The Family of Christopher Brooks, M.D., circa 1650,

54. George BROOKS [103192] (John, J.P.⁴, John³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born on 22 May 1785 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica, was baptised on 8 Oct 1785 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica, died on 27 Jun 1832 at age 47, and was buried in Snowdon Manchester Parish Jamaica.

General Notes: In a Document received from John Lowe in January 2015 he commented:
George Brooks settled the Blenheim Estate [in Manchester Parish] with Money inherited from his Great-Aunt Elizabeth

• Military Service: an Ensign in the St Elizabeth Militia, 1805, St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica.

• Military Service: a Lieutenant in the St Elizabeth Militia, 1806, St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica.

• Military Service: a Captain in the St Elizabeth Militia, 1811, St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica.

George married Sarah Thorpe Petgrave WRIGHT [103194], daughter of William Burt WRIGHT [103195] and Frances [103196], on 19 Jun 1807 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica. Sarah was born on 13 Jun 1784 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica, was baptised on 13 Jan 1789 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica, died on 13 Jun 1856 in Snowdon Manchester Parish Jamaica at age 72, and was buried in Snowdon Manchester Parish Jamaica. Another name for Sarah was Sarah Tharp PETGRAVE.

68 F i. Elizabeth Frances BROOKS [103206] was born on 15 Jul 1808 in Burntground St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica, died on 25 Jun 1874 in Germany at age 65, and was buried in Bad Cannstatt Wurrtemburg Germany.

Elizabeth married William NEMBHARD [103207] on 1 Feb 1827 in Blenheim Hounslow Parish Jamaica. William was born on 22 Dec 1796 in Jamaica, died on 9 Oct 1833 in London England at age 36, and was buried in marylebone Burying Ground Middlesex England.

+ 69 M ii. George BROOKS, M.D. [103208] was born on 3 Dec 1809 in Blenheim Hounslow Parish Jamaica and died on 25 May 1854 in Spanish St Catherine Parish Town Jamaica at age 44.

George married Clarissa BURT [103209] (d. 30 Oct 1887) on 4 Oct 1831 in Charlton Kent England.

70 F iii. Nicola BROOKS [103271] was born on 11 Aug 1815 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica and died on 12 Jul 1815 at Sea.

71 F iv. Sarah BROOKS [103272] was born on 26 Sep 1816 and died on 6 Oct 1816 in London England.

72 F v. Charlotte Augusta BROOKS [103210] was born on 14 Dec 1817 in Portman Square London England, died in Apr 1867 at age 49, and was buried in Old St Mary's Cemetery Cheltenham Gloucestershire England.

Charlotte married Lieut., John GURLEY, R.N. [103211] on 27 Jul 1836 in Blenheim Hounslow Parish Jamaica. John was born in 1796 and was buried in Dec 1854 in Old St Mary's Cemetery Cheltenham Gloucestershire England.

+ 73 F vi. Roberta Wilmena BROOKS [103212] was born on 25 Dec 1821, died on 11 Nov 1884 at age 62, and was buried in Teddington Surrey England.

Roberta married Charles Jacques Philippe DOUET [103213] (d. 16 Mar 1862) on 1 Jan 1837 in St David's Manchester Parish Jamaica.

74 F vii. Henrietta Morgan BROOKS [103214] was born on 28 Mar 1824 in Manchester Parish Jamaica, was baptised in Manchester Parish Jamaica, died on 5 Apr 1890 at age 66, and was buried in Teddington Gloucestershire England.

Henrietta married Henry John WHITLING [103215] in Apr 1869 in St Mary Abbott's Kensington Middlesex England. Henry was born Cir. 1806, died on 28 May 1886 aged about 80, and was buried in St Peter's Croydon Surrey England.

59. Elizabeth Raby BROOKS [103193] (John, J.P.⁴, John³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born Cir. 1794 in Jamaica, died on 14 Feb 1862 in Ealing Middlesex England aged about 68, and was buried in Beachley Gloucestershire England.

Elizabeth married Rev., George Wilson BRIDGES, M.A. [103198] on 24 Aug 1815 in Gretna Green Dumfriesshire Scotland. George was born Cir. 1787, died in Sep 1863 aged about 76, and was buried in Beachley Gloucestershire England.

• Marriage: a "Conventional" Marriage was subsequently held on, 3 Mar 1816, St George's Hanover Square London England.

75 F i. Elizabeth Mary Wilson BRIDGES [103255] was born Cir. 1817 in Mandeville Manchester Parish Jamaica and was baptised on 11 Nov 1817 in Manchester Parish Jamaica.

76 F ii. Elizabeth Marianne Jefferson BRIDGES [103256] was born on 12 Dec 1817 in Williamsfield Manchester Parish Jamaica and was baptised on 23 Dec 1817 in Manchester Parish Jamaica.

77 F iii. Hellen Ann BRIDGES [103257] was born on 20 Mar 1823 in Manchester Parish Jamaica and was baptised on 5 Jan 1824 in Manchester Parish Jamaica.

78 F iv. Sarah Frances BRIDGES [103258] was born on 12 May 1825 in Jamaica and was baptised on 26 May 1825 in St Ann Parish Jamaica.

79 F v. Mary Paget BRIDGES [103259] was baptised on 2 Oct 1826 in St Ann Parish Jamaica.

60. Frances BROOKS [103202] (John, J.P.⁴, John³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born in 1797 in St Elizabeth Parish Jamaica and died in Apr 1828 in England at age 31.

Frances married William Burt WRIGHT [103203], son of William Burt WRIGHT [103195] and Frances [103196], on 11 Mar 1817 in Shaftston Penn Westmoreland Parish Jamaica. William was born on 18 Jul 1782, died on 20 Feb 1821 at age 38, and was buried in Kingston Parish Jamaica. The cause of his death was Drowing.

• Occupation: a Merchant at the time of his Marriage, 11 Mar 1817, Kingston Kingston Parish Jamaica.

63. George FORSTER [46705] (Mary BROOKS⁴, Christopher (Col.)³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born on 19 Apr 1780 in Egham Surrey England, was baptised on 17 May 1780 in Egham Surrey England, and died on 29 Jun 1850 in Brussels Brabant Belgium at age 70.

George married Sarah HUNTLEY [48389]. Sarah was born on 4 Jul 1793 in Dover Kent England.

+ 81 M i. George John FORSTER [48390] was born on 7 Oct 1811 in Enniscorthy Wexford Co. Leinster Ireland, was baptised on 6 Jun 1814 in St Pancras Middlesex England, and died on 11 May 1869 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria at age 57.

George married Eliza Catherine REVANS [48391] (d. 1892) on 29 Oct 1835 in St Marylebone Middlesex England.

George next married Maria WHANNELL [100705] in 1858 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria.

64. Capt., Henry FORSTER [46706] (Mary BROOKS⁴, Christopher (Col.)³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born on 19 Aug 1784 in Egham Surrey England, was baptised on 18 Dec 1784 in Egham Surrey England, and died in 1816 in London England at age 32.

General Notes: In a Document received from John Lowe [attributed to Alkman Henryson Foster-Barham] in March 2013, he commented:
Henry was commission dated 6th July 1804; he was with Sir John Moore in the retreat from Corunna and retired from the service in 1810.

Henry married Susan STEBBIN [48392]. Another name for Susan was Susannah STEBBINGS.

+ 82 M i. Rev., Henry Brooks FORSTER, MA [48393] was born on 21 Sep 1808 in Cork Co. Cork Munster Ireland and died on 23 Sep 1890 in Henley on Thames Oxfordshire England at age 82.

Henry married Ellen Hawker SEYMOUR [48394] (d. Mar 1903) on 15 Apr 1841 in Catherington Hampshire England.

John married Laura LAPSLIE [48426] (d. 2 Qtr 1866) on 14 Jun 1838 in St Pancras Church London England.

67. Lieut., George Brooks FORSTER, RN [18417] (Mary BROOKS⁴, Christopher (Col.)³, George (Col.)², Christopher (M.D.)¹) was born in Feb 1792, was baptised on 7 Mar 1792 in St Mary Abbots Kensington Middlesex England, and died in Jun 1874 in Sydney Colony of New South Wales at age 82.

