In this view, the Church of S. Aidan, at Bamburgh, is a center of national interest; and Churchmen in every part of the Anglican world have a right to share in its history, by contributing to the preservation and increasing the beauty of this great Church memorial.

The Church is a noble structure many feet in length, and stands on a slope rising towards the Budle Hills, in view of Holy Island and the Farnes, with which it forms a group of sacred places. The site dips eastwards, and in the hollow is a Crypt, probably built at first at the eastern extremity of the Saxon Chancel. The present Chancel, 60 feet in length, was built over the Crypt and over the site of the older Chancel. The authors of this change were the Augustinian Canons from the Priory of Nostell, in Yorkshire, to which, as the parent of similar institutions in the North, Henry I. assigned the Church and land in Bamburgh. These Canons raised for themselves a monastery east of the Churchyard (on the site afterwards belonging to the Forsters, and associated with the life of Dorothy Forster), and carried out the subsequent alterations in the church-such as the enlargement of the transepts for Chantry Chapels, and the widening of the South Aisle for parochial purposes.

The internal walls of the Chancel are adorned with a beautiful arcade which frames 13 lancet windows of exquisite design; but the eastern windows were, at some time, dwarfed to suit the low roof which now remains and needs renovation. It is proposed to restore the windows to their original height, as shown by existing traces, and to raise the roof to its ancient pitch.

The effect will be a great accession of dignity to the Church, and the improvement of the building for acoustic purposes. In place of the plaster-work on the inner wall at the east end of the Chancel, it is intended to erect canopies of Caen stone, enclosing historical figures of S. Aidan, S. Oswald, S. Cuthbert, and other missionaries who spread Christianity from this part of Northumberland, or contributed to its annals.

A Faculty has issued from the Bishop's Court authorising the above alterations in the Church.

In the Churchyard, it is proposed to raise a bronze canopy over Grace Darling's monument, in place of the stone cover which was blown down in the terrible gale of November, 1893. The monument is a raised tomb, supporting a recumbent figure of the heroine, whose character is beautifully expressed in the humble modesty and Christian strength of the face and mien:

OTHER ENGLISH FORSTER BRANCHES.

The name Forster, Foster is by high and most competent authority identified with Forester, which, in English opinion, is quite an aristocratic surname. A Reginaldus le Forester was in the House of Commons in 1347.

The Forsters in England were a very numerous family and besides occupying many large estates in that country emigrated to Ireland and the Island of Jamaica. We give below a few of the prominent branches:

FOSTERS OF SHOPSHIRE-This ancient Shopshire family springs from Richard Forestarius, who lived in the reign of Henry III. John Forester, of Walling Street, Co. Salop, held from Henry VIII. a grant of the privilege of wearing his hat in the royal presence, the original of which grant is now in possession of Lord Forester. From this John lineally descended, Francis Forster, of Dothill, Co. Salop, who m. Mary, dau. of Richard, Lord Newport, of Ercall. His son, Sir Wm. Forester, Knt., of Dothill, m. Cecil, dau. of James, 3d Earl of Salisbury, and was s. by his son, Wm. Forester, Esq., who m., 1714, Catherine, dau. of Wm. Brooke, Esq., and had issue: Brook Forester, Esq., who m. in 1734 Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of Geo. Weld, Esq., of Welley Park, Co. Salop, by whom he had two sons, Geo. (who d. unm. in 1811, and devised his fortune to his nephew, the_late peer) and Cecil Forester, Esq., who m. dau. and co-heir of Robert Townsend, Esq., by whom (who died at an advanced age, 24th May, 1825) he had Cecil Weld Forester, Esq., who inherited the estates of his uncle, and was elevated to the peerage, as Baron Forester, of Willey Park, Co. Salop, 17th July, 1821. His lordship m. 16th June, 1800, Katherine Mary, second dau. of Charles, 4th Duke of Ruthland, by whom (who d. 10th May, 1820) he had issue, John George Weld, present peer. Geo. Cecil Weld, M. P., b. 1oth May, 1807, an officer in the horse guards. Chas. Robert Weld, b. 28th December, 1811, lieutenant of the Twelfth Lancers. Orlando Watkin Weld, b. 18th April, 1813, in holy orders. Emilieus John, an officer in the army. Henry Townsend, b. 19th January, 1821, in the guards. Anne Elizabeth, m. 1802, to the Earl of Chesterfield. Elizabeth Katherine, m. 1822, to the Hon. Robert John Smith, and d. 22d July, 1832. Isabella Elizabeth Annabella, m. 30th November, 1830, to the Hon. George Anson. Henrietta Maria, m. 6th July, 1833, to Lord Albert, Co. Selina Louisa. The baron d. 1828. Creation 17th July, 1821. Arms Quarterly: first and fourth, quarterly, perfesse, dancettee, ar and sa, in the first and fourth quarters, a bugle horn of the last, garnished, or for Forester; second and third, az a fesse embattled, between three crescents, two and one, erm. for Weld. Crest of Foresters, a talbot, passant, ar, collard, sa and line reflexed, ar. Crest of Weld, a wivern, sa., gutte's-d'or, collard, and interior of the wings of the last line reflexed over the back, gu. Supporters, two talbots, ar., collard, sa therefrom pendant a bugle horn, as in the arms, line reflexed over the bark, erm. Motto, semper eadem. Seal, Willey Park, Shopshire.

FOSTER OF LYSWAYS HALL-Foster, Charles, of Lysways Hall, Co. Stafford, M. P. for Walsall, D. L. and J. P. Co. Stafford, m. August, 1840, Frances, dau. of the late John Surtus, Esq., of Durham, and of Chalean La Colinois, in Brittany, cousin of the Earl of Elden and has three sons: i. Charles, b. 1841; ii. John Henry, b. 1843; iii. Villius Francis, b. 1850.

Lineage.-Until a century back the Forsters were settled in Worcestershire. William Foster, of Birtsmorton in that county, m. Margaret Smith, a descendant and co-representative of Capt. John Smith who 1603 was in the service of Sigismond, Duke of Fransylvania, and left one son, Charles Foster, Esq., who d. at Walsall, in Staffordshire, 28th June, 1815, leaving issue, Charles Smith, his heir; John_of Hanch, Co. Stafford. The elder son Charles Smith Foster, of Lysways Hall, Co. Stafford, J. P. and D. L., M. P. for Walsall, high sheriff 1845, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Emery, Esq., of Burcott, House Shropshire, and left at his decease, 17th November 1850, one son, Charles, now of Lysways Hall, and one dau., Ellen Catherine, m. to Richard Dyott, Esq.. of Freeford.

FOSTER OF JAMAICA, EGHAM AND KEMPSTONE.-Foster, the Rev. Frederic Adolphus La Trobe, of Kempstone, Bedfordshire and of the Boym and Lancaster Estates, Jamaica, Rector of Little Munden Herts, b. 12th October, 1820; m. 2d May, 1849, Annie Hulbert, dau. of the Rev. William Reed, of Stone Easton,

Co. Somerset, domestic chaplain to His late R. H. the Duke of Kent; and his issue: i. Frederick La Trobe, b. 31st July, 1853. ii. Henry Reed, b. 25th January, 1860. v. Annie Louisa: vi. Caroline Nora; iii. Hellen Mary; iv. Lelia Kate.

