26th Generation  

206. Sir Thomas Ignatius FORSTER [120041] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER¹⁹⁴, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder¹⁷¹, Sir Thomas FORSTER of Walthamstow¹³⁹, Matthew FORSTER¹⁰⁸, Sir John FORSTER⁸⁸, Sir Thomas FORSTER Kt.⁷⁷, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born in 1789 in London Middlesex England and died in 1860 in Ixelles Bruxelles Belgium at age 71.

General Notes: In a Document received from Patrick de Meulemeester in March 2021, he stated as follows:
They settled in Brussels in 1833 and after travelling across Europe they settled in Bruges in 1836 and then returned to Brussels in 1837.
Patrick also included the following, that was translated by Microsoft Word from an original French Document:
After completing his law studies, he enrolled in medicine and became Bachelor of Medicine (University of Cambridge) in 1819.See John Burke's text below.
A naturalist, he was also passionate about astronomy, mechanics and aerostatics.
He was a member of the famous Linnean Society and the Royal Astronomical Society.
In 1811 he discovered a comet and also participated in the project of a perpetual calendar (1824)
In 1820 he published the letters exchanged with the philosopher John Locke, author of the famous 'Letters on Tolerance' and he was in possession of the original of John Locke's famous manuscript 'Essay concerning human understanding'.
These documents belonged to Benjamin Furly, his great-great-uncle and friend of John Locke.
He appeared 'Researches about Atmospheric Phenomena in 1812, 'Liber rerum naturalium' in 1805, Perpetual Calendar in 1824, Collection of my life in 1835, Observations on the influence of the Comets in 1836, Sati in 1843, Epistolarium Forsnumteria and Annals of a Physicist Traveller in 1848.
He is also the author of the collection ' Philosophia Musarum ' which contains notes and poems. See what John Burke, the well-known historian wrote about Thomas Ignatius Forster. 'This gentleman who was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated as Bachelor of Medecine, is an able and learned writer and has published twenty-four works on science and literature.
He and his brother Edward, have returned to the Catholic church, to which their ancestors had belonged until the rebellion of 1715.
FURTHER to the above, Patrick also included in his Family History, the following, attributed to Sir Thomas:
Thomas Ignatius Forster wrote about his mother:
My mother, born Suzanne WILLIAMS, is from a former Welsh family. His mother was the sister of botanist M.T.H. Hackney Sikes in Middlesex.
[The Quote continues, speaking about Sir Thomas]
He is a great botanist and plant designer and much of his collection ended up in Oorbeek.
He was a first member of the LINNEAN Society as well as many other scientific and philanthropic societies.
Together with his brother Benjamin Meggot Forster, he joined the Anti-Slavery Society in 1823. He had as friends renowned botanists such as Sir James Edward Smith, Sir Joseph Banks, Jonas Dryander, James Dickson, Robert Brown and Adam Afzelius.
He was also the author of 'The Pocket Encyclopedia of Natural Phenomena' published by Thomas Forster, his son.

Thomas married Julia BAUFOY [120042].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 227    i. Selena Marguerite Rose Catherine FORSTER [120043] was born in 1819 in London Middlesex England and died in 1904 in Oorbeek Vlaams-Brabant Belgium at age 85.

210. Marian FORSTER [110779] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER¹⁹⁴, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder¹⁷¹, Sir Thomas FORSTER of Walthamstow¹³⁹, Matthew FORSTER¹⁰⁸, Sir John FORSTER⁸⁸, Sir Thomas FORSTER Kt.⁷⁷, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹).

Marian married Rev. Thomas MORRES [110778].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 228    i. Rev. Hugh Redmond MORRES [110777] was born in Feb 1839 in Wokingham Berkshire England and died on 18 Sep 1882 in Bradfield Berkshire England at age 43.

212. Prideaux Selby RICKARDS [47641] (Mary SELBY²⁰², Prideaux SELBY¹⁷⁹, Mary SELBY¹⁴⁸, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD¹²¹, Elizabeth FORSTER¹⁰⁰, John FORSTER of Cornhill⁸⁴, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born on 13 Feb 1801 in Colchester Essex England and died on 13 Oct 1867 in Brighton Sussex England at age 66.

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at Dudly House, 13 Oct 1867, Brighton Sussex England.

Prideaux married Mary Anne OWEN [47642] on 17 Jun 1830 in St Nicholas' Brighton Sussex England. Mary was born on 15 Aug 1810 in London England and died on 19 Sep 1896 in Colchester Essex England at age 86.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 229    i. Anne Elizabeth RICKARDS [47988] was born in 1831 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1909 in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England at age 78.

+ 230    ii. Prideaux Owen RICKARDS [23637] was born on 27 Feb 1833 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 12 Sep 1888 in Melbourne Colony of Victoria at age 55.

   231    iii. Mary Amelia RICKARDS [47989] was born on 31 May 1834 in Brighton Sussex England and died in Aug 1916 in Camberwell Surrey England at age 82.

