# Anthony Forrest

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{{Short description|English politician (c.1590s–c.1620s)}}
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'''Sir Anthony Forrest''' ({{floruit}} 1590s–1620s) was an English politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_England) from 1624 to 1626.

Forrest was the son of [Miles Forrest](/source/Miles_Forrest) of [Morborne](/source/Morborne), Huntingdonshire, and his wife Elizabeth Colly (dau. of [Anthony Colly](/source/Anthony_Colly)).  He was admitted  at [Emmanuel College, Cambridge](/source/Emmanuel_College%2C_Cambridge) on 8 September 1591 and was admitted at [Gray's Inn](/source/Gray's_Inn) on 8 July 1595. He was knighted on 20 August 1604.  In 1624, he was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) in the [Happy Parliament](/source/Happy_Parliament). He was elected MP for Wallingford in 1625 and 1626.<ref name=Venn>{{acad|id=FRST591A|name=Forrest, Anthony}}</ref>

Forrest married firstly Jane Haselrigge, daughter of Thomas Haselrigge of Noseley, Leicestershire at Noseley. His second wife was called Judith, and his third wife Robena.<ref name=Venn/>

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| title=[Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament) for [Wallingford](/source/Wallingford_(UK_Parliament_constituency)) 
| before= [Sir Edward Howard](/source/Edward_Howard%2C_1st_Baron_Howard_of_Escrick)  
| before2= [Sir George Simeon](/source/George_Simeon) 
| with= [Sir George Simeon](/source/George_Simeon) 1624
| with2= [Michael Molyns](/source/Michael_Molyns) 1625
| with3= [Unton Croke](/source/Unton_Croke) 1626
| years=1624–1626
| after= [Sir Robert Knollys](/source/Robert_Knollys_(MP)) 
| after2= [Edmund Dunch](/source/Edmund_Dunch%2C_Baron_Burnell_of_East_Wittenham)
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Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Category:Members of Gray's Inn
Category:People from Huntingdonshire
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Category:English MPs 1624–1625
Category:English MPs 1625
Category:English MPs 1626

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