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Charles Codrington Forsyth
1810 - 1873

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• Birth	1810	Plymouth, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 May 1873	99 Ladbroke Grove Kensington Notting Hill, London, England
  Person ID	I1	Charles Codrington Forsyth
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2021

  
  

  Family	Jane Facey Tillett,   b. Abt 1828, Wallsall, Staffordshire, England ,   d. 01 Oct 1876, 5 Westbourne terrace Southsea, County of Southhampton
  Married	15 Feb 1849	St James, church, Picadilly, Westminister, London, England
  Children	1. Charles Bentick Codrington Forsyth,   b. 1852, Plymouth, Devon, England   2. Arthur Barrow Codrington Forsyth,   b. 1853, 1Q1853 Berwick 10b 268 ,   d. 1906   3. Adela Louisa Julia Fanny Codrington Forsyth,   b. 25 Dec 1859, Brighton, Sussex, England ,   d. 25 Aug 1938, Crouch Hill London. N4. England   4. William Carnegie Edward Codrington Forsyth,   b. 11 Dec 1849, Lower Woodland Terrace, Charlton, Woolwich ,   d. 03 Sep 1906, Llanfaethen, Anglesea. Hampshire, England
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  The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Wed 1 Aug 1849 Page 4 Commander C. Codrington Forsyth, 1843. - Commander C Codrington Forsyth, lately promoted, entered the service in I827,and served the Jaseur, l8 guns, Captain Lyons, on the east coast of Africa, for the suppression of the slave trade. He then joined the Maidstone, 42 Commodor Sir C. M. Schombergh; from her he removed into the Warspite, 76, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Thomas Baker. After serving in her a short time, he was appointed to the Beagle, surveying sloop, under Captain K. Fitzroy. Whilst in that vessel he assisted in the survey of the coast of South America, from the River Plate to Guayaquil, including the Falkland Islands, &c., and, in conjunction with two other midshipmen, surveyed a distance of 1700 miles of coast, in a small vessel of 14 tons, without any other assistance. He passed his examination for lieutenant in 1836, and joined the Pelorus, which proceeded to India, On this vessel's arrival on the station, a rupture being expected with the Burmese, he was detached with her boats to Rangoon, and, by his timely arrival, saved tho British Resident, Colonel Burney, and the masters of the Merchant vessels, from imprisonment. The Pelorus was then ordered to Australia and New Zealand. Whilst on these coasts, Commander Forsyth made many valuable additions to the charts by his surveys, and was sent, at the particular request of Sir J. Franklin, after a party of desperate convicts who had escaped from Van Diemen's Land; and after a narrow escape of his life, he saved part of them from destruction. In 1839 he again joined the Beagle, and for more than two years did the duty of lieutenant and assistant surveyor, in Command of her tender in the survey of Bass Straits, without receiving the pay of either officer, and was most handsomely recommended to the Admiralty by Sir J. Franklin and Sir James Stirling, for his services on the coast of Van Diemen's Land and Western Australia. On the Beagle's return to England, in 1843, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and appointed to the Helena, on the east coast of Africa, when he was continually away in command of her boats. On one occasion he captured an Arab slaver after some resistance, with eighty-two children on board, destined for the slave market of Muscat. In performing this service nine out of the pinnace's crew died from tile effects of fever. On the Helena's return from the Cape, the colonists being at war with the Kaffirs, the troop, in consequence of the drought and difficulty of obtaining supplies, were obliged to retreat to the mouth of the Great Fish River, where it was reported supplies might be landed, although it was much doubted from the heavy surf almost always prevailing on this dangerous coast. Lieut. Gen. Sir P. Maitland applied to the senior naval officer, Captain R. Gambier, for an Officer to superintend the debarkation of troops and stores, and survey and report on the coast, when Commander Forsyth was selected for this service, from his knowledge of surveying and landing on open coast. On his arrival there he found the troops almost destitute of provisions, which he soon succeeded in landing in large quantities, which enabled the army again to advance against the Kaffirs ; for this service he Was strongly recommended to the Admiralty, and was officially informed by their lordships, through Rear-Admiral Dacres, that they had made a favourable note of his name. On the arrival of Sir H. Pottinger and Sir G. Berkeley the troops again made a forward movement, when Commander Forsyth was requested to proceed to the mouth of the Buffalo, and report as to the possibility of landing stores there. On his way thither with a small escort, he was nearly cut off by the enemy. At this place he was again successful in landing supplies under the most dangerous and difficult circumstances. He was repeatedly recommended through the commañder-in-chief, Rear-Admiral Dacres, for his valuable assistance and co-operation;and again by Sir Harry Smith, who states in his letters to Earl Grey, had it not been for the energy and perseverance