Mary married Samuel GOLDSCHMIDT [121392] in Jul 1881 in Lambeth Surrey England. Samuel was born about 1828 in Hamburg Hamburg Germany and died on 27 Jul 1903 in Kent England aged about 75.

Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: was a Civil Registration, Jul 1881, Lambeth Surrey England.

+ 232    iv. Louisa RICKARDS [47990] was born on 4 Jan 1836 in Hove Sussex England and died on 21 May 1906 in Armidale NSW Australia at age 70.

   233    v. George Davie RICKARDS [47991] was born on 8 Dec 1837 in Hove Sussex England and died on 31 Jul 1862 in Shanghai Shanghai China at age 24.

+ 234    vi. Catherine RICKARDS [47986] was born in 1839 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1889 in Beirut Lebanon at age 50.

+ 235    vii. Henry John Francis RICKARDS [47643] was born on 4 Jul 1840 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 19 Jul 1923 in Carlton Melbourne VIC Australia at age 83.

   236    viii. Frances Ellen RICKARDS [47992] was born in 1843 in Brighton Sussex England and died in 1844 in Brighton Sussex England at age 1. (Infant Death)

   237    ix. Hannah Selby RICKARDS [47993] was born about 1846 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 19 Jan 1921 in Hove Sussex England aged about 75.

Hannah married William HAWES [47995].

Hannah next married Charles BRIANT [47996].

+ 238    x. Frederick Rosher Amelius RICKARDS [47997] was born on 7 Jan 1847 in Hove Sussex England and died on 10 Mar 1929 in South Melbourne VIC Australia at age 82.

+ 239    xi. Charles Dudley RICKARDS [47644] was born on 14 Mar 1849 in Brighton Sussex England and died on 22 Nov 1916 in Calgary Alberta Canada at age 67.

+ 240    xii. Eliza RICKARDS [23645] was born on 9 Dec 1850 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1929 in Hove Sussex England at age 79.

   241    xiii. Constance Edith Young RICKARDS [48002] was born on 6 Sep 1852 in Hove Sussex England and died on 24 Dec 1927 in Steyning Sussex England at age 75.

+ 242    xiv. James RICKARDS [47645] was born on 8 May 1854 in Hove Sussex England and died on 10 Feb 1930 in Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey England at age 75.

220. Gen'l. Henry Selby RICKARDS in the Egyptian Service [47984] (Mary SELBY²⁰², Prideaux SELBY¹⁷⁹, Mary SELBY¹⁴⁸, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD¹²¹, Elizabeth FORSTER¹⁰⁰, John FORSTER of Cornhill⁸⁴, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born on 29 Dec 1814 and died on 14 Jan 1886 in Beirut Lebanon at age 71. Another name for Henry was Abdallah [Pasha] EL INGLIZI.

General Notes: In an e-Mail, dated January 19, 2013, Patrick Grigsby included the following:
Earlier in his army life, Henry Selby Rickards had come to Egypt where he settled in early 1840's, converting to Islam, he went on the Hajj so that he could marry "Hanim" Fatoom. On his conversion, he changed his name to Abdallah (servant of Allah) and was later elevated by the then khedive, Abbas Pasha, and came to be known as Abdallah Pasha il Ingilizi. His Egyptian wife was the daughter of a [religious] Sheik, possibly attached to Cairo's famous Al-Azhar mosque/university. The Family were believed to be direct descendants of the prophet Mohammad; but this is in some doubt. They had seven children, the eldest Amin was known to my mother as 'uncle Amin'. I have the Works of William Shakespear, a tome that is insribed, "To dear Doshia from her uncle - Amin Abdallah - 17/9/18". During the first World War, my grand mother Mariam with my mother and her two sisters were evacuated from Turkey to Egypt whilst my grandfather was with the British/Anzac forces at Gallipoli my Uncle William on the Somme in France. In spite of Turkey being on the German side, when the Rickards family returned to Mersin the Turkish authorities handed back, intact with contents, the many properties that my grand father owned in Mersin.
AND, in an e-Mail from Noha Sadek, received on February the 12th, 2013, she substantiated much of what Patrick has said; but added:
Henry Rickards held several positions in the Egyptian administration, including that of the first director of the Egyptian railways in 1853, but he was dismissed the following year when Khedive Said came to power. HSR left Egypt in 1869 for England until a final move to Lebanon in 1876.
In an e-Mail from James Wilkinson in May 2013, he included the following Quote from Nick Rickards:
As a teenager, Henry went to Portugal to join a "private army" of the Queen of Portugal \endash probably all mercenaries - and he stayed there until he was in his early 20's At some point, he arrived in Egypt as a translator for the British Colonial service and made a career in Cairo and Alexandria. For a year, he was the Director General of the Egyptian state railways, working with George Stephenson to build the Cairo to Alexandria railroad. His portrait is hung in the municipal museum in Cairo. After that year, he was replaced by an Egyptian but became a "General in the Egyptian Service" and was called Abdallah Pasha El Ingles.

Henry married Fatima UBAYD [47985] in 1841. Fatima died in 1869.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 243    i. Amin RICKARDS [49135] was born in 1849 and died in 1926 at age 77.

