Lister was the eldest son of William Lister of Coleby and his wife Frances Franklyn, daughter of Sir John Franklyn MP of Willesden, Middlesex.
[1] He was admitted at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge on 7 April 1675, aged 16 and at Gray's Inn in 1678.
He was returned as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln at the 1705 English general election on his own interest.
He had a close contest, but was returned at Lincoln at the 1710 British general election.
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