British politician
Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet , KBE DL [ 1] Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom .
Early life
He was a younger son of Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet and the former Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan, a younger daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar .[ 2] Sir George Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet .[ 3]
His grandfather was Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet , Governor of Grenada who was a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Sussex .[ 4] [ 5]
Career
At the 1918 general election , he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth in Wales and held the seat until his death in 1934, aged 68.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] consequent by-election , the Monmouth seat was held by the Conservatives.[ 10] Forestry Commissioner from 1920 to 1929.[ 11] Mental Deficiency Act 1913 .[ 12]
Forestier-Walker was created a baronet (of Rhiwderin in the County of Monmouth)[ 13] Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours .[ 11] Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[ 14] Venerable Order of Saint John .[ 15]
Personal life
Forestier-Walker was married Alice Blandy-Jenkins, a daughter of Col. John Blandy-Jenkins of Llanharan House . Together, they were the parents of:[ 2]
Rosemary Forestier-Walker (1898–1958), who married John David Griffiths, son of William Griffiths, in 1925.[ 2]
Daphne Forestier-Walker (b. 1902), who married Maj. Gavin David Young, son of George Young, in 1922.[ 2] Sir Leoin died on 13 May 1934. As he had no male issue, the baronetcy became extinct.[ 2]
Descendants
Through his daughter Daphne, he was a grandfather of Gavin Young , the war correspondent and travel writer.[ 16]
Notes
^ "No. 34093" . The London Gazette ^ a b c d e Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.A. : Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1466.
^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets . Retrieved 12 December 2023 .^ Burke, John B. (1850). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary . London: Henry Colburn. ^ "Walker, George Ferdinand Radzivill, Sir, 2nd Baronet (1825 -1896) | British Armorial Bindings" . armorial.library.utoronto.ca . Bibliographical Society of London . Retrieved 12 December 2023 .^ "No. 32897" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 32996" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 33508" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 33769" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 34061" . The London Gazette ^ a b "No. 33501" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 32311" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 33516" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 33053" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 34064" . The London Gazette ^ "Gavin Young: An Introduction" . Faber & Faber . 3 April 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2017 .
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