Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
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The Right Honourable The Lord Forster GCMG, PC, DL |
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| 7th Governor-General of Australia | |
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In office 6 October 1920 – 8 October 1925 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister |
Billy Hughes (1920–23) Stanley Bruce (1923–25) |
| Preceded by | Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Stonehaven |
| Member of Parliament for Bromley |
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In office 30 December 1918 – 12 December 1919 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Cuthbert James |
| Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks |
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In office 26 July 1892 – 30 December 1918 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Mills |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Bennett |
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31 January 1866 Catford, Kent, England |
| Died | 15 January 1936 (aged 69) London, England |
Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster GCMG, PC, DL (31 January 1866 – 15 January 1936) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the seventh Governor-General of Australia from 1920 to 1925.
He was born at Southend Hall, Catford, then in Kent, England, the son of Major John Forster, an Army officer. He was educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was a first-class cricketer who played for Oxford University and Hampshire, as well as for various amateur teams as a lower-order right-handed batsman and an orthodox left-arm spin bowler. He served as president of the Marylebone Cricket Club. He was also keen on yachting and horse-racing.
Forster entered the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sevenoaks at the 1892 general election. He held that seat until 1918, when he was elected for the new Bromley constituency. In 1901, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Kent. He served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from August 1902 to 1905 in the Conservative Government of Arthur Balfour, and as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1915 to 1919 in the wartime coalition government. In 1919 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Forster, of Lepe in the County of Southampton.
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