Bpt Thomas Foster, s/o Joseph Barham & Dorothy633 Adm. Fell.-Com. at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 28, 1784. S. of Thomas (sic) [Foster], Esq., of Bedford. [Name wrongly given in the register; originally Joseph Foster, of Jamaica, who assumed the additional surname of Barham in 1750.] B. Oct. 8, 1766, at Bedford. Did not graduate. Matric. Michs. 1784; Scholar. Travelled on the Continent. Returned to England and joined a commercial firm in London from which he retired owing to ill-health, 1806; settled at Leskinnick, near Penzance. Edited Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with English words. Musician and miscellaneous writer. For a list of his works, see D.N.B. Married Mary Anne, dau. of the Rev. Joshua Morton, of Dartmouth Row, Blackheath, Oct. 7, 1790. Died Feb. 25, 1844. Buried at St Mary's, Penzance. M.I. Brother of John F. (1784); father of the next [[entry, Thomas Foster (1812)??]], Charles (1821), William F. (1820) and Henry F. (1813). (St John's Coll. Adm., IV; D.N.B.)600
“Previously, John Kenrick had attended Exeter Academy, which was run by his own father and
the Rev. Joseph Bretland. Like John Leitch, John Kenrick learned German at a tender age, for it
was during this period that the youthful scholar was taught the language by Thomas Foster
Barham, a minor writer, musician and composer who had travelled widely on the continent.” John Leitch, John Kenrick, History and Myth.
The Textbook as a Signpost of Intellectual Change: Alison Kennedy634
??“In a vault near this spot are interred the remains of Thomas Foster Barham, who departed this life in 1843; in the 78th year of his age. And of Mary Ann his wife, who died in 1838; aged 67 Years.” West Penwith Resources: Penzance: Lake’s Parochial History -1868 Part 2 635
Are these publications his?:    
“British and Commonwealth Literary Studies
British Poetry of the Romantic Period Catalog
BARHAM (Thomas Foster) and MONTGOMERY (James) Abdallah; or the Arabian
Martyr; a Christian drama, in three ats: with a poem on the same subject, by
James Montgomery Esq. Second edition, revised and enlarged. By Thomas Foster
Barham, Formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge. Printed for the author and
sold by Hatchard, Piccadilly; Seeley, Fleet Street; Holdsworth, St. Paul's; Westley,
Stationers' Court; Deighton, Cambridge; Binns, Bath; Bulgin, Bristol; Upham,
Exeter; & Vigurs, Penzance. 1821 [Printer: Vigurs, Printer, Penzance]
Quarto. First edition. Bound in paper boards. Spine blocked in gilt. 45 pp. 1/2-
title.
NCBEL III,392: Montgomery's entry where it is listed as Abdallah and
Labat. 1821. Montgomery's poem is actually titled: Abdallah and Sabat.
Jackson, Annals, p. 467. Jackson cites it as: Abdallah and Labat. Johnson 49.
The Johnson copy.
BARHAM (Thomas Foster) Elijah; a sacred poem; in four cantos. By Thomas Foster
Barham, Formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge. Printed for the author, and
sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; Seeley, Fleet Street; Westley, Stationers'
Court; Holdsworth, St. Paul's; Deighton, Cambridge; Binns, Bath; Bulgin, Bristol;
Upham, Exeter; Congdon and Earle, Plymouth Dock; and Vigurs, Penzance. 1822
[Printer: Vigurs, Printer, Penzance]
Octavo in 4s. First edition. Rebound in light blue paper wrappers, uncut. 38 pp.
1/2-title.
Jackson, Annals, p. 480. Johnson 50. The Johnson copy.”562
Correspondece in Harvard College Library:
bMS Eng 265.1 Southey, Robert, 1774-1843. 30 letters to various correspondents, 1793-1835. 1 box.
Acquired from various sources at various times.
* (1) ALs to Thomas Foster Barham; Keswick, 1818 June 16. 1s.(2p.) in 1 folder.563