George Forester was Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for the borough constituency of Wenlock

(Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency)

Wenlock was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was founded in 1468 as borough constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until 1707, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800,...

 on several occasions between 1758 and 1785.

He was the only son of Brooke Forester

Brooke Forester

Brooke Forester was the long-serving Member of Parliament for the borough constituency of Wenlock from 1739 and 1768....

 of Dothill

Dothill

Dothill is a small district in the north-western part of Telford, England. It is located to the north-west of Wellington, one of the old towns that form a part of the modern-day new town of Telford....

 in Wellington and Elizabeth daughter and heir of George Weld of Willey Park

Willey, Shropshire

Willey is a small village south west of the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, within the civil parish of Barrow. It is made up of about 4 farms and the majority of land is owned and leased by the Forrester family...

. He died unmarried in 1811 having devised his estats to his cousin Cecil Forester

Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester

Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester was a British Member of Parliament.Born Cecil Forester, he assumed the additional surname of Weld by Royal licence in 1811, upon inheriting Willey Park from his cousin George Forester. He was elected to the House of Commons for Wenlock in 1790, a seat he...

, from 1811 Weld-Forester, and from 1820 Baron Wenlock.