Background
Forster was born at Worcester, the only son of Charles Smith Forster of Lysways Hall, Rugeley, and his wife Elizabeth Emery.
Forster was born at Worcester, the only son of Charles Smith Forster of Lysways Hall, Rugeley, and his wife Elizabeth Emery.
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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 in 1847, but in 1852, he was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Walsall.
He lived at Lysways Hall, Staffordshire, and was created a baronet, of Lysways Hall, in March 1874.
He remained member for Walsall until his death at the age of 75, in 1891. He made 210 contributions in the House of Commons.
Forster married Frances Catherine Surtees of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1840.
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His father was a banker of Walsall and had been Member of Parliament for Walsall and High Sheriff of Staffordshire.