Creation:let. pat. 17 Jul 1821

Family name:Weld-Forester

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, per quarter per fess indented Argent and Sable in the 1st and 4th quarters a Bugle Horn of the second (Forester);  2nd and 3rd, Azure a Fess nebuly between three Crescents Ermine and in the centre chief point a Cross Crosslet fitchée Or (Weld)

Crests:

1st:  a Talbot passant Argent collared Sable and line reflexed Or;  2nd:  a Wyvern Sable guttée collared and lined and wings elevated Or on the wing an Escallop of the first

Supporters:

On either side a Talbot Argent collared Sable lined Or and pendant from the collar a Bugle Horn of the second

Motto:

Semper Eadem (Always the same)

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1.Cecil [Forester later Weld-Forester], 1st Baron Forester

1st son of Lt Col Cecil Forester MP, of Rossall, nr. Shrewsbury, by his wife Anne Townshend, dau. and cohrss. of Robert Townshend, of Christleton, co. Chester

bapt.7 Apr 1767

mