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John Forster (civil Servant)
'John Forster may refer to: * Sir John Forster (soldier) (1520–1602), English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches * John Forster (biographer) (1812–1876), English biographer and critic * John Forster (MP) (1817–1878), British politician, MP for Oxford * John Forster (Chief Justice) (1667–1720), Irish lawyer and politician * John Forster (colonial administrator) (died 1748), British administrator and President of Bengal * John Cooper Forster (1823–1886), British surgeon * John (Don Juan) Forster (1814–1882), California landowner * John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (1850–1938), Canadian artist * John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby (1888–1972), British barrister * John Forster (died 1558) * John Forster (footballer) (born 1948), Australian footballer * John Forster (musician) (born 1948), American cabaret musician * John Forster (British Army officer) (1856–1938), British Army officer See also * Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (soldier)
Sir John Forster (c.1520–1602) was an English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches. Life Born about 1520, he was son of Sir Thomas Forster (d. 1527) of Etherston, Northumberland, marshal of Berwick, and his wife Dorothy, daughter of Ralph Ogle, 3rd Baron Ogle and Margaret Gascoigne. Trained from early youth in border warfare, he was in August 1542 put in command of Harbottle Castle with a garrison of a hundred men. He fought at the Battle of Solway Moss, 23 November 1542, under Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton, and claimed to have captured Robert Maxwell, 5th Baron Maxwell; Cuthbert Tunstall and Suffolk, however, determined that Maxwell's real captor was Edward Aglionby. He fought also at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, 1547. Knighted by Protector Somerset in 1547, he was sheriff of Northumberland, 1549–50. On 4 August 1563 he was appointed a commissioner to treat concerning the delimitation of the borders, and on 10 January 1565 to discuss the position of James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (biographer)
John Forster (2 April 1812 – 2 February 1876) was an important Victorian English biographer and literary critic. Life Forster was born at Newcastle upon Tyne. His father, who was a Unitarianism, Unitarian of a Northumberland family, was a cattle-dealer. John Forster was educated in classics and in mathematics at Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, The Royal Grammar School. Forster in 1828 matriculated at the University of Cambridge, but after only a month's residence there he moved to London, where he attended classes at University College London, and entered the Inner Temple. In London, Forster successfully contributed to True Sun (London newspaper), ''The True Sun'', ''The Morning Chronicle'' and ''The Examiner (1808–86), The Examiner'', for which he was literary and dramatic critic. An extract of his ''Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth'' (1836–1839) was published in Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia, Lardner's ''Cabinet Cyclopaedia''. Forster subsequently published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (MP)
John Forster (1817–1878) was a British Whig politician. Forster was elected Whig MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed at a by-election in 1853—held after his father Matthew Forster and Radical Radical may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics *Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change *Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ... MP John Stapleton were unseated due to bribery and treating during the 1852 general election. He held the seat until 1857 when he did not seek re-election. References External links * UK MPs 1852–1857 1817 births 1878 deaths Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies {{England-UK-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (Chief Justice)
John Forster (1668 – 2 July 1720) was an Irish lawyer, politician and judge. Background Forster was born in Dublin, one of four children of Richard Forster and his wife Anne Webber. His father sat in the Irish House of Commons for Swords and came from a family long associated with the Dublin business community. Nicholas Forster, Bishop of Raphoe, was his brother. Career Forster served as Recorder of Dublin from 1701 to 1714, and represented Dublin City in the Irish House of Commons from 1703 to 1715. He was Solicitor-General for Ireland in 1709 and Attorney-General for Ireland from Christmas Eve 1709 to 1711, before being raised to the Bench as Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas on 20 September 1714. In 1713 he took part in the hotly contested Irish General Election and his constituency was the scene of the Dublin election riot. Elrington Ball described Forster as "a sound lawyer and impressive speaker" but lacking in political judgment.Ball, F. Elrington ''The Jud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (colonial Administrator)
John Forster (died March 1748) was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as governor of Fort William in Bengal in the eighteenth century. His daughter John Anna Forster (died 4 June 1774) married Sir Harry Goring, 6th Baronet Sir Harry Goring, 6th baronet (1739-1824), of Highden, near Washington, Sussex, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratif .... References Presidents of Bengal English businesspeople British East India Company people 18th-century British civil servants Year of birth missing 1748 deaths {{UK-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cooper Forster
