Alexander Forrester (educationist)
Alexander Forrester may refer to: * Alexander Forrester of Garden 16th-century Scottish landowner * Alexander Forrester (politician) (''c''1711–1787), British barrister and politician * Alexander Forrester (educationist) (1805–1869) Presbyterian clergyman and educationist * Alexander Forrester (minister) (1611–1686), Scottish minister See also * Forrester (surname) Forrester is a surname of Anglo/Norman origin, referring to a forester. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Forrester (politician) (–1787), British barrister and politician * Alistair Forrester, Scottish darts player * Billy For ...

Alexander Forrester Of Garden
Alexander Forrester of Garden ( fl. 1550-1599) was a Scottish landowner. He was the son of David Forrester of Torwood and Garden and Elizabeth Sandilands, daughter of James Sandilands of Slamannan. The name may be spelled "Forester" or "Forster". They were keepers of the royal Torwood Forest. In 1541 the Laird of Torwoodhead built a stable for the mares of James V of Scotland in the royal forest. Their home was Torwood Castle, where a datestone of "1566" suggests that Alexander Forrester built the remaining structure. "Garden" is near Arnprior, several miles to the west of Torwood. Robert Beaton of Creich and "Alexander Forster, laird of Torwood" were both in Paris in October 1560 and carried letters from the English ambassador Nicholas Throckmorton to William Cecil in London. Alexander Forrester was Provost of Stirling in 1562 and 1565 and had a house in Stirling. On 21 March 1567 he witnessed and signed an inventory of guns and artillery equipment at Edinburgh Castle. The o ...
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Alexander Forrester (politician)
Alexander Forrester ( 1711 – 2 July 1787) was a British barrister and politician. Forrester's family were Scottish Jacobites who had gone into exile in France with King James II, but little is known of his parents. Forrester was educated at the Inner Temple, and became a successful barrister. After 1758, he specialised in cases before the House of Lords, including election petitions He was a Member of Parliament for Dunwich from 1658 to 1761, for Okehampton Okehampton ( ) is a town and civil parish in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It is situated at the northern edge of Dartmoor, and had a population of 5,922 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards are based in the town (east and west) ... from 1761 to 1768, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1768 to 1774. References 1711 births 1787 deaths Members of the Inner Temple Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Newcastle-under-Lyme British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–17 ...
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Alexander Forrester (educationist)
Alexander Forrester may refer to: * Alexander Forrester of Garden 16th-century Scottish landowner * Alexander Forrester (politician) (''c''1711–1787), British barrister and politician * Alexander Forrester (educationist) (1805–1869) Presbyterian clergyman and educationist * Alexander Forrester (minister) (1611–1686), Scottish minister See also * Forrester (surname) Forrester is a surname of Anglo/Norman origin, referring to a forester. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Forrester (politician) (–1787), British barrister and politician * Alistair Forrester, Scottish darts player * Billy For ...

Alexander Forrester (minister)
Alexander Forrester (1611–1686) was a Scottish minister of the 17th century. Life He was born in 1611, son of Duncan Forrester and his wife, Margaret Ramsay. He was descended from the Forresters of Garden. He graduated with an M.A. degree from St Andrews University in 1631. He had been "ane conformist in Ireland, preached three quarters of a year in Edinburgh, and been two years with the armie". He was proposed for the parish of Livingston in 1646 but settled in the parish of St Mungo in Dumfriesshire in 1650. Refusing to conform to Episcopacy in 1662, he was confined to the parish. He was apprehended for holding a conventicle. He acted as clerk to a General Meeting of Presbyterian ministers in Edinburgh, 24 May 1676. He was apprehended while preaching the Gospel in Fife, was imprisoned in St Andrews, and, on 3 August 1676, sentenced to the Bass. Released on giving caution to appear when called, a paper found on his person revealed that on 25 May 1676, fifty-three oute ...
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