Edmund Jean Forstall (c. 1794-1874) was an American banker, merchant, and planter, from New Orleans, Louisiana, from a prominent Louisiana Creole family through his mother, and Irish heritage on his father's side.
By 1818, through family connections, Forstall was a director of The Louisiana State Bank.
[3] In 1938, Forstall became the president of Citizens Bank of Louisiana.
[6] Forstall was an Administrator of the University of Louisiana under President William Newton Mercer, with Secretary Albert G. Blanchard, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court Edwin T. Merrick, Mayor of New Orleans Charles M. Waterman, Admin Pierre Emile Bonford, and Admin Isadore Labatut, M.D..[7] Located at old No.
4 Carondolet Street, now 122, in the Central business district, the Forstall Mansion served as the home of The Boston Club from 1867 to 1884 and The Pickwick Club from 1894 to 1899.