William Forward MP, of Castle Forward,

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, County Donegal, was an MP in the Irish Parliament for St. Johnstown Constituency,

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. Colonel William Forward was married to Isabella Stewart (granddaughter of Bart. William Stewart), and had one daughter,

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. His daughter Alice married Viscount Wicklow Ralph Howard, and became Countess of Wicklow. The Forwards owned 6,000 acres in the barony of Raphoe, County Donegal, which passed on to Alice and the Earls of Wicklow. Williams father Lieutenant Colonel John Forward, was

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, had also served in the Irish House of Commons for the St. Johnstown Constituency, and was involved in the Siege of Londonderry, and his mother was Anne Forward, and Lieutenant Colonel John Forward's grandfather Rev. Robert Forward was dean of Dromore. Forward in 1722 built the All Saints Church, Newtown Cunningham, as the family chapel, the church includes a number of monuments to the Forward family, including William Forward's grave. William Forward served from 1715 until 1768, and died in Bath, in 1770.''The Peerage Of Ireland: Or, A Genealogical History Of The Present Nobility Of That Kingdom With Engravings Of Their Paternal Coats Of Arms : Collected from Public Records, Authentic Manuscripts, Approved Historians, Well-attested Pedigrees and Personal Information, Volume 6'' by John Lodge and Mervyn Archdall.

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1770 deaths Members of the Parliament of Ireland (pre-1801) for County Donegal constituencies Year of birth unknown {{Ireland-pre1801-MP-stub