717. CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 5; J. M. Beattie, English Ct. in Reign of Geo. I, 186.

Commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696. CJ, xii. 508.

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FORESTER, William (1655-1718), of Dothill Park, Salop.
Main residence: Dothill Park, nr. Wellington, Salop.
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FORBES, John (c.1673-1734), of Culloden, Inverness.

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b. c. 1673, 1st s. of Duncan Forbes, MP [S], of Culloden by Mary, da. of Sir Robert Innes, 2nd Bt., MP [S], of Innes, Elgin; bro. of Duncan Forbes†, ld. adv. [S] 1725–37 and ld. pres. ct. of session [S] 1737–47. educ. Inverness R. Acad.; privately in Edinburgh 1692; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1692–c.1693. m. c. June 1699, Jean, da. of Sir Robert Gordon, 2nd Bt., of Gordonstoun, Elgin, MP [S], 1s. d.v.p. other ch. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1704. More Culloden Pprs. ed. Warrand, i. 224–32, 259–60; ii. 30–31; Scot. Hist. Soc. xxxiv. 231.
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Commr. justiciary for Highlands [S] 1701, 1702, Equivalent 1716–17 [S]. CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 339; 1702–3, p. 354.

MP [S] Nairnshire 1704–7.

Councillor, Inverness 1716, provost 1716–17, 1721; commr. to oversee elections of council at Elgin 1716; visitor, Aberdeen Univ. 1716–17. More Culloden Pprs. ii. 145, 147–9; Recs. of Elgin (New Spalding Club), i. 396.

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FORBES, John (c.1673-1734), of Culloden, Inverness.
Main residence: Culloden, Inverness.
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FOOTE, Samuel (c.1625-91), of Peter Street, Tiverton, Devon

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b. c. 1625, 1st s. of John Foote of Taunton, Som. m. (1) 1657, Mary Keate (d. 1678), 4da.; (2) Martha (d. aft. 1691), da. of Thomas Mompesson of North Brewham, Som., 1s. suc. fa. ?1628. Trans. Devon Assoc. lxviii. 326; W. Harding, Hist. Tiverton, i. 78; iii. 56, 58; iv. 17; Taunton Wills (Index Lib. xlv), 199.
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Alderman, Tiverton 1655– Jan. 1688, Oct. 1688–d., mayor ?1662–3; commr. for recusants, Devon 1675. M. Dunsford, Hist. Mems. Tiverton, 372, 456; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 695.

?Gent. privy chamber 1671. N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 189.

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FOOTE, Samuel (c.1626-91), of Tiverton, Devon.
Main residence: Peter Street, Tiverton, Devon.
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FOOTE, Francis (c.1681-1730), of Veryan, Cornw. and Gray’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1681, 1st s. of John Foote of Veryan. educ. Pembroke, Camb. adm. 7 Jan. 1698, aged 16, BA 1701–2, MA 1714; G. Inn 1713, called 1714. m. bef. 1715, Mary, da. and h. of Benjamin Hatley of Cambs. and Beds., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1702. Burke, Commoners, i. 372; Berry, Kent Gens. 26; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvii. 141.
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Commr. for managing lottery 1711–?12. Add. 70155, list of lottery commrs.

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FOOTE, Francis (c.1681-1730), of Veryan, Cornw. and Gray’s Inn, London
Main residences: Veryan, Cornw.; Gray’s Inn, London.
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FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.

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b. 8 Nov. 1673, 1st s. of Thomas Foley I*, and bro. of Edward Foley* and Richard Foley*. educ. Sheriffhales acad. (John Woodhouse) 1689; Utrecht 1689–by 1693; L. Inn 1695. m. 18 June 1702, Mary (d. 1735), da. and h. of Thomas Strode (d. 1698), serjeant-at-law, of Lincoln’s Inn and Beaminster, Dorset, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1701; cr. Baron Foley of Kidderminster 1 Jan. 1712. Nash, Worcs. ii. 464, 468; MI, Great Witley par. ch.; Add. 70225, Foley to Thomas Foley I, 23 Feb. 1688–9, same to Robert Harley, 26 Dec. 1689; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 328; Calamy, Life, i. 188–9; HMC Portland, iii. 482; Hereford and Worcester RO (Hereford), Foley mss, Paul Foley I* to Philip Foley, 20 Mar. 1692[–3]; Post Boy, 18–20 June 1702; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 130, 137; H. W. Woolrych, Lives of Eminent Serjeants, i. 440–6.
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Freeman, Stafford 1694, Bewdley 1706, Worcester 1721. Staffs. RO, D1323/A/1/2, Stafford corp. bk. p. 37; Birmingham Univ. Hist. Jnl. i. 125; W. R. Williams, Parl. Hist. Worcs. 129.

