George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 May 1807 |
| Died | 14 February 1886 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Mary Anne Jervis (d. 1893) |
George Cecil Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester
Father of the House of Commons from 1873 to 1874, when he succeeded his elder brother in the barony and took a seat in the House of Lords
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Background
Weld-Forester, born at Sackville Street, LondonGeorge IV, a personal friend of their father.[3]
He was educated at Westminster School.[1]
Military career
Weld-Forester entered the British Army on commission in 1824, and became Lieutenant-Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards in 1853. He was promoted to staff rank as Major-General in 1863 and Lieutenant-General in 1871, retiring, aged seventy, as full General in 1877 but he saw no campaign service.[1]
Political career
Weld-Forester succeeded his brother as
Salop Infirmary in Shrewsbury.[11]
Personal life
Lord Forester married the Honourable Mary Anne Jervis, daughter of
Edward Jervis, 2nd Viscount St Vincent, and widow of David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre, in 1862. They had no children. He died at 3 Carlton Gardens, London, in February 1886, aged 78, and was buried at Willey parish church.[1] He was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Reverend Orlando Weld-Forester. Lady Forester died in March 1893.[2] The Lady Foresters Convalescent Home in Llandudno was opened in Lord Forester's honour in 1902.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b c d e The Complete Peerage, Volume V. St Catherine's Press. 1926. p. 553.
- ^ a b c d thepeerage.com General George Cecil Weld Forester, 3rd Baron Forester of Willey Park
- ^ "Death of Lord Forester". Eddowes's Shrewsbury Journal and Salopian Journal. 14 October 1874. p. 5.Obituary of the 2nd Baron.
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 2)
- ^ "No. 21297". The London Gazette. 2 March 1852. p. 670.
- ^ "No. 21401". The London Gazette. 11 January 1853. p. 72.
- ^ "No. 22106". The London Gazette. 2 March 1858. p. 1207.
- ^ "No. 22280". The London Gazette. 28 June 1859. p. 2513.
- ^ "No. 21296". The London Gazette. 27 February 1852. p. 633.
- ^ "leighrayment.com Fathers of the House of Commons". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
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- ^ greatorme.org
- ^ Milverton, Charles. "Battling for the benefactress". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
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