John Forster (Chief Justice)

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John Forster (1667-1720) was an Irish lawyer.

Forster served as Recorder of Dublin from 1701 to 1714, and also as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1709 and Attorney General for Ireland from Christmas Eve 1709 to 1711, before being raised to the Bench as Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas on 20 September 1714.

[edit] References

• J. Haydn, The Book of Dignities

Political offices
Preceded by Sir William Handcock	Recorder of Dublin 1701–1714	Succeeded by John Rogerson
Legal Offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Levigne	Solicitor General for Ireland 1709	Succeeded by William Whitshed
Preceded by Alan Brodrick	Attorney General for Ireland 1709–1711	Succeeded by Sir Richard Levigne
Preceded by Robert Doyne	Chief Justice of the Common Pleas of Ireland 1714–1720	Succeeded by Sir Richard Levigne