Predecessors
- Francis Forester (b. 1623) was High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1652.
- Sir William Forester (1655–1718), his son, inherited Dothill from his half-brother, Richard Steventon (died 1659), in about 1675, and beceme a Member of Parliament in 1678.
- William Forester (1690–1758), his son, served as MP for Wenlock (with substantial gaps) from 1715 until his death
- Brooke Forester (1717–1774), his eldest son was its member continuously from 1734 to 1761. He married the heiress of George Weld of Willey Park and inherited that estate.
- George Forester (1735–1811) sat for Wenlock (with gaps) from 1758 to 1790, when he was replaced by his cousin and heir, Cecil, later 1st Baron Forester.
- Cecil Forester, the younger brother of Brooke Forester, held the same seat from 1761 to 1768, during a gap in George's representation of it, and was the father of the 1st Lord Forester.
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