displayed by this Officer in establishing these landing places, the army must have starved. He was also officially thanked by the admiral for his valuable surveys Of this coast, and the commissary-general like-wise recommended him to the Treasury, for the valuable assistance he had rendered this department during the war. For these important services the Board of Admiralty have promoted him to the rank of commander. - National Standard. death Name: Charles Codrington Forsyth Estimated birth year: abt 1812 Registration Year: 1873 Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 61 Registration district: Kensington Inferred County: London Volume: 1a Page: 78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Related?? Births Dec 1846 Forsyth Charles Codrington W Derby 20 1023 Baptism Name: Charles Codrington Forsyth Gender: Male Birth Date: 19 Nov 1846 Baptism Date: 7 Jan 1847 Baptism Place: St. Peter's, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Father: John Forsyth Mother: Sarah Jane Forsyth FHL Film Number: 1656425 Reference ID: yrs 1846-1852 p 331 Marriages Sep 1882 Forsyth Charles Codrington Birkenhead 8a 675 ------------------------------------------------------------ Marriage Name: Charles Codrington Forsyth Gender: Male Father's name: Charles Codrington Forsyth Spouse's Name: Jane Facey Tillett Spouse's Father's Name: John Edward Tillett Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1849 Marriage Place: Westminster, London, England ------------------------------------------------------------ UK, Royal Naval Officers' Service Records Index, 1756-1931 Name: Charles C Forsyth Enrolment Date: 17 Nov 1836 Rank: Captain 1851 England Census Name: Chas Forsyth Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1817 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Jane F Forsyth Gender: Male Where born: E Alinyton, Devon, England Civil Parish: St Pancras Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul Town: Camden Town County/Island: Middlesex Country: England Registration district: Pancras Sub-registration district: Kentish Town ED, institution, or vessel: 01c Household schedule number: 230 Piece: 1498 Folio: 116 Page Number: 62 Household Members: Name Age Chas Forsyth 34 Jane F Forsyth 22 Wm E Forsyth 1 Wm C Forsyth 34 Mary Maccabee 22 Sarah Mayow 12 1861 England Census Name: Jane Forsyth Age: 30 Estimated birth year: 1831 Relation: Wife Gender: Female Where born: Walsall, Staffordshire, England Civil Parish: Hove Town: Hove County/Island: Sussex Country: England Registration district: Steyning Sub-registration district: Shoreham ED, institution, or vessel: 17 Household schedule number: 86 Piece: 605 Folio: 14 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age Jane Forsyth 30 Hannah Forsyth 25 Anne Knox 20 Bentick Forsyth 9 Arthur Forsyth 8 Adela Forsyth 1 Mary Williams 18 Sarah Bending 15 1871 England Census Name: E C Forsyth Age: 58 Estimated birth year: abt 1813 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Jane Forsyth Gender: Male Where born: Plymouth, Devon, England Civil Parish: Brighton Town: Brighton County/Island: Sussex Country: England Registration district: Brighton Sub-registration district: The Palace ED, institution, or vessel: 10 Household schedule number: 266 Piece: 1086 Folio: 129 Page Number: 46 Household Members: Name Age E C Forsyth 58 Jane Forsyth 35 Charles B Forsyth 19 Adela L Forsyth 11 John Macnamara 50 Rosa Mackengia 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Six months later, Beagle set off in 1837 to survey large parts of the coast of Australia under the command of Commander John Clements Wickham, who had been a Lieutenant on the second voyage, with assistant surveyor Lieutenant John Lort Stokes who had been a Midshipman on the first voyage of the Beagle, then mate and assistant surveyor on the second voyage (no relation to Pringle Stokes). They started with the western coast between the Swan River (modern Perth, Australia) and the Fitzroy River, Western Australia, then surveyed both shores of the Bass Strait at the southeast corner of the continent. To aid the Beagle in her surveying operations in Bass Strait, the Colonial cutter Vansittart, of Van Diemen?s Land, was most liberally lent by His Excellency Sir John Franklin, and placed under the command of Mr Charles Codrington Forsyth, the Senior Mate, assisted by Mr Pasco, another of her Mates. In May 1839 they sailed north to survey the shores of the Arafura Sea opposite Timor. When Wickham fell ill and resigned, the command was taken over in March 1841 by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes who continued the survey. The third voyage was completed in 1843. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Mon 9 Jul 1849 Page 2 On the 15th of February, at St. James's Church, Picadilly, London, by the Rev. Alfred Povah, Commander Charles Codrington Forsyth, R.N., formerly of H.M.S. Beagle, on this station, to Jane Facey, eldest daughter of John Edward Tillett, Esq., late of Liverpool, and niece of the late Captain Diggory Facey, R.N. Charles Codrington Forsyth served in the Royal Navy. Ranks: Entered Navy (1828) Exam Lt (1836) Lt (1843) Cdr (1849) Ship Ranks: Mate on the Beagle Lieutenant on the Helena from 1 Jan 1844 Notes: Inspecting Commander of the Coast Guard - Berwick-on-Tweed (15 Jan 1852)