General Notes: BROOKS, Captain Richard (1765? - 1833)
Sailor, merchant and settler.
Served for many years as an officer of the East India Company. He brought the chartered transports, Atlas, 1802, and Alexander, 1806, to Sydney. He then made trading voyages to New South Wales in the Rose, 1808, Argo, 1811, and Spring, 1814. With the last he brought his wife and family and became a permanent settler. He acquired Denham Court from Richard Atkins in 1810, and there built his family residence. He amassed considerable landed property and wealth.
He also held a farm of 1300 acres in the Illawarra which he called 'Exmouth' or 'Koonawarra' which is the one referred to by Macquarie in 1822. However Brooks did not live here; he employed a manager to oversee the farm while he continued to live at Denham Court.

He died at Denham Court in October 1833 and the Church of St. Mary the Virgin was erected there as his memorial.
[See entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography 1788-1850 Vol.1 pp.156-157].

1815 Jun 13
Permission sought by Lieutenant G B Forster to place Dr Napper on books of "Emu" as he had recovered from illness & was able to do duty; also asking for servant for Dr Napper (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.114-6). Reply, 19 Jun (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.98)
1815 Jul 1
To Lieutenant Forster re receiving & victualling of Napper & servant (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.107)

1816 Mar 12
Bills for personal pay as Commander of, presented by G B Forster (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.94)

FORSTER, George Brooks. Master, "Emu"

n.d.
In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land (Fiche 3262; 4/438 p.30)

1815 Mar 14-Jul 10
Letters to John Thomas Campbell re "Emu" (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.93-121). Reply to letter of 14 Mar, dated 15 Mar (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.483). Reply to letters of 15 Mar and 27 Mar, dated 28 Mar (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.506). Reply to letter of 14 Apr, dated 14 Apr (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.41). Reply to letter of 2 Jun, dated 3 Jun (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.87). Reply to letter of 13 Jun, dated 19 Jun (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.98-100)

1815 Mar 22,28
Re survey of "Emu" re accommodation of troops & false keel (Reel 6004; 4/3493 pp.493-4, 498, 506)

1815 Mar 25
Re payment of bills for conducting transport service (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.504)

1815 Mar 31
Transmitting copy of survey (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.5)

1815 Apr 4
Re application to land gunpowder, rockets and blue lights (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.10)

1815 Apr 11
Re handing over of spirits to Forster (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.25)

1815 Apr 11
Re repair of water casks and delivery of spirits to Hobart (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.27)

1815 Apr 12,13
Re assignment of Noble, surgeon per "Emu", to "Kangaroo" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.29-30, 39)

1815 Apr 13
Re salary, poor condition of "Emu" and mutinous conduct of seamen (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.37-8)

1815 Apr 18
Re taking aboard of mutinous seamen (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.54)

1815 Apr 20, Jun 9
Re appointment of Committee of Survey for "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.55-7, 88)

1815 Jun 1
Returning letter for signature (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.83)

1815 Jun 3,9
Re survey of bread on "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.86-90)

1815 Jul 1
Re victualling of James Napier and Servant and receiving them on board (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.107)

1815 Jul 6
Re bills submitted for approval (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.110)

macq

1816 Mar 22
Recommending Lieutenant George Brooks Forster of the Royal Navy to the patronage of the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.121-2)

1816 Mar 23
Instructing that William Hayes be put in charge of emus and black swans being sent to England per "Emu"; directions also given as to delivery of birds on arrival (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.124-5)

1816 Mar 23
Detailed instructions for care and feeding of two emus, four black swans and a parrot being sent to England per "Emu" for delivery to the Duke of York, Sir David Baird, Mr James Drummond and Miss Macquarie (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.126-7)

1816 Mar 24
Instructing Lieutenant Commander G B Forster to return to England with "Emu" as the vessel had been declared unfit for colonial service by a special survey committee (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.95)

1816 Apr 11,12
George Brooks Forster reporting safe arrival of "Emu" at the Derwent on 5 Apr; emus and black swans being carried to England were in good condition; Mr Hays, who had charge of them, was very attentive (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.96-9)

davey
1815 Apr 11
Instructing Lieutenant Jeffreys of "Kangaroo" to replace spirits delivered by Lieutenant Forster to Davey (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.25, 27)

