George Forester (21 December 1735 – 13 July 1811) was

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with Bicameralism, bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house ...

for the borough constituency of

Wenlock Wenlock may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire * Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire ** (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency) ** Wenlock Priory, a 7th/12th-century monastery * Wenlock Basin, a canal basi ...

on several occasions between 1758 and 1785. He was the only son of

Brooke Forester Brooke Forester (7 February 1717 – 8 July 1774) was the long-serving Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1739 and 1768. He was the eldest son of William Forester of Dothill in Wellington, Shropshire (now Telfor ...

of Dothill in Wellington and Elizabeth daughter and heir of

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of Willey Park. He died unmarried in 1811 having devised his estates to his cousin

Cecil Forester Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal ...

, from 1811 Weld-Forester, and from 1820 1st Baron Forester.

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* *''Burkes Peerage'' (1939 edition) 1735 births 1811 deaths Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1768–1774 British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1784–1790 People from Telford and Wrekin {{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub