"Who's Who."]
_fa me_, Patience MCCLINTOCK, nee FOSTER, came of a family which
showed in most of its branches a high level of ability, and had
several distinguished members. Thus, reckoning relationships from
her, we find her:
_fa_, John William FOSTER, M.P.
_fa bro_, Anthony FOSTER (d. 1778), M.P., Chief Baron of
Exchequer, Ireland.
_fa bro son_, John FOSTER, Baron ORIEL (1740-1828); Speaker of
Irish House of Commons up to the time of the Union.--["Dict. N.
Biog."]
_fa bro son_, William FOSTER (d. 1797), D.D., Bishop
successively of Cork, Kilmore, and Clogher.
_fa bro son son_, John Leslie FOSTER (d. 1842), F.R.S., Irish
Judge; M.P. for Dublin University, etc.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_fa bro son son_, Sir Augustus John FOSTER (1780-1848), Bart.,
P.C., M.P.; Minister to United States, Denmark, and
Turin.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_fa bro son son son_, Vere Henry Lewis FOSTER (1819-1900),
philanthropist and educationalist.--["Dict. N. Biog."]
_bro_, Alfred Henry MCCLINTOCK (d. 1881), M.D., LL.D., President
Royal College of Physicians, Ireland.
_fa bro son_, John MCCLINTOCK, M.P. for Co. Louth for many years;
created Baron RATHONDELL for long political services.
_me fa_, Ven. George L. FLEURY, Archdeacon of Waterford.
_me bro_, Rev. Charles Marley FLEURY, a celebrated preacher in
Dublin.
_son_, Henry Foster MCCLINTOCK, Assistant Private Secretary to Lord
Stanley, Postmaster-General; served with Army Post-Office Corps in
South Africa, and was mentioned in despatches.
_son_, John William Leopold MCCLINTOCK, Commander Royal Navy; passed
second into the "Britannia."
_son_, Robert Singleton MCCLINTOCK, Brevet-Major R.E.; scholar at
Charterhouse; served on Sir G. Willcocks' staff in the relief of
Coomassie, 1900, and was mentioned in despatches.
Sir Clements R. #MARKHAM# (b. 1830), K.C.B., F.R.S., President for
many years of the Royal Geograph. Soc.; served in Arctic
Expedition, 1850-1851; travelled in Peru, 1852-1854, bringing
thence cinchona-bearing trees for cultivation in India;
geographer to the Abyssinian Expedition; author and editor of
numerous geographical works.--["Ency. Brit.," xxx. 544; "Who's
Who."]
_fa fa_, William MARKHAM (1760-1815), scholar; secretary to Warren
Hastings in India.
_fa bro son_, Lieutenant-General Sir Edwin MARKHAM (b. 1833),
K.C.B., R.E., constant active service.--["Who's Who
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