1815 Sep 16
Authorising land grant and stock for Lieutenant George Banks Forster, master of "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.182-3)

1815 Jul 11
Requesting biscuit for "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.116)

1815 Jul 18
Re passengers and convicts to be embarked per "Emu" for Derwent (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.125-6)

1815 Aug 30
Submitting list of repairs required on "Emu" (Reel 6043; 4/1728 pp.189-90). Reply, 31 Aug (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.155)

1815 Aug 31
Re repair of "Emu" and disembarkation of detachment of 73rd Regiment (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.156-7)

1815 Sep 6
Re articles for "Emu" and troops to embark for Derwent (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.163-4)

1815 Sep 8
Re pay lists and bills (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.168)

1815 Sep 9
Re plans for accommodation for troops on "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.172)

1815 Sep 16
Re bills for pay of steward (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.178)

1815 Sep 16
To Davey re grant of land and stock for Forster on Derwent (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.182-3)

1815 Oct 16
Re relief of detachment at Port Dalrymple (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.225)

1815 Oct 17
Request for canvas for sails and for sailmakers (Reel 6045; 4/1733 pp.72-6). Reply, 23 Oct (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.239-41)

1815 Oct 21
Requesting bills for pay due to him be put before Governor; re rations of bread & salt required (Reel 6045; 4/1733 pp.77-8). Reply, 23 Oct (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.238)

1815 Oct 30
Transmitted list of convicts for Port Dalrymple (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.259)

1815 Dec 21
Transmitted set of bills for personal pay (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.292)

1815 Dec 27
Asks for survey of provisions and sails be made before Jan 1816 (Reel 6045; 4/1733 pp.79-80). Reply, 28 Dec (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.295)

1816 Jan 2,4
Re survey of sails and provisions on "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.303-4, 306)

1816 Jan 19
With bills for pay due to James Napper, surgeon on "Emu" (Reel 6045; 4/1733 p.81)

1816 Jan 20
Requisition for provisions (Reel 6045; 4/1733 p.82)

1816 Jan 20
Transmitting set of bills for payment to Napper, Surgeon, "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.324)

1816 Jan 26
Re coals, and sails for "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.325)

1816 Jan 27
Re embarkation of convicts on "Emu" for Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.329)

1816 Jan 27
Macquarie sending instructions for sailing for Hobart with convicts & passengers (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.19-20)

1816 Mar 1,23
Re exchange of Napper and Noble as surgeons (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.385, 409)

1816 Mar 11
James Napper urging survey of medical stores on "Emu" (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.89)

1816 Mar 12
Requesting survey of medical stores on "Emu" (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.92-3)

1816 Mar 12
To return to England with "Emu"; highly praised for services (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.100-5)

1816 Mar 13
Re bills for Forster's pay and survey of medicines on "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.399)

1816 Mar 15
Re embarkation returns for military and families to England (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.401)

1816 Mar 22
Testimony in favour of (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.121-2)

1816 Mar 23
Macquarie instructing that William Hayes be put in charge of emus and black swans being sent to England (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.124-5)

1816 Mar 24
Macquarie instructing him to return to England (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.95)

1816 Apr 11
Reporting safe arrival of "Emu" at the Derwent (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.96)

1816 Apr 12
Submitting bills for personal pay for the Governor's approval (Reel 6045; 4/1734 p.94)

1816 Apr 12
Reporting that emus and black swans being carried to England were in good condition (Reel 6045; 4/1734 pp.97-9)

1822
On list of persons owing quit rents in Van Diemen's Land; for land in the District of Melville (Fiche 3270; X19 p.9)

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V1847969 32B/1847 FORSTER JOSEPH AGE 41

George married Elizabeth Ann SMITH [18418], daughter of Admiral, Edward Tyrrell SMITH [18422] and Unknown, on 23 Oct 1815 in Hobart Town Van Dieman's Land. Elizabeth was born Abt. 1793 and died in 1885 aged about 92.

