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 140 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTB,T. II. Thomas Forster, b. 21st March, 1887. I. Edith Muriel. II. Violette Blanche. III. Kathleen. IV. Amy Forster. V. Emily Milliceiat. VI. Eileen. Hintagf. This family, of English origin, settled in Ireland in the time of Oliver Cromwell, and owned the lands of Ballymagirl, near Bawn- boy, CO. Cavan, Ireland, for several genera- tions. James Rotledge, Esq., was squire of Ballymagirl, Cavan, in the 18th century. He m. Martha, daughter of Mr. Forster, of Longford, in Ireland, and sister of Thomas Forster, Esq., M.D., of the Army Medical Department, and afterwards of the Brush Farm, near Sydney, New South Wales, and by her had issue, I. William, of whom hereafter. II. John, sometime of Port Fairy, co. Villiers, Victoria, and afterwards re- turned to Ireland, where he d. mim., near Dublin. III. Eichard, of the Briars, Farnham, CO. Villiers, Victoria, b. 1st April, 1810, m. 11th August, 1849, Alice, daughter of the Rev. Charles Dickin- son, incumbent of Ryde, near Sydney, New South Wales, and d. 24th Oc- tober, 1887, leaving issue, 1. Charles James, M.D., F.R.C.S. . (Dublin University), b. 26th August, 1860, residing in Vic- toria. 1. Elizabeth. 2. Alice. 3. Amy, m. William Bayne, Esq., and has issue. IV. Forster, of Ballymagirl, co. Cavan, b. 25th December, 1816, *. his father, m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Parsons, Esq. of Cavan, and d. leaving two sons and two daughters, viz., 1. William, joint owner with his brother of the Ballymagirl pro- perty, m. Eliza Wilcox, of Cavan, and has issue. 2. Richard, of Ballymagirl, m. Katherine Mack, of co. Cavan, and has issue. 1. Eleanor, m. her cousin-german, Forster McCoed, Esq. of Clon- turk, CO. Longford, Ireland, and has issue. 2. Martha. T. Thomas, of Carwoola, Molonglo, New South Wales, b. 12th March, 1818, m. 1 1th October, 1849, his cousin-german, Martha, daughter of Thomas Forster, Esq., M.D., and has issue, 1. William Forster, of Gidleigh, New South Wales, b. 28th July, 1850, m. 14th June, 1887, Jean, daughter of Major Morphy, of the 23rd Regiment of Foot. 2. Edward Knos, of Glen Riddle, near Tamworth, New South Wales, m. 29th November, , Frances Hamilton, daughter of Hamilton Hume, Esq., and d. 13th December, 1882, leaving issue one son and one daughter. 3. Francis Henry, of Gunningbar, New South Wales, b. 26th De- cember, 1865. 1. Ahce Louisa, b. 19th May, 1852. 2. Elizabeth Martha, b. 24th June, 1854. 3. Fanny Amy, b. 1860, m. 1885, a solicitor of Young, New South Wales. 4. Jane Eva, b. 8th April, 1862, m. 1st June, 1887, C. S. King, Esq. Ti. Lloyd, of Port Fairy, co. Villiers, Victoria, merchant, m. Isabella, eldest daughter of Richard Bennett, Esq. of Sydney, and has issue, 1. Edward Lloyd, of Grafton, New South Wales, banker. 2. Percy Lloyd, secretary of the Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance Company, Sydney, m. Miss Holly, of Sydney. 1. Annie, m. Mr. Young. I. Mary Anne, m. 1844, Lloyd Edwards, Esq. of Carwoola, New South Wales (at one time a landowner in the county of Antrim), and has issue, one son, Richard, and four daughters. II. Martha, m. 1844, the Hon. Edward Knox, of Fiona, Sydney, N.S.W., merchant, member of the Legislative Council, and has issue, foiu- sons and four daughters, viz., 1. George, of Sydney, N.S.W., bar- rister, m. Jane de Winton, daugh- ter of the late Captain Pryce or Price, and d. 9th March, 1888, at Cairo, aged 42 years, having had issue. 2. Edward, of Sydney, merchant, m. May, 1878, Edith, third daugh- ter of Joseph Scaife Willis, Esq. of Sydney, by Janet, his wife, tifth daughter of Robert Speir, Esq. of Burnbrae, Renfrewshire, Scotland (see SpEiEof Burnbrae AND CuLDEES in Burke's Landed Oentry), and has issue ; 1, Dorothy ; 2, Marjorie. 3. Thomas Forster, a meichant of