Thomas Foster Barham (musician)

Thomas Foster Barham (1766–1844), was a musician and miscellaneous writer.

Life

Barham was the third son of Joseph Foster of Jamaica, who in 1750 took the name of Barham by authority of a private act of parliament, and in accordance with the will of Henry Barham.[1] He was born in Bedford, 8 October 1766, and educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he matriculated in 1784 but did not graduate.[2] After his university course he travelled on the Continent. On his return he became connected with the mercantile house of Plummer & Co., but ill-health obliged him to leave London, and to retire to the West of England, where he finally settled, at Leskinnick, near Penzance, Cornwall. He died there on 25 February 1844. He married in 1790 Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the Rev. Joshua Morton, of Blackheath, and by this lady had six children, of whom Charles, Francis, Thomas, and William are notable.

Works

References

  1. Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1748 (22 Geo. 2). c. 14
  2. "Barham, Thomas Foster (BRN784TF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge. According to the DNB, however, he graduated with a B.A. as Thomas Foster in 1792.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Barham, Thomas Foster (1766-1844)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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