Charles Smith Forster

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.^[1] He became a banker and Mayor of Walsall, before being elected the first MP for Walsall in the reformed parliament of 1832.^[2] 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 baronet Forster of Lysways Hall ^[3]

References

1. ^ Walsall Parish Registers
2. ^ Walsall: Parliamentary history, A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part) (1976), pp. 225-226 Date accessed: 31 December 2008
3. ^ Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (1862) p. 499

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Smith Forster

Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituency	Member of Parliament for Walsall 1832-1837	Succeeded by Francis Finch
Honorary titles
Preceded by Ralph Sneyd	High Sheriff of Staffordshire 1845–1846	Succeeded by John Levett

Persondata
Name	Forster, Charles Smith
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Date of birth	1786
Place of birth
Date of death	17 November 1850
Place of death