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Charles Forster (English Writer)
Charles Forster may refer to: * Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815–1891), English Liberal politician * Charles Smith Forster (1786–1850), English banker and Conservative politician * Charles French Blake-Forster (1851–1874), Irish writer * Charles Farrar Forster (1848–1894), British vicar See also * Charles Foster (other) {{hndis, Forster, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet
Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (3 August 1815 – 26 July 1891) was an English Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1852 to 1891. Biography Forster was born at Worcester, England, Worcester, the only son of Charles Smith Forster of Lysways Hall, Rugeley, and his wife Elizabeth Emery. His father was a banker of Walsall and 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 Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire. Forster stood unsuccessfully for Walsall (UK parliament constituency), Walsall in 1847, but in 1852, he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), MP for Walsall. He lived at Lysways Hall, Staffordshire, and was created a Forster baronets, baronet, of Lysways Hall, in March 1874. He remained member for Walsall until his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
