John Forster (Chief Justice)

John Forster (Chief Justice)

John Forster (1667-1720) was an Irish lawyer and politician.

Forster served as Recorder of Dublin from 1701 to 1714, and also as Solicitor General for Ireland in 1709 and Attorney General for Ireland from Christmas Eve 1709 to 1711, before being raised to the Bench as Chief Justice of the Irish Court of Common Pleas on 20 September 1714.

References

*J. Haydn, "The Book of Dignities"


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