Lineage. This family claims to be descended from the ancient and distinguished house of Forster or Foster of Etherston Castle, Lucker and Bamborough Castle, Northumberland, the ancestor of which, according to tradition, was De Forestier, a Norman cavalier who came over with William the Conqueror. Thomas Foster, of Etherston, b. 1397, d. 1425, was father of Thomas Forster, who m. a Featherstonhaugh. His son, Thomas Forster, m. the sister of the Blind Baron of Hilton. His son, Sir Thomas Forster, was high sheriff of Northumberland 1564 and 1572; and m. Dorothy, dau. of Lord Ogle. His son, Sir Thomas Forster, b. 1518, m. Frances, sister of Thomas, Lord Wharton. His brother, Sir John Forster, was a distinguished military leader in the fueds between the English and Scottish Borderers, and was governor of Bamborough, and warden of the Middle Marches; he signed the treaty concluded in 1563 between Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots. He m. Jane, widow Robert 5th Lord Ogle and eldest dau. of Sir Cuthbert Radclyffe and Margaret his wife, dau. of Henry, Lord Clifford. He d. 1602, leaving (with a dau., Eleanor, m. to Sir Francis Russell whose son was 1st Earl of Bedfordshire) a son, Sir Nicholas Forster, governor of Bamborough, Lord of Blanchland. He m. Jane, dau. of Sir Anthony Ratcliffe, and d. 22d July, 1613. His son, Sir Claudius Forster, Bart., m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Fenwick; d. 1623, and was father of Sir William Forster, who m. first Dorothy, dau. of Sir William Selby, Bart. of Twisdal, and secondly Eleanor, dau. of Ferdinand, Lord Fairfax, and had issue: William, d. s. p.; John, M. P. for Northumberland, d. unm.; and Ferdinand, M. P. for Northumberland, d. unm. His nephew, Thomas Forster, of Etherston and Lucker, b. 1659, m. his cousin, Francis, dau. of Sir William Forster of Bamborough Castle. He was high sheriff of Northumberland, and d. 1723. His son, Thomas Forster, b. 1683, by whom and from whose time the spelling of Foster has been used, was M. P. for Northumberland. His estates forfeited for the part he took in the rebellion of 1715, and were granted to Lord Crewe, Bishop of Durham, who had m. Dorothy Foster, the aunt of the said Thomas Forster. In 1715 he surrendered, together with Lord Derwentwater and others, and was sent to London and committed to Newgate on the charge of high treason, whence he afterward escaped through the aid intrepidity of his sister Dorothy, and fled to the continent. He d. leaving no male representative of this branch of the family, but the descent is traced in the Harl MSS. from Roger Forster, the brother of Thomas Forster above mentioned, as having m. the sister of the Blind Baron of Hilton. Roger Forster m. a dau. of -Hursey; his son, Thomas Forster, of Hunsdon Herts, yeoman of the great chamber to Queen Elizabeth, m. Margaret Browning, and d. 1571. His son, Sir Thomas Forster, of Hunsdon, b. 1548; m. Susan, dau. of Thomas Forster of Iden, Co. Sussex. He was chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, and d. 1612. second son, Sir Robert Foster, of Great Fosters Egham, b. 1589, was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, and d. 1665. Thomas Foster, eldest son of Sir Thomas, m. Ann Baskerville, and had issue. His second son, Col. John Foster, of Egham, held a military command in the expedition to Jamaica under Penn and Venables, 1655. He received a grant of extensive estates in the parish of S. Elizabeth in that island, the greater part of which are still in the possession of the family. His son, Thomas Foster, perished in the earthquake at Port Royal, 1692. His son, Col. John Foster, of Egham, Surrey and of Elim, the Bogue, Two Mile Wood, Lancaster, Waterford, The Island and other estates in Jamaica, resided in Elim in that island. He was b. July, 1681, and d. 30th August, 1731. He m. Elizabeth Smith of Barbadoes, and by her (who m. secondly Dr. Henry Barham of Jamaica) had issue: i. Thomas, b. 1720, d. s. p. He resided upon the family estate at Egham, Co. Surrey, and was M. P. for Dorchester. His will give rise to a lengthened litigation. ii. William, of whom presently. iii. John, b. 1723, d. unm. 1744. iv. Samuel, b. 1725, m. and had issue: 1. John of Egham, Surrey, and of Elim, Lancaster and Two Mile Wood, Jamaica, m. and had issue: George, who m. and had issue, a son, George John Henry, capt. Twenty-third regt., m. and had issue: Henry, rector of Col. Rogers, Gloucestershire canon of Gloucester, m. Ellen, youngest dau. of the late Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K. C. B., and had issue: John, Her Majesty's chaplain of the Savoy, rector of Stambourne, m. Laura, dau. of Col. Lapsley, R. A., and d. 1868, having had issue. 2. Samuel Warren, had issue; 3. Richard, d. unm. 1. Elizabeth, m. to John Venner, Esq.; 2. Flora, m. to her cousin, John Foster, Esq., of Brickhill House, Beds. v. Joseph b. 1729, afterward took the name Barham in addition to that of Foster, and had