John Cooper Forster (13 November 1823 – 2 March 1886) was a British surgeon. Biography Forster was born in 1823 in Lambeth, London, where his father and grandfather before him had been local medical practitioners. He entered Guy's Hospital in 1841, was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in 1850, assistant-surgeon in 1855, and surgeon in 1870. He became a member of the College of Surgeons in 1844, fellow in 1849 and president in 1884. He was a prompt and sometimes bold operator. In 1858, he performed practically the first gastrostomy in England for a case of cancer of the oesophagus. Among his best-known papers were discussions of acupressure, syphilis, hydrophobia, intestinal obstruction, modified obturator hernia A hernia is the abnormal exit of tissue or an organ (anatomy), organ, such as the bowel, through the wall of the cavity in which it normally resides. Various types of hernias can occur, most commonly involving the abdomen, and specifically the gr ..., torsion, and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John (Don Juan) Forster
Don Juan Forster (born ''John''; 1814 – February 20, 1882) was an English-born Californio ranchero and merchant. Born in England, he emigrated to Mexico at age 16 and became a Mexican citizen. Soon after, he moved to California (then a province of Mexico), where he married into the prominent Pico family of California and eventually held vast rancho grants across Southern California. Early life In 1830, John Forster left his home in Liverpool, England to work for his uncle, James (Santiago) Johnson, in Guaymas, Mexico. Arrival in California Forster then came overland to California, reaching Los Angeles in 1833. In 1836 he became a Mexican citizen and worked as a shipping agent at San Pedro. In 1837 he married Ysidora Pico, sister of a future Mexican governor of California, Pio Pico. The Mexican government appointed him captain of the port of San Pedro in March 1843. Land grants Forster began acquiring land in the 1840s as a result of his connection with Governor Pico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster
J. W. L. Forster or, more formally, John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (31 December 1850 – 24 April 1938) was a Canadians, Canadian artist specializing in portrait painting, portraits. Many of his works can be found at the National Gallery of Canada. Career He began his training as an artist in Toronto in 1869 as an apprentice to the portrait painter John Wesley Bridgman (1833-1902). In 1871 he was awarded first prize in the amateur class at the annual fair of Upper Canada Agricultural Society for his portrait of Bridgman. In 1879 Forster studied for three months at the South Kensington Art School in London with Canadian landscape painter Charles Stuart Millard (1837-1917). After that, he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, studying with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Boulanger (1880-1882); Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau; and later, with Carolus Duran. He returned to Toronto in 1883 and was elected an associate member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster, 1st Baron Forster Of Harraby
John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby (15 September 1888 – 24 July 1972), known as Sir John Forster between 1939 and 1959, was a British barrister and public servant. Knighted at St James's Palace 13 July 1939 Forster was appointed President of the Industrial Court in 1946. The following year he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 1959 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Forster of Harraby, of Beckenham in the County of Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces .... Lord Forster of Harraby died in July 1972, aged 83, when the barony became extinct. Arms References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster of Harraby, John 1888 births 1972 deaths British King's Counsel Knights Commander of the Order of the Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (died 1558)
John Foster or Forster (by 1511 – 1558), of Bramfield, Hertfordshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury in 1555 and Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For govern ... in 1558. References 1558 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Hertfordshire People from East Hertfordshire District English MPs 1555 English MPs 1558 Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (footballer)
John Forster (born 18 June 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ... (VFL). Notes External links * 1948 births Australian rules footballers from Tasmania Melbourne Football Club players Living people {{AFL-bio-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forster (musician)
John Marshall Forster (born April 1, 1948) is an American cabaret musician, satirist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and record producer. He has released several solo and collaborative albums, and has also worked on several revues and musicals. Career Musicals and revues Forster wrote the music and lyrics for the musical comedy special ''How to Eat Like a Child'', based on the book of the same name by Delia Ephron, as well as those for the satirical revue ''A Good Swift Kick''. He also founded the satirical revue "The Proposition" while an undergraduate at Harvard University which played in Cambridge, Massachusetts and in New York City. He also wrote the satirical revue "Both Barrels: A Salvo of John Forster Songs", which ran in Los Angeles and later in Chester, Connecticut in the late 1990s. For a musical adaptation of the immensely popular novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers, he wrote the book and lyrics, with Mary Rodgers writing the music. Solo career In 1993, Forster releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
