MEMORIAL 111: ·1 HE F.\:.IIL\" UF FORSYTH DE FRONSAC ll\' - - FREDERiC GREGORY FORSYTH DE FRONSAC ll<JSTliN l'ltESS c,r S. J. l'Al<Klllf.L & Co,\11'\N\. 1903 \\'e are indel,tcd to the rnurl<.'~1· Ill the Dana Estes Co. iur lour electros: to the JJonaiiot: \la~azine for two, and to tiu.: l'lant Stt:an,ship c·o. iur 1>11e. "' ~ ~· ~· LO-YA~-'A-LA MORT[:1 --'\,.~ ~--,.... "-'·, -·~""::,., -~ ...-:~· ·--~- .>RMS OF "0R5YlH OF FAILZERTON .:.RMS OF FORSYTH OF TAILZERTON CC11_,...,t.,. St•rliflg, Sco11and , ~ \ - Tl1e l,l;i, ]; l\\"•lieadcJ ,; heen adUed the •....:r~:--t ,-,1~h: ,,i the l ;1rl\1\-i11 and motto uf the L,il :_:1,;11 ! ) \.'l\;L:,.,t\', \\ it Ji l'I 11"­ 1ennn hranch as repre­ •ll t:I lwl\\t_TI; Lhe he~,d ..... 1Putr;; _,e11ti11g the eldest line. \\ ,l .... t\H.'. ,;B:--il..!,11 i<t lht: dt:rl\ eel through UL a r ~t·i,!.!,llclll" de. 1:1,r:-.dlll, 1i.1ge of the ht:i1c:."":--. qf \ ..1--1 •I\Hll ,.h.: 1:ri111.--al. \larga1et h,r,vth ""d .. , ,11 • .t lhc· En1penn 1·.1pt. Jehan °lle11y, ( ·11:11 lt-lll .. L_!.!,llt: a11d hi-1,d1 11ith c·ctpt. Je1me.s Fr,r­ i·r (,t. l .11ul:---. Kiu~ c)f saith nf Fai l,ertn 11, \,iui1~1111a i11 S::5 ..\ IJ. \\hose tlnly d ~t ll ,~ht e 1 l"hL· n11,der11 ...,Ji.ield c,f married \\'alk• Fnr,\·th, I· r ,r :--, 1l1 i:-- t:11dila1011t'll l'n1\·o-.t of (; I as g~c) ,, ,,11 di,e 1 .tgk· in tl1i:-; il111:-. C ',dh::ge. in r,,;s. \\,\li•,1L ~u \\hi1·h ha\e 'r (' ....~--'""·· c;i:~s nF FORSYTH OF THE FIRS ARMS OF FORSYTH OF THE COUNTIES of Cromarty and El!;tf'I, Scotland. ARISTOCRACY Page 260, Voi. Ii, of Professor Laycock's ".Jfiml and Brain " reads: "The highest evolution of what I have termed ' Primordia Instincts' is seen in the communistic instincts of two classes of animals which are at the head of their respective archetypal branches : viz., the social insects - the most highly developed of the invertebrate; and the social man - the most highly developed of the vertebrate. In truth, the family instincts are the solid foundation of society. Hence it is, in proportion as they are active in a nation, in the same proportion is its social organization vigorous and complete." ARISTOCRACIEi are formed by Nature, by the general advancemeni of the fittest. This is accomplished gcncalog-i­ cally, and gene::ilogy is the science on \vhich arisiocracy rests. From the study of genealogy arises the science of heredity, of the science of psychic transmissions. Nobilities, on the other hand, :ire nut formed by Nature, but are recognitions, by man and his gon::rnment, of aristocratic products. Nobility and aristocracy are not always the same, yet they are related. An aristocracy does not exist in \'i_g-nr without producing a nobility, and a nobility, even though at first formed (Jf unaristocratic products, if continued in a proper 111a11ner, makes itself respectable and conse1Tati\·e. Uf aristocracy, though containing different elt·111,_·nh, there is but one description. It is an organic body, in a community, bred to eminence and renown by many generations ,,t hunor­ abk career and exaited position. Of nobility there are three formations: I, by the sword; II, by the pen; III, by landed estates; in other words, by tal­ ent recognized in individuals, regardless •>f family cunnection, iii !\' 11, 111 state-craft and scienn:; and I 11, in long tcrrit,,rial st1L·cessH111. ,'\rist<>na,')· gi\·es the nrtll grou11d-11·ork of character, nobility, the transit"r\ rnark "t disti11ctiEv11. The ancient king was not ,ti ways f r"lll the 111, ,st ,:111 i 11L·11t t;1 rn ii y, and when the king gT;u1ts titles l<> his sen·ants aristonacy is tkstroyed. The arist<1nacy has always, on this account, held itself superiur tu any <>rder of nobility that is nut founded 011 aristocratic 1irrnlill't-.:l --·- -··• The aristocratic power in famili,:s, in a state makes itself 111a11ifest by creating a little kingdom for each of the families. This iittlc kingdom, erected on a few acres of land, and known as the fan1iiy estate, is cherished, bv the n1embers of that tatllily, as a territory peculiar to itself. A. family estate is cliffe1e11t, in this respect, from the l'.state of any particular rich man, "r c,,rp<>ration. The arist<wratic family has changed the acres it occupies, by tb-_ fairy wand of its sentiment, by the [lO\Wr of its indi1·iduality, into a territorial realm that bears n·idence to its renuwn. A state that encourages fami­ lit:s ut this surt tu hold territorial positions strengthens itself in the heart,; "f its best people, and provides a barrier against the rcstlessnes,; t>t anarL·hy that an unsytllpathetic democracy ;ti 11·;1ys cngellllcrs. CHIVALRY I Who says the knight shall come amain, With gilded mail and trappings vain, His pride in pomp alone to glow, For wealth, his energy o'erflow? They estimate his worth too small, Who think that virtues near him pall: - It is by them alone he lives: They are the gems of Chivalry. II They form the charge he honors most: They give to him his proudest boast : Their honor, gentleness and grace Shine, like the sunlight, from his face. With frail timidity removed, By them his worth to Valor proved, Theirs is the name for which he strives To gain the fame of Chivalry. rrr Such is the need of every state : Without it all its days are late. So faintly shines their light of dawn, That night and day seem almost one, And deeds of darkness hold their sway, When Honor has not strength to stay­ And Honor in some form must brood, Or else there's never Chivalry. V \'I IV '!'hat forn1 Hurnanity must own, And person is the seed that's sown. From seedling must the flower expand - (;rass seed but grasses can command, .-\nd roses ne'er descend to grass, Though frequent soiled and torn, alas! And ruined in the course of life, A_nd so declines their Chivalry. V But children of the rare rose born, If Chivalry their lives adorn, Have in them all that generous mood, Whose ceaseless virtue keeps them good. No moth, corrupting, mars thei, state: Misfortune cannot make them hate A noble cause - though beaten ill: It is the cause of Chivalry. VI Let knighthood only be for those \Vhose fame is like the rare, white rose - To lead them to an honored state ; - Those men, whose lives are true and great: Whose deeds, though crowned not, like Success, Reach hearts by motives pure and bless Them with a love of right that's strong And 'stablished as their Chivalry. F. G. FuRSYTH oi;: FRoNSAC. CII.-\RLE~l..\<i:-SE PRESID!Nf; ..\T THE SCHOOL OF THI:: l'.-\.1..\CE llATTLE OF FONTENOY ARMS OF THE OLD DE FRONSAC DE FORSYTH BEFORE 1488. DESCRIPTION OF ARMS 1:or 1:()IC,1·T11 l>I·: F1w:s:s.\C : Sec pa:..:e 7. ...._·,., . Flll. f1,1{~\'TII OF '('_\11./Fl{Ti)\;, F.\!!.l':E!{Tt)~: . .-\.:\'I) TlfLIH • ll 1,- 1:1{ 1:-., 111-:,: ()11 a shield argent, a che1·cn1n en:..:railed .:..:ulcs. l,et\\'ecn 3 .:..:rif1i1" "::..:reant. 1·ert. ar 111ed and 1neml,ered .:..:ules. C1(1:., I' F<>I( T.-111.11-.1no:s:: .\ demi-:_:ritiin. n:rt. armed and 111c111hered :..::ulc;-,, Cl(l•:,r !-'()I{ F.111.Li-:1n,,,: ..\ griffin head l,etween t11·" win:..:s. dis­ i,L1 yed 1·ert, beaked gules. h,r 1:111<sn H nF Eu;i,, C1<11.11.-11nr ..\\11 Sl1 11-BIL\\l·11E,: Shield ~a111e ,ts f.,, Tail1.erton and Fail1.ertnn e.,Lept that the gritiin~ :tre :trilled and 111crnl,crt:d sal>le and ducall,· Lro\\'ned, or. LTtH\'IIUI. ur. HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILY OF FORSYTH DE PART I- HISTORY ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY AND RACE :--1'i 1: i~ name Fors,zt/1, atterwards For.1)'//1, is first 111enti11ned 111 Froissart's Chronicks uf the Middle :-\ges in the chapkr de\·oted to the in\'asinn of A.quit::1.11ia in ! 344 by th:: Eng·lish army of the Earl 11f Derby, who commanded in the na1m: of the Fren,ch family of l'lantag\:net 1111 the Eng­ ]i,-,h tlm11ll.: in their :tttempt, as lk,-,n.:11da11ts tr,,111 tlh: :111c·ie11t king,-, ,,f Franc·e, t,, pt1s,;e,-,,; tht:msc·l\'es 11f the thr,111e 11t Vra11L·c· al,-,()_ :-\II the manuscripts of Frnissart in the 1-:nglisl, Collection spell the na111e F11rsath, and Forsathe. The: tra11s­ lati11n 11f two manuscript L·opies in the French Collection spL'II the narne Forsz.ch and Torsach.* As Froissart, the historian, was in the sen·ice of the l'lantagenets when he wruti: his Chr11nicks ;ind as the best and 1111,st numerous of his i\ISS. rcmai11L'll in England and are the ,,riginab, the\' art: the ones most worthy tu bt: cons1dtcd. l,d (;.. ntlltlc.· J:~ll(i't:lofltlit· lit' /· ..rtl11t·c.• describes i-1-on.rac ~s an ancient district uf France in ,--\quitania, bordering ,,n the Ri\'t'.I" Uordogne; its hist(lry reaches back to the Ruman peri11d. This history says that a L·astle --- which is discu\·crcd in l;r(lis,;art tu ha1·c be,:n !Elmct! Furc;ath -- \\'ZiS built I,) tht: * I )1,uhtle:-.s tlic ("Olllllleutator forgot the m.trk which make:-, a .;} an -J in hi:-.