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 Telford) and Catherine daughter and heir of William Brooke of Clerkenwell. Brooke Forester married twice. His first marriage was on 4 May 1734 to Elizabeth daughter and sole heiress of of Willey Park. Their only surviving son was George Forester.
Brooke Forester's father and grandfather, as well as his brother Cecil Forester and cousin Cecil Forester, later Weld-Forester and Baron Forester, all represented Wenlock.
References[]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [self-published source][better source needed]
- Burkes Peerage (1939 edition).
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