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Matthew Forster (1786 – 2 September 1869) was a British Whig politician and merchant. Forster was elected Whig MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1853 when he was unseated due to bribery and treating during the 1852 general election. At the ensuing by-election, his son John Forster was elected as a Whig candidate. Forster attempted to regain the seat at the 1857 general election but ranked bottom of the poll.

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rdfs:label	Matthew Forster (en)
rdfs:comment	Matthew Forster (1786 – 2 September 1869) was a British Whig politician and merchant. Forster was elected Whig MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1853 when he was unseated due to bribery and treating during the 1852 general election. At the ensuing by-election, his son John Forster was elected as a Whig candidate. Forster attempted to regain the seat at the 1857 general election but ranked bottom of the poll. (en)
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name	Matthew Forster (en)
dcterms:subject	1869 deaths 19th-century British businesspeople UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1852–1857 1786 births Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies English businesspeople in shipping
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Queen's Bench Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) Richard Hodgson-Huntley Richard Robert Madden 1841 United Kingdom general election 1847 United Kingdom general election 1852 United Kingdom general election 1857 United Kingdom general election County Durham Great Britain 1869 deaths 19th-century British businesspeople UK MPs 1847–1852 Whigs (British political party) William Holmes (MP) Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth John Stapleton (MP) The Gambia UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1852–1857 1786 births Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies John Campbell Renton John Forster (MP) English businesspeople in shipping Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)
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with	John Stapleton (en) John Campbell Renton (en) Richard Hodgson (en)
after	Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth John Forster (MP)
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predecessor	Richard Hodgson-Huntley William Holmes (MP)
successor	Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth John Forster (MP)
term end	1853-04-25 (xsd:date)
term start	1841-07-01 (xsd:date)
title	Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed (en)
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has abstract	Matthew Forster (1786 – 2 September 1869) was a British Whig politician and merchant. Forster was elected Whig MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed at the 1841 general election and held the seat until 1853 when he was unseated due to bribery and treating during the 1852 general election. At the ensuing by-election, his son John Forster was elected as a Whig candidate. Forster attempted to regain the seat at the 1857 general election but ranked bottom of the poll. Forster, "a wealthy and highly respected ship-owner and merchant" had mining interests, as a senior partner in Forster, Smith and Company, in both south County Durham and The Gambia. In 1840 Richard Robert Madden (the Special Commissioner of Inquiry into the British Settlements on the West Coast of Africa) reported that Forster was one of the London-based merchants who were actively (and illegally) helping the slave traders. However, Forster managed to escape criminal prosecution. In 1841 there was a change of government, and the new government chose not to send the matter to the Queen's Bench, but to a House of Commons committee that Forster himself was part of. Unsurprisingly, this committee rejected most of Madden's findings. (en)
alongside	John Stapleton (en) John Campbell Renton (en) Richard Hodgson (en)
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nationality	Great Britain
party	Whigs (British political party)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of United Kingdom by-elections (1847–1857)

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