+ 84 M i. George Mussell FORSTER [48581] was born on 3 Jan 1816 in Sydney Colony of New South Wales and died on 27 Nov 1865 in Hobart Colony of Tasmania at age 49.

George married Cecily Ellen GREGSON [48642] (d. 28 Dec 1872) on 19 Dec 1855 in Kangaroo Point Colony of Tasmania.

85 F ii. Mary FORSTER [48582] was born on 30 May 1817 in Cape Town Cape Colony and died Bef. 6 Sep 1817 in Cape Town Cape Colony.

86 M iii. Rev., Thomas Hay FORSTER [48583] was born on 23 Jul 1818 in England, died on 15 Dec 1893 in St Luke's Hospital London England at age 75, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery London England.

87 F iv. Mary FORSTER [18404] was born on 25 Sep 1820 in Cornwall England and died on 7 Jul 1894 in The Deanery Sydney Colony of New South Wales at age 73.

Mary married Lieut., George FORTESCUE, RN [48644]. George died on 15 Jun 1838 at Sea. The cause of his death was Typhus.

Mary next married Major, John FRENCH, H.E.I.C. [48648] in 1846 in St Mark's Pontville Van Dieman's Land. John was born on 12 Apr 1805 and died on 4 Aug 1859 in Candelo Colony of New South Wales at age 54.

Mary next married Archdeacon, William MacQuarie COWPER [18402], son of The Venerable, Rev., William COWPER, Archdeacon [88280] and Ann BARRELL [18406], on 3 Jul 1866 in St Phillip's Sydney Colony of New South Wales. William was born on 4 Jul 1810 in Sydney Colony of New South Wales, died on 14 Jun 1902 in The Deanery Sydney NSW Australia at age 91, and was buried in St Jude's Cemetery Randwick Sydney Colony of New South Wales.