Commr. for taking subscriptions to land bank 1696. CJ, xii. 509.

FRS 1696. Rec. R. Soc. (1940), p. 387.

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FOLEY, Thomas III (1673-1733), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.
Main residence: Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.
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FOLEY, Thomas II (c.1670-1737), of Russell Street, Westminster, and Stoke Edith, Herefs.

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b. c. 1670, 1st s. of Paul Foley I*, and bro. of Paul Foley II*. educ. at home (Chewning Blackmore, ?Joshua Oldfield); I. Temple 1678; Pembroke, Oxf. matric. 16 Oct. 1685, aged 15. m. 12 July 1688, his 1st cos. Anne, da. and h. of Essex Knightley of Fawsley, Northants., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1699. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 47; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 68; D. R. Lacey, Dissent and Parlty. Pol. 1661–89, pp. 395, 398; W. R. Urwick, Nonconformity in Worcester, 91; DNB (Oldfield, Joshua); A. G. Matthews, Calamy Revised, 373.
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Freeman, Bewdley 1704. Birmingham Univ. Hist. Jnl. i. 122.

Commr. for taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711, for building 50 new churches 1712–15. Pittis, Present Parl. 349; E. G. W. Bill, Queen Anne Churches, p. xxiii.

Ld. of Trade 1712– Aug. 1713; jt. auditor of imprests Aug. 1713–d. Boyer, Pol. State, v. 389; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxviii. 318; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1735–8, p. 620.

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FOLEY, Thomas (?1670-1737), of Stoke Edith Court, Herefs.
Main residences: Russell Street, Westminster; Stoke Edith, Herefs.
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FOLEY, Thomas I (c.1641-1701), of Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.

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b. c. 1641, 1st s. of Thomas Foley† of Witley Court, and bro. of Paul I* and Philip Foley*. educ. Pembroke, Camb. adm. 4 July 1657, aged 16, BA 1660; I. Temple 1657; L. Inn 1698. m. bef. 1673, Elizabeth (d. 1686), da. of Edward Ashe†, Draper, of Fenchurch Street, London and Halstead, Kent, sis. of William Ashe I*, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 1677. Nash, Worcs. ii. 464.
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Member, Soc. of Mineral and Battery Works 1670, asst. 1678–87, dep. gov. 1693–9; asst. Soc. of Mines Royal 1689.

Sheriff, Worcs. 1673–4; freeman, Bewdley 1673, Stafford 1689, Droitwich by c.1697. Staffs. RO, D1323/A/1/1, Stafford corp. order bk. p. 358; Northants. RO, Montagu (Boughton) mss 77/85, list of Droitwich freemen [c.1697–1702].

Commr. for taking subscriptions to land bank 1696. CJ, xii. 509.

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FOLEY, Thomas II (c.1641-1701), of Witley Court, Worcs.
Main residence: Witley Court, Great Witley, Worcs.
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FOLEY, Richard (1681-1732), of Lincoln’s Inn

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b. 19 Feb. 1681, 3rd s. of Thomas Foley I*, and bro. of Edward Foley* and Thomas Foley III*. educ. L. Inn 1695, called 1702, bencher 1726. unm. Nash, Worcs. ii. 464, 468.
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Clerk of judgments, c.p. by 1702, 2nd prothonotary 1702–d.

Freeman, Bewdley 1706. Birmingham Univ. Hist. Jnl. i. 125.

FRS 1708. Rec. R. Soc. (1940), 391

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FOLEY, Richard (1681-1732), of Lincoln’s Inn, London.
Main residence: Lincoln’s Inn.
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FOLEY, Richard (1681-1732)

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