BARHAM, CHARLES FOSTER (_4 son of Thomas Foster Barham of Penzance, Cornwall 1766–1844_). _b._ Truro 9 March 1804; ed. at Queen’s coll. Cam.; foundation scholar May 1823; studied in Paris and Italy 1825–28; M.B. Cam. 1827, M.D. 1860; physician Tavistock dispensary 1832–35; phys. at Truro Aug. 1837 to death; senior phys. Royal Cornwall infirmary 1838–73; pres. Royal Instit. of Cornwall 1859–61; mayor of Truro 1862; author of _Report on the sanitary state of the labouring classes in the town of Truro_ 1842 and of many papers on meteorology and other subjects in _Reports_ and _Journal of Royal Instit. of Cornwall_ and other publications. _d._ 11 Strangways terrace, Truro 20 Oct. 1884. _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 10 (1874), _iii_, 1048 (1882). BARHAM, REV. CHARLES HENRY (_youngest son of Joseph Foster Barham, M.P._) _b._ London 1808; ed. at Charterhouse and Ch. Ch. Ox., B.A. 1831, M.A. 1834; M.P. for Appleby 24 May 1832 to 3 Dec. 1832; R. of Barming, Kent about 1838–47; R. of Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland 1847–52. _d._ Trecwn, Pembrokeshire 15 Aug. 1878. BARHAM, FRANCIS FOSTER (_5 son of Thomas Foster Barham, of Penzance_). _b._ Leskinnick, Penzance 31 May 1808; solicitor in London 1831; joint proprietor and editor with J. A. Heraud of _The new monthly Magazine and humorist_ 1 July 1839 to 26 May 1840; lived at Clifton 1844–54, and at Bath 1854 to death; member of Anglo Biblical Instit. 1852; a vegetarian many years; author of _The Adamus Exul of Grotius or the prototype of Paradise lost, now first translated from the Latin_ 1839; _The ecclesiastical history of Great Britain by Jeremy Collier, new ed. with a life of the author 9 vols._ 1840; _The Alist or divine, a message to our times_ 1840; _The political works of Cicero translated 2 vols._ 1841–42; _Socrates, a tragedy in 5 acts_ 1842; _The life and times of John Reuchlin or Capnion_ 1843; _The new Bristol guide, a poem_ 1850 and many other books. _d._ 8 St. Mark’s place, Bath 9 Feb. 1871. _A memorial of Francis Barham, edited by Isaac Pitman_ 1873 _pp. lv._ and 495 printed in the phonetic character; _Boase and Courtney’s Bibl. Cornub. i_, 11, _iii_, 1048. NOTE.—He advocated at one period the formation of a religious association to be called Alists or Godists, some of his works on this subject have A. F. Barham or Alist Francis Barham on the title page.