Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet
Forster as caricatured by Ape (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, March 1874
Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (3 August 1815-26 July 1891) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1891
[edit] Biography
Forster was born at Worcester, the only son of Charles Smith Forster of Lysways Hall, Rugeley and his wife Elizabeth Emery. His father was a banker of Walsall, who had been Member of Parliament for Walsall and High Sheriff of Staffordshire. Forster was educated at Worcester College, Oxford and called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1843. He was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Staffordshire.[1]
Forster stood unsuccessfully for Walsall in 1847, but in 1852 he was returned unopposed as MP for Walsall.[2] He lived at Lysways Hall, Staffordshire, and was created a baronet Forster of Lysways Hall' in March 1874.[3] He remained member for Walsall until his death at the age of 75 in 1891.[4] He made 210 contributions in the House of Commons.
Forster married Frances Catherine Surtees of Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1840. His son Charles succeeded to the baronetcy.
[edit] References
- ^ Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886
- ^ Hansard Millbank Systems - Charles Forster
- ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (1862) p. 499
- ^ Walsall: Parliamentary history, A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part) (1976), pp. 225-226 Date accessed: 31 December 2008
[edit] External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Charles Forster
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Edward Littleton |
Member of Parliament for Walsall 1852-1891 |
Succeeded by Edward Thomas Holden |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Lysways Hall) 1874–1891 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Forster, Bt |
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