His

issue: 1. Mary, m. Florentius Vassal, Esq., whose granddau.. Elizabeth Vassal, m. first Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart., and afterwards Henry Richard, 3d Baron Holland; 2. Margaret, m. to Conlin Campbell, Esq.; 3. Elizabeth, d. 1729. vi. Sarah, m. William Mathew Burt, governor of Shanta Cruz, captain-general and governor-in-chief of the Leeward Islands. The second son, William Foster, b. 1722, d. 1768; he m. first Elizabeth Vassal, but by her had no issue, and second, 8th February, 1743, Dorothy Gale, of Acomb, near York, and of Lucena in the Island of Jamaica, of an old distinguished family, and by her had issue: 1. Thomas of Grove House, Chalfont, St. Giles, Buckinghamshire and St. Pol in the Pyrennese, b. 19th August, 1752, had issue by his first wife, Deborah Senior: i. Thomas, and second, William, both d. unm. I. Elizabeth Deborah m. to Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Ursher, K. C. B. and K. G. H.; 2. Maria Catharine, m. to William Pennefather, Esq.; 3. Dorothy Valina, m. first to Capt. Fergus, R. N., secondly to Robert Strong, Esq., and thirdly to Baron d' Eisendecker; 4. Emma Louisa Keith, m. to James Esdaile Hammet, Esq. By his second wife, Elizabeth Overend, the above named Thomas Foster, of the Grove, had issue: 1. Marianne, m. to her cousin, Herman Von Zezschwitz, capt. in the Saxon cavalry; 2. Harriet, m. to her cousin, Edward Von Zezschwitz, major in the Saxon army chamberlin to the King Saxony. The male line in this the eldest surviving branch thus became extinct. ii. Frederic William, of the Bouge Estate, Jamaica, a bishop of the Moravian Church, b. 1760, m. 1791 Anna Louisa Eleanor La Trobe, of a noble refugee family from Languedoc, and d. at Ockbrook, Co. Derby, 1835, having had issue: 1. John Frederic, of whom presently; 2. William of Ockbrook, Co. Derby, b. 1797, m. Marianne, second dau. of Sir William Bayshawe of the Oaks and Wornahill Hall, Derbyshire, and d. 1829, having had issue, one son, Fredrick William, b. June, 1818, d. April, 1838; 3. Isaac Henry, b. 1800, d. unm. 1827. 1. Anna Dorothy, m. to John Amery, Esq, banker at Stonebridge; 2. Mary Louisa, m. to her cousin, the Rev. P. La Trobe of Ely Place, London, secretary to the Moravian Missions; 3. Margaret Eleanor, d. unm. 1833. iii. John, of the Bogue Estate, Jamaica, and of Brickhill House, and Lord of the Manor of Marston, Co. Bedford (see Foster of Brickhill). 1. Elizabeth Dorothy, m. to W. H. Weber, Esq.; 2. Sarah, m. to Baron Christlieb, Frederick Von Zezschwitz of Taubenhem and Deutsch Baslitz in Upper Lusatia, an ancient distinguished Saxon family, and had issue. iii. Anna Benigna, b. 1758, d. unm.; iv. Mary Helden, m. to John Roederer, Esq., of Neuwied on the Rhine. The eldest son of Fredrick William Foster, John Frederic Foster, Esq., of the Bogue Estate, Jamaica, and of Kempstone, Co. Bedford, barrister-at-law, J. P. for Lancashire and Cheshire, and D. L., chairman of the Quarter Sessions for the hundred of Salford, Co. Lancaster, b. 18th June, 1795, m. 13th May, 1817, Caroline, eldest dau. of the late Sir William Chambers, Bagshawe of the Oaks and Wormhill Hall, Co. Derby, and of Coats Hall, Co. York, and had issue: i. John William Bagshawe, b. 1818, d. 1828; ii. Fredric Adolphus La Torbe, now of Kempstone; iii. Thomas Barnham, civil engineer, b. 8th July, 1827, m. 15th September, 1858, Mary Anne, dau. of Samuel Taylor, Esq., J. P. and D. L of Ibbotsholme, Co. Westmoreland, and Eccleston, Co Lancaster, and had issue, Fredric Barnham, b. 27th June, 1859. iv. William Henry, commissioner of crown lands, warden of the gold fields, and protector of the Chinese, and J. P in the colony of Victoria, b. 25th April, 1832, m. 2d September, 1858, Catharina McLean, dau. of Alexander Patterson, Esq, and has issue, John Frederick, b. July, 1859. i. Caroline Louisa, m. to Edward Loyd, Esq., banker, of Prestwick Lodge, Co. Lancaster, and Lillisden, Kent, J. P. and D. L.; ii. Mary Eleanor, m. 29th April, 1851, to James Collier Harter, Esq., of Oak End, Co. Lancaster, and d. 24th December, 1857; iii. Margaret Helen, m. to Arthur, son of Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart. Mr. Foster d. 9th April, 1858.

