John Forster (colonial administrator)

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Died1748 (1749)
OccupationColonial Administrator
KnownforPresident of Bengal
John Forster
Died1748 (1749)
OccupationColonial Administrator
Known forPresident of Bengal

John Forster (died March 1748)[1] was an administrator of the English East India Company. He served as governor of Fort William in Bengal in the eighteenth century. His daughter John Anna Forster [sic] (died 4 June 1774) married Sir Harry Goring, 6th Baronet.[2][self-published source?][3]

Political offices
Preceded by President of Bengal
4 February 1746 – 18 April 1748
Succeeded by

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