Pulter Forester (23 November 1720"Pulter son of Pulter Forister icEsq. and Agnes his wife in Devinshire icStreet. Born 23 Nov & Bapt. 20 ec" ''London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812'' – 20 July 1778) was an

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in the eighteenth century, the Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1769 until 1778. Forester was the son of Pulter Forester and his wife, Agnes Harvey. Educated at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, he was ordained in 1742,CCED
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to Charles Maynard, 1st Viscount Maynard. After that he held incumbencies at

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, Skinnand and

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1720 births 1778 deaths Anglican clergy from London Archdeacons of Buckingham Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub