William Forster may refer to:
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William Forster (English politician)
William Forster (died 10 Jan 1574/5) was an English politician and sheriff of Berkshire.
William was the son of Sir Humphrey Forster (sheriff), Humphrey Forster of Aldermaston Court, Aldermaston House in Berkshire and father of Sir Humphrey For ...
, MP for Berkshire in 1572–1576.
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William Forster (bishop)
William Forster, D.D. (died 1635) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1633 to 1635.
He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and later becoming a Fellow of the college. H ...
(died 1635), Church of England bishop of Sodor and Man.
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William Forster (mathematician) (fl. 1632–1673), English mathematician
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William Forster (cricketer)
William Forster (1 March 1884 – 7 February 1930) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1907-08.
See also
* List of Tasmanian representative cricketers
This is a list of cricket players who have ...
(1884–1930), Australian cricketer
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William Forster (philanthropist)
William Forster (23 March 1784 – 27 January 1854) was a preacher, Quaker elder and a fervent abolitionist. He was an early member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839. It was William and Stephen Grellet who introduced Elizabe ...
(1784–1854), Quaker preacher and philanthropist.
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William Forster (British Army officer)
General William Frederick Forster KH (17 December 1798 – 8 June 1879) was a senior British Army officer who served as Military Secretary from 1860 to 1871.
Military career
Brought up in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Forster was commissioned into the ...
(1798–1870) British Army Officer.
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William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), Premier of New South Wales and poet.
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William Edward Forster (1818–1886), British statesman, Liberal MP, and Chief Secretary for Ireland.
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William Mark Forster
William Mark Forster (7 October 1846 – 6 June 1921) was an Australian philanthropist, founder of the Gordon Institute for Boys and City Newsboys' Society.
Early life
Forster was born at Rothbury, England, the elder son and third child of Luke F ...
(1846–1921), Australian philanthropist.
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Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Lepe
Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, (31 January 1866 – 15 January 1936) was a British politician who served as the seventh Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1920 to 1925. He had previously been a government minister under ...
(1866–1936), also known as Henry William Forster, Governor-General of Australia.
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William Forster (judge)
Sir William Edward Stanley Forster (15 June 1921 – 31 January 1997) was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory holding that position from 1979 to 1985. Before that he was the first (and only) Chief Judge f ...
(1921–1997), first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory.
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William H. Forster
William Hull "Bud" Forster Sr. (born 24 June 1939) is a retired lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as military deputy to the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Lo ...
(born 1939), U.S. Army lieutenant general.
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Bill Forster (footballer), played for Crystal Palace
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William Forster Lloyd, British economist
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William Foster (disambiguation)
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