Charles Farrar Forster
| Charles Farrar Forster | |
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| Vicar of Beckwithshaw | |
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| In office | 1887–1894 |
| Other posts | Curate at Lockwood (1873–1878) Curate at St Mary's, Deane (1878–1880) Curate/vicar at St Andrew's, Huddersfield (1878–1887) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 February 1848 Knaresborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 28 August 1894 (aged 46) Bournemouth, Hampshire, UK |
| Buried | Harlow Hill Cemetery, Otley Road, Harrogate 53°58′50″N 1°33′54″W / 53.98056°N 1.56500°W |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Education | St Bees Theological College |
Charles Farrar Forster FRGS FSSc (29 February 1848–28 August 1894) was curate of the parish of Lockwood near Huddersfield, vicar of St Andrew's Church in Huddersfield, and the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw. In spite of suffering severe pain due to heart disease during his working years, he was known for his dedication to parochial work and for the large congregations who came to hear his sermons. For all his bodily fragility he was notable for his personal charisma, causing various newspapers to remark upon the numerous friends among his past and recent parishioners and among his fellow clergymen who formed part of his life and who attended his funeral and memorial services.
Charles' paternal grandfather Daniel Forster, an inspector of weights, was born in Otley, West Yorkshire in 1776, and died in 1844. He was buried on 30 December 1844 in the same town. His wife Bella, a school mistress and Charles' grandmother, was baptised in Otley in 1796, and died aged 78 in 1866 in Otley. Their seventh child was Henry Highmore Forster, Charles' father, who was born on 14 October 1821 in Otley and baptised on 11 August 1823 at All Saints Church, Otley. In 1841 at the age of 15, Henry was a grocer, as was his older brother. Henry died in Burmantofts aged 48 on 14 March 1869. Charles' mother was Martha Ann Farrar, who was born in 1825 in Halifax, West Yorkshire and died in Guisborough in North Yorkshire in 1897 aged 72. Henry and Martha married in 1846 in Halifax and had six children, of which Charles was the eldest. One of Charles' brothers was Edward Eustace Forster (died 1916), chairman and managing director of printers Knight & Forster Ltd., of Leeds.
Charles Farrar Forster was born on 29 February 1848 in Knaresborough. On 6 October 1880, in Lockwood parish church, he married Mary Priestley, who was born in 1858 in Lockwood and was the eldest daughter of James Priestley, JP. In honour of this marriage, 438 workers at B. Vickerman & Son, a woollen mill in Huddersfield, were given a day out by special train from Berry Brow to Southport. The 1891 Census shows them living at Pannal vicarage with one servant: Ellen Tupper, aged 46, from Wiltshire. He is aged 43, Mary is 33, and he is described as a clerk in holy orders.
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