General Notes: In a File of Information received from Mark Turnbull in May 2010 was the following:
The Times, Monday, Jun 16, 1902; pg. 12; Issue 36795; col F _Obituary. The Dean Of Sydney
COWPER, WILLIAM MACQUARIE (1810-1902), dean, was born on 3 July 1810 at Sydney, son of William Cowper, Assistant Colonial Chaplain, and his second wife Ann, née Barrell. He was baptized at his Father's Church, St Philip's; Governor and Mrs Macquarie were among his Godparents. He was generally called Macquarie until about 1830 and the name had some currency until his father's death in 1858. Cowper was educated privately at Sydney and sailed for England by way of Cape Horn in the Portland in February 1827. He reached England in June, intending to study for entrance to Cambridge. After a change of plan he lived with Rev. John Glubb, incumbent of St Petrox, Dartmouth, and helped him as a layman until he matriculated at Oxford on 11 June 1828 and entered Magdalen Hall (B.A., 1832; M.A., 1835). Cowper thought the tutorial instruction dull and, as his Father had warned, found the religious life of the university 'at a low ebb', though he gained some profit from the divinity lectures. He was made Deacon by Bishop Murray of Rochester for Bishop Phillpotts of Exeter in 1833 on the title of curate of St Petrox. Had he returned to Australia at this time he probably would have been stationed at Goulburn. However, he remained at Dartmouth for two years, strengthening his connexion with the Evangelical tradition. When he decided to go back, no regular preferment was available and he was appointed Chaplain to the Australian Agricultural Co. In 1835 he was ordained Priest by the Bishop of Exeter and married Margaret Burroughs of Dartmouth. Cowper reached Sydney in February 1836 with his Wwife and on 26 March began services in the company's Port Stephens district to which he was licensed by W. G. Broughton. His Evangelical convictions kept him aloof from Broughton's High Churchmanship and patronage for the new Tractarian movement, but he maintained generally good relations with his Bishop. They had a common interest in Aboriginal welfare and church extension. Cowper also remained on reasonable terms with the company's commissioners. His position was made difficult, however, by the conflicting jurisdictional claims of the company and the Bishop. St John's Church at Stroud remained unconsecrated for eighteen years because its site was not yet conveyed to the ecclesiastical authorities. Cowper worked hard and travelled widely, holding services as far away as Tamworth and Taree. When Bishop Tyrrell took over the new diocese of Newcastle in 1848 Cowper accompanied him on several tours and helped him to plan the strategy of northern expansion. He moved the first resolution at the meeting in 1850 which inaugurated Tyrrell's key project, the Church Society, and became one of its Secretaries. But the remoteness of Cowper's district and his long incumbency made him wish for a change. The death of his wife on 21 October 1854 left him with four daughters and a son, William, who died in 1868. Moreover, there were differences in churchmanship between Cowper and his Bishop. A fresh appointment in the Newcastle diocese could not be satisfactorily devised and Cowper moved to Sydney. At Sydney the Evangelical bishop, Frederic Barker, faced with a shortage of experienced clergy of similar opinions, welcomed Cowper, and in March 1856 appointed him acting principal of the new Moore Theological College at Liverpool. The first three students had been reading with Cowper at Stroud, one of them for the ministry. He launched the college successfully and in September, when Rev. William Hodgson, the permanent principal, arrived, was sent to build up a parochial district at the Glebe. He retained his interest in Moore College, being a trustee in 1877-1902.Soon after his Father's death Cowper was moved to his Father's Church of St Philip, Church Hill, and made Dean and Archdeacon of Sydney. To contemporaries the appointment was surprising: Cowper was a newcomer to the clerical staff of the diocese and had lived obscurely for twenty years. But Barker had good reasons for making it. He would not promote Clergy with Tractarian sympathies and he had failed to recruit a suitable dignitary from England. Cowper had a reputation for energy, sound sense and fair scholarship. As the Archdeacon's Son he was the natural Evangelical leader and was himself committed to that school. Cowper gave Barker his entire loyalty and was closely identified with his policies. In 1886, at the request of the second Mrs Barker, he began to write Episcopate of the Right Reverend Frederic Barker, D.D. (London, 1888). It provides a better assessment of its subject than many episcopal biographies but it is Cowper's own apologia as well as his Bishop's. Cowper's decanal office was nominal at first and he remained at St Philip's. The parochial charge of St Andrew's temporary cathedral was held by the existing incumbent, Rev. George King who considered his rights to be invaded by the creation of a Deanery, while the congregation was afraid of losing its autonomy. There were spectacular scenes in 1860, a hostile inquiry by Parliament, public meetings and a law suit of high constitutional importance. Cowper was the occasion for, rather than the principal in, these events. King's successor, Rev. T. O'Reilly, kept the peace from 1863 until Cowper took full charge in 1869. Meanwhile the Dean became responsible for services of a 'cathedral' character, including the consecration of the permanent St Andrew's in 1868. Until Bishop Barry's reforms in 1885 Cowper maintained a prudent balance of parish and cathedral-style worship and divided his attention between preaching to diocesan audiences and ministering to the parochial needs for which his direct scriptural exhortations were, perhaps, better suited. In the 1870s St Andrew's Parish had some fine houses but many of Sydney's worst slums. Cowper worked hard to help their inhabitants and gave evidence on their behalf before parliamentary committees and official commissions. He exerted constant pressure on reluctant Aldermen, some of them owners of slum properties, to effect improvements. He was never popular at the Town Hall; his methods with the poor were gentler and based on charitable relief and religious persuasion. He co-operated in interdenominational mission and philanthropic work in Sydney. Christian Socialism, on the other hand, meant little to him: his were the ideas of an earlier generation. As the Diocese's only Archdeacon until 1887 Cowper undertook much administration and supervision. He visited settled parishes and missionary areas, extensive country tours for which his years at Port Stephens had fitted him. In 1859 he was given charge of Diocesan relations with the Denominational School Board and continued this duty with the Council of Education after 1866. Cowper was an advocate of church schools and of a measure of state aid for them. He followed Barker in holding that they provided the best, although not the only valid, kind of education. He tried with little success to keep these schools in existence when state aid ceased in 1882. Like his Bishop, Cowper favoured the maximum use of facilities provided for religious instruction in public schools both before and after the 1880 Public Instruction Act, and he was a keen promoter of Sunday schools. He accorded generally with Barker in their policy towards a church constitution. He believed that some kind of legislative sanction was preferable to a voluntary compact; in the complex debates on the subject between 1858 and 1866 Cowper held as firmly as circumstances would permit to this attitude. He welcomed the resolutions for Government for the Australian Church in 1868 and served on the General Synod after 1872.When the See of Sydney was vacant or the Bishop absent, Cowper was commissary or sometimes vicar-general. Between 1862 and 1897 he administered the diocese for a total of eleven years. He was generally competent in this role. He was careful not to initiate policy, though he often had to cope with important matters. In 1862 he won better terms from the abolition of state aid to public worship than might have been expected. He presided twice over the election of Bishops: Barry in 1882-83 and Saumarez Smith in 1889-90. Procedural problems and, with the latter, interprovincial jealousies raised difficulties which Cowper, who was not a firm Chairman when passions were high and legal matters were involved, was unable to solve without much trouble. Yet by his experience and general popularity he was able to make a substantial long-term contribution to the running of the Diocese. In his last years Cowper became a revered and respected figure in the Church of England. He was the first Australian-born Anglican clergyman and, apart from visits to England in 1876 and 1886, he served in his native land for more than sixty years. He represented the oldest theological tradition in the colonial church and in 1901 wrote his Autobiography and Reminiscences, published with editorial additions in Sydney, 1902, to demonstrate the continuity of the Evangelical school. His second wife Mary, widow of Major French of the Indian army and daughter of Commander G. B. Forster, R.N., whom he had married on 3 July 1866, died on 7 July 1894. Cowper died, after a long illness but still in office, on 14 June 1902. He was buried at St Jude's cemetery, Randwick, where his father's body had been reinterred.

