Alexander Forrester (c. 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 from 1761 to 1768, and for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1768 to 1774.
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
- ^ Namier, Sir Lewis (1964). L. Namier; J. Brooke (eds.). "FORRESTER, Alexander (?1711-87), of Lincoln's Inn". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
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| Preceded bySir Jacob Downing, Bt Soame Jenyns |
Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1758–1761 With: Sir Jacob Downing, Bt |
Succeeded byEliab Harvey Henry Fox |
| Preceded byGeorge Brydges Rodney Robert Vyner |
Member of Parliament for Okehampton 1761–1768 With: Wenman Coke |
Succeeded byThomas Pitt Thomas Brand |
| Preceded bySir Lawrence Dundas, Bt Thomas Gilbert |
Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1768–1774 With: John Wrottesley 1768 Sir George Hay from 1768 |
Succeeded bySir George Hay Viscount Chewton |
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