Sir William Forester

Sir William Forester (10 December 1655 – February 1718), of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire, was the son of Francis Forester of Dothill. He was Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1679 until his death (except 1685–1688). He was made a Knight of the Bath.

He married Mary daughter of James Cecil, 3rd Earl of Salisbury. Their son was another William Forester and also sat for Wenlock.

William Forester succeeded to Dothill Park in about 1675 under the will of his helf-brother Richard Steventon (died 1659) and this became the main family seat at least until his grandson obtained Willey Park by marrying the heiress of George Weld.^[1]

References

^ 'Wellington: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 215-221. Shropshire manor. Date accessed: 20 May 2008.

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Burkes Peerage (1939 edition).

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir Thomas Littleton, Bt George Weld	Member of Parliament for Wenlock 1679-1685 with Sir John Weld 1679 John Wolryche 1679-1685	Succeeded by Thomas Lawley George Weld
Preceded by Thomas Lawley George Weld	Member of Parliament for Wenlock 1689-1715 with George Weld 1689-1701 George Weld 1701-1708 Thomas Weld 1708-1710 George Weld 1710-1713 William Whitmore 1713-1714 Richard Newport (MP) 1714-1715	Succeeded by William Forester Thomas Newport

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Name	Forester, William, Sir
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	10 December 1655
Place of birth
Date of death	1718
Place of death