Background
He was born at Baronstown Glebe, company Louth, the only son and heir of Sir Thomas Forster, 1st Baronet of Coolderry, company
He was born at Baronstown Glebe, company Louth, the only son and heir of Sir Thomas Forster, 1st Baronet of Coolderry, company
Monaghan and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1817 and Master of Arts in 1833. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1843. He died in Dublin aged 80 and was buried at Ballinode.
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In 1817 Forster was appointed High Sheriff of Monaghan and then elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Monaghan in 1852, holding the seat until 1865.