About Charles Smith Forster
Lived 1786 – 1850 (aged 63–64). Charles Smith Forster was a British politician.
Charles Smith Forster (1786 – 17 November 1850) was an English banker and Conservative politician who represented Walsall in the 19th century.
Forster was born at Walsall, the son of Charles Forster and his wife Hannah Westley. He became a banker and Mayor of Walsall, before being elected the first MP for Walsall in the reformed parliament of 1832. In 1845 he was High Sheriff of Staffordshire.
Forster married Elizabeth Emery in 1813. His son Charles was also Member of Parliament for Walsall and became a baronet, of Lysways Hall
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British politician
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Charles Smith Forster was born in 1786.
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Charles Smith Forster died on 17 November 1850.
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