FOSTER OF BRICKHILL - Foster, Morgan Hugh, Esq., of the Bogue, Lancaster and Two Mile Wood Estates, Jamaica, and of Brickhill near Bedford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, b. 1815, m. 1838 Mary, dau. of George Flint, Esq., and has surving issue: i. Algernon Craufurd, b. 1st December, 1839; 11. Edward, b. 1841, d. young: iii. Arthur, b. 21st July, 1843: iv. William Erskine, b. 21st October, 1847; i. Alice, d young; ii. Edith Margaret; iii. Florence Amelia.

Lineage. The same as the preceding family down to John Foster of the Bogue Estate, Jamaica, and of Brickhill House, Bedfordshire, Lord of the Manor of Marston in the same county, a magistrate in England and in Jamaica, for many years chairman of the Central Agricultural Society in London, b. 21st June, 1831. In consequence of the eminent services he had rendered to agriculture, as well by his speeches as by his writings, he was presented with two magnificent pieces of plate, one by the agriculturists of Co. Bedford and the other by the agriculturists of the

whole of England. He m. first Margaret, dau. of Thomas Place, Esq., recorder of York, and had issue: William, who d. unm.; Thomas, d. young; Edward, d. young; Margaret, m. to the Rev. Maurice Farrel, rector of Woughton Bucks. John Foster, m. secondly his cousin, Flora Foster, but by her had no issue; thirdly Amelia, dau. of John Morgan, Esq., barrister-at-law, recorder at Maidestone, and sister of the Countess of Carhampton. Of this last marriage there was issue Algernon, b. 1811, d. 1821; Arthur Fitz John, heir to his father; Morgan Hugh, now of Brickhill House; Mary Amelia, m. to the Rev. Henry Fuller, rector of Thornhaugh and Wansford, Northamptonshire; Flora, m. to the Rev. Alfred Dawson, rector of Flitwick, Bedfordshire. The eldest surviving son, Arthur Fitz John Foster, Esq., of the Bogue Estate and of Brickhill, barrister-at-law, and member of the House of Assembly, Jamaica, b. 1813, d. unm. 1842, and was s. by his brother, the present Morgan Hugh Foster of Brickhill, near Bedford.

