Peerage Record – 5576

     Lt.-Col. George Cecil Beaumont Weld Forester, 6th Baron Forester of Willey Park was born on 9 September 1867.² He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married Christine Isabel Davidson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Duncan Henry Caithness Reay Davidson of Tulloch and Georgina Elizabeth Mackenzie, on 8 February 1896.¹ He died on 10 October 1932 at age 65.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He was awarded the Knight of Justice, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.J.St.J.)¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Shropshire Yeomanry.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Baron Forester of Willey Park, co. Shropshire [U.K., 1821] on 20 November 1917.³ He held the office of Mayor of Wenlock between 1920 and 1922.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Shropshire.¹

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Francis Henry Cecil Weld Forester was born on 2 February 1871.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married, firstly, Alexina Josephine Arbuthnott Wollaston, daughter of Major Frederick Wollaston and Josette Eliza Jane Arbuthnott, on 31 October 1901.¹ He married, secondly, Grace Peel, daughter of Archibald Peel and Lady Georgiana Adelaide Russell, on 26 January 1937.¹ He died on 12 March 1952 at age 81.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the 3rd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹

     Hon. Edgar Cecil Wolstan Weld Forester was born on 2 February 1871.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married Margaret Ida Isabel Macbeth, daughter of Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth, on 9 October 1943.¹ He died on 20 November 1948 at age 77, without issue.¹

     Margaret Ida Isabel Macbeth was the daughter of Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth.¹ She married Hon. Edgar Cecil Wolstan Weld Forester, son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie, on 9 October 1943.¹ She died on 24 July 1960.¹
     From 9 October 1943, her married name became Weld Forester.¹

     Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.)¹ He held the office of Precentor of Ferns Cathedral.¹

     Major Hon. Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester was born on 13 July 1877.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He died on 1 November 1914 at age 37 at Ypres, Belgium^G, from wounds received in action.¹
     He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the First Battle of Ypres on 1 November 1914.¹

     Charles Roper was the son of William Roper and Elizabeth Fish.¹ He married Eleanor Catherine Hore, daughter of Major William Hore, on 13 September 1831.¹ He died on 9 May 1861.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)¹ He lived at Fairfield, County Dublin, Ireland^G.¹

     Eleanor Catherine Hore was the daughter of Major William Hore.¹ She married Charles Roper, son of William Roper and Elizabeth Fish, on 13 September 1831.¹ She died in 1891.¹
     Her married name became Roper.

     Major William Hore is the son of William Hore.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the 67th Regiment.¹

     William Hore lived at Harperstown, County Wexford, Ireland^G.¹