Sixth Generation  

15. Sir Thomas Ignatius FORSTER [120041] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER⁵, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder⁴, Dorothy FURLY³, Benjamin², John¹) 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:

+ 20 F    i. Selena Marguerite FORSTER [120043]

Selena married Jules STORMS [120044]. (b. 1817, d. 1856)

19. Marian FORSTER [110779] (Sir Thomas Furly FORSTER⁵, Sir Edward FORSTER the Elder⁴, Dorothy FURLY³, Benjamin², John¹)

Marian married Rev. Thomas MORRES [110778].

The child from this marriage was:

+ 21 M    i. Rev. Hugh Redmond MORRES [110777]

Hugh married Sophia Jane POWYS [110475] (b. 20 Oct 1834, d. 31 Oct 1905) on 30 Jul 1867 in St Sebastian Wokingham Berkshire England.