FOSTER, BARHAM BRANCH.-Joseph Foster, Esq. (youngest son of Col. John Foster), b. 1729, d. 1789. He took the name of Barham, and m. first Dorothea, dau. and eventual heir of Erasmus Vaughn, Esq., of Treecwn, Co. Pembroke; secondly Lady Hill of Hawkstone. The eldest son of the first marriage, Joseph Foster Barham, Esq., of Trecwn and of Stock bridge Hants, b. 1760, M. P. for that borough, m. 1792 Lady Caroline Tufton, dau. of Sackville 8th Earl of Thanet, and had issue, several sons and daus. The eldest son, John Foster Barham, who was M. P. for Stockbridge and afterwards for Kendal, m. Lady Katharine Grimston, dau. of the Earl of Verulam, who survived her husband, and is the present Countess of Clarendon. The second son, William Foster Barham, d. unm. The third son, the Rev. Charles Henry Barham, how of Trecwn, nephew and sole representative of Henry, last Earl of Thanet, m. first Miss Ince, and secondly Miss Massey, but has no issue. There are also two daus., Mary who m. Count Gaggiotti, and Caroline who m. the Rev. Sanderson Robins, rector of Shaftesbury.

FOSTER OF BALLYMASCANLAN.-Foster, Fredrick John, Esq., of Ballymascanlan House, Co. Louth, J. P. and D. L., High Sheriff 1845, m. 22d October, 1827, Isabella, fourth dau. of Peter Vere, Esq.

Lineage.-William Foster, Esq., M. P. for Dunlier (second son of the Rev. Thomas Foster, D. D., and nephew of the Right Hon. Anthony Foster, lord chief baron of Ireland, father of John Foster, speaker of the Irish House of Commons, afterward Lord Oriel), m. 1743 Patience, dau. of John Fowke, Esq., and had issue: i. John William, M. P. for Dunlier, who m. 1788 Rebecca, only child of Hamilton McClure, Esq., of Dublin, and d. 1809, having had issue: 1. Fredrick John of Ballymascanlan House; 2. William Hamilton, d. 1813; 3. Henry, d. 1820; 4. Charles Thomas, d. 1822. 1. Elizabeth Susan; 2. Louisa Jane, m. 26th October, 1819, to Thomas, Lord Plunkett, D. D., Bishop of Tuam; 3. Emily Anna. ii. Henry. i. Patience, m. 1766 to John McClintock, Esq., M. P.; ii. Elizabeth, m. to John Longfield, Esq., M. P.

FOSTER OF WADSWORTH BANKS.-Foster, Henry, Esq., of Wadsworth Banks and Tolling Royd, Co. York, J. P., b. 29th May, 1795.

Lineage. The ancestors of this family came trom Wensleydale, N. R of Yorkshire, about 400 years ago, to the Slack near Heptonstall, which they obtained by purchase. The Slack estate is still retained by a branch of the same family, and the present occupier and owner is John Foster, Esq., who m. the only dau. and heir of Henry Lord, Esq., of Bacup, Lancashire. John Foster, Esq., of Slack, and son of Thomas Foster, Esq., of the same place, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Greenwood, who erected the chapel at Slack at his own expense and preached in it gratuitously; by this lady Mr. Foster had, with a dau., three sons: John, from whom the present John Foster, Esq., of Slack; Henry, of whom presently; and William, who d. s. p. The second son, Henry Foster, Esq., removed from Slack to his own estate at Wadsworth Banks, about the year 1870. He m. Ann Townsend of Heptonstall, and had, with a dau. Mary, who d. s. p., aged 73, a son, John Foster, Esq., of Wadsworth Banks, who m. 23d December, 1790, Sarah, dau. of William Howorth Gent of White Lee, and had (with dau. Elizabeth who d. young) an only son, the present Henry Foster, Esq., of Wadsworth Banks. Mr. Foster d. 12th September, 1812, aged 51.

FOSTER OF THURNBY.-Foster, Hon. William John, of Thurnby, Newton, New South Wales, prime Judge of the Supreme Court of N. S. W., b. at Rathescar, Co. Louth. 13th January, 1831, m. 8th August, 1854, Matilda Sophia, dau. of John Williams, Esq., of Landigige, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, by Jane Makeig his wife, and has issue: i. Arthur William John, b. 24th June, 1855; ii. William Henry, b. 24th May, 1856, m. 1886 Ella, dau. of George Clift. Esq., and has issue, a'daugh