Background
He was the son of Thomas Forster, and brother of Benjamin Forster, born on 11 February 1730.
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Edward Forster
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He was educated at Felsted School.
Career
In 1764 Forster settled at Walthamstow. When consulted by Pitt as to a forced paper currency he was offered a baronetcy. He is stated to have been the introducer of bearded wheat from Smyrna.
He died at Hoe Street, Walthamstow, 20 April 1812.
One of his letters (Epistolarium Forsterianum, i 205–26) contains a reference to Gray"s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard in 1751. His portrait was painted by Martin Archer Shee for the Mercers" Company in 1812, and by John Hoppner for the Royal Exchange.
The latter was engraved by Charles Turner. The collection of letters of John Locke that he was given by Benjamin Furly were published by a grandson, Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster.
Membership
He was a member of the Mercers" Company, a director of the London Docks, governor of the Royal Exchange, and, for nearly thirty years, of the Russia Company, in which capacity he gave an annual ministerial dinner.
