Forster Baronets

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There have been at least four Forster Baronetcies, including:

Contents 1 Forster of Bamburgh 1.1 Forster of Bamburgh (1620) 1.2 Other notable Northumberland Forsters 2 Forster of Aldermaston 2.1 Forster of Aldermaston (1620) 3 References

[edit] Forster of Bamburgh

The Baronetcy of Forster of Bamburgh was created in the Baronetage of England by James I for Claudius Forster of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland on 7 March 1620.

The Forsters, of Adderstone and Bamburgh, a long established and prolific Northumbrian family, provided twelve successive Governors of Bamburgh Castle over a period of 400 years, but the family was ultimately ruined as a result of their part in the Jacobite rebellions in the 18th century.

[edit] Forster of Bamburgh (1620)

• Sir Claudius Forster, 1st Baronet (c1575-1623) Extinct on his death

[edit] Other notable Northumberland Forsters

• Thomas Forster (1683-1738)

[edit] Forster of Aldermaston

The Baronetcy of Forster of Aldermaston was created in the Baronetage of England by James I for Humphrey Forster of Aldermaston Court, Berkshire on 20 May 1620.

The Forsters of Aldermaston descended from the Forsters of Harpsden in Oxfordshire and supposedly from the Forsters of Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.

[edit] Forster of Aldermaston (1620)

• Sir Humphrey Forster, 1st Baronet (1595-1663)
• Sir Humphrey Forster, 2nd Baronet (d.1711)

[edit] References

• History and Antiquities of North Durham (1852). Rev James Raine MA, page 306
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Baronetage Page.