Alexander Forrester (politician)

Alexander Forrester (c. 1711 – 2 July 1787)[1] 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.[2]

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[2]

He was a Member of Parliament for Dunwich from 1658 to 1761,[1] for Okehampton from 1761 to 1768,[3] and for Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1768 to 1774.[4]

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "D" (part 4)
2. 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.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
4. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Jacob Downing, Bt Soame Jenyns	Member of Parliament for Dunwich 1758–1761 With: Sir Jacob Downing, Bt	Succeeded by Eliab Harvey Henry Fox
Preceded by George Brydges Rodney Robert Vyner	Member of Parliament for Okehampton 1761–1768 With: Wenman Coke	Succeeded by Thomas Pitt Thomas Brand
Preceded by Sir Lawrence Dundas, Bt Thomas Gilbert	Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme 1768–1774 With: John Wrottesley 1768 Sir George Hay from 1768	Succeeded by Sir George Hay Viscount Chewton