88 F v. Hester Lisle FORSTER [48584] was born on 17 Apr 1822 in England, was baptised on 25 May 1822 in Plymstock Devon England, died on 30 Sep 1864 in Rose Bay Sydney Colony of New South Wales at age 42, and was buried on 1 Oct 1864 in Camperdown Colony of New South Wales.

89 M vi. Charles Arbruthnot Gallwey FORSTER [48585] was baptised on 9 Jun 1825 in Hainton? Pembrokeshire Wales and died on 4 Jan 1904 in South Brisbane QLD Australia at age 78.

Charles married Eliza McLACHLAN [48586] on 20 Aug 1872 in Holy Trinity Church Glen Innes Colony of New South Wales. Eliza was born Abt. 1830 in Fort William Inverness Inverness Scotland and died on 9 Apr 1904 in Brisbane QLD Australia aged about 74.

+ 90 M vii. Christopher Brooks FORSTER [18420] was born on 10 Feb 1827 in Cornwall England, died on 26 Feb 1877 in Bourke Colony of New South Wales at age 50, and was buried on 27 Feb 1877 in Bourke Colony of New South Wales.

Christopher married Catherine MARZETTI [18424] (d. 22 Jul 1905) on 25 Aug 1851 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria.

+ 91 F viii. Elizabeth FORSTER [48587] was born on 22 Jun 1829 in Flushing Cornwall England, died on 16 Aug 1923 in Burwood Sydney NSW Australia at age 94, and was buried on 17 Aug 1923 in St Thomas' Enfield Sydney NSW Australia.

Elizabeth married James Sutcliffe MORT [48660] (d. 8 Jul 1879) on 1 Nov 1862 in St Mark's Darling Point Colony of New South Wales.

+ 92 F ix. Maria Lisle FORSTER [18419] was born on 14 May 1831 in Flushing Cornwall England and died on 9 Mar 1870 in The Vicarage Deptford Wiltshire England at age 38.

Maria married Robert TOOTH [18423] (d. 19 Sep 1893) on 1 May 1849 in St Mark's Pontville Van Dieman's Land.

+ 93 M x. Derwent Fortescue FORSTER [48588] was born on 8 Oct 1833 in Flushing Cornwall England, was baptised on 4 Jan 1834 in Mylor Cornwall England, died on 5 Dec 1911 in Brisbane QLD Australia at age 78, and was buried on 6 Dec 1911 in Nundah Brisbane QLD Australia.

Derwent married Sibella WILKINSON [48669] (d. 23 Jun 1917) on 1 Feb 1859 in Drayton Colony of Queensland.

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