+ 244    ii. Horatio Alexander RICKARDS [49139] was born in 1856 and died in 1920 at age 64.

   245    iii. Fatma RICKARDS [49151] died in 1916.

Fatma married Ahmed EL MENSHAWI [49152].

Fatma next married Kamil FADIL [49153].

+ 246    iv. Zohra RICKARDS [49154] .

+ 247    v. Asma RICKARDS [49161] .

   248    vi. Amelia RICKARDS [49167] was born in 1860 in Cairo Cairo Governate Egypt and died in 1916 at age 56.

+ 249    vii. Sarah RICKARDS [49156] was born about 1862 in Cairo Cairo Governate Egypt and died in 1895 in Alexandria Alexandria Governate Egypt aged about 33.

Henry next married Catherine RICKARDS [47986] on 10 Nov 1869. Catherine was born in 1839 in Hove Sussex England and died in 1889 in Beirut Lebanon at age 50.

Marriage Notes: In a Document received from Sue [Drummond] Harrison in June 2021, she stated as follows:
This date has no reliable source, no marriage record found - possibly married in Lebanon. She was his niece, daughter of his brother Prideaux Selby Rickards, he was her uncle.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 250    i. Henry Rogers RICKARDS [49168] was born on 14 Nov 1870 in Sydenham Kent England and died in 1939 in Mersin Mersin Province Turkey at age 69.

   251    ii. Ernest Cyril RICKARDS [49169] was born in Apr 1872 in Sydenham Kent England.

   252    iii. Edith Elfrida RICKARDS [49170] was born in 1874 in Sydenham Kent England.

   253    iv. Frances Antonia RICKARDS [49171] was born in 1876 in Beirut Lebanon.

223. Prideaux SELBY J.P. [120486] (Prideaux SELBY of Maidenhead²⁰³, Prideaux SELBY¹⁷⁹, Mary SELBY¹⁴⁸, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD¹²¹, Elizabeth FORSTER¹⁰⁰, John FORSTER of Cornhill⁸⁴, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born on 3 Sep 1810 and died in 1872 at age 62.

Noted events in his life were:

• Appointment: a Justice of the Peace.

Prideaux married Harriet PROCTOR [120487] in 1840.

Children from this marriage were:

   254    i. Unknown SELBY [120488] was born about 1842.

   255    ii. Unknown SELBY [120489] was born about 1845.

+ 256    iii. Prideaux George SELBY [120490] was born about 1848.

+ 257    iv. Oliver Prideaux SELBY [120491] was born in 1850 and died in 1904 at age 54.

224. Henry Collingwood SELBY [120479] (Prideaux SELBY of Maidenhead²⁰³, Prideaux SELBY¹⁷⁹, Mary SELBY¹⁴⁸, Elizabeth COLLINGWOOD¹²¹, Elizabeth FORSTER¹⁰⁰, John FORSTER of Cornhill⁸⁴, Catherine GREY⁷⁴, Sir Ralph GREY of Howick⁶², Isabel GREY⁵⁸, Sir Thomas GREY of Horton⁵¹, Isabel DARCY⁴⁹, Lord William DARCY⁴⁷, Richard DARCY⁴⁶, 7th Baron John DARCY of Knaith⁴⁵, Lord John DARCY 5th Baron of Knayth⁴⁴, Elizabeth GREY³⁸, Alice de NEVILLE³⁰, Margaret STAFFORD²⁷, Hugh of Stafford (2nd Earl)¹⁹, Ralph of Stafford (1st Earl)¹¹, Edmund Stafford (1st Baron)⁹, Nicholas⁷, Robert⁵, Hervey (Sir)², Hervey of Stafford (Lord)¹) was born in 1812 and died on 12 Jan 1858 in Paris Isle-de-France France at age 46.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: a Queen's Advocate, Ceylon.

• Death: on a Journey to England, 12 Jan 1858, Paris Isle-de-France France.

Henry married Elizabeth Petronella HURLING [120502]. Elizabeth was born on 10 Jun 1810 in Capetown Cape Province South Africa and died on 12 May 1902 at age 91.

Children from this marriage were:

   258    i. Mary Gertrude SELBY [120504] was born on 27 Jun 1840 and died on 13 Nov 1930 at age 90.

+ 259    ii. Elizabeth Petronella SELBY [120480] was born on 12 Sep 1841 and died on 17 Jan 1910 in Cawnpore Uttar Pradesh India at age 68.

   260    iii. Prideaux SELBY [120503] was born in 1844 and died on 18 Apr 1878 in Colombo Ceylon at age 34.

   261    iv. Anne Catherine SELBY [120505] was born on 7 Sep 1845 and died on 2 Oct 1927 at age 82.

Anne married F W BYRDE [120506] on 23 Dec 1872 in Colombo Ceylon.

   262    v. Anne SELBY [120515] died on 23 May 1939 in Croydon Surrey England.

   263    vi. Catherine Maria SELBY [120507] was born on 19 Feb 1852 and died on 16 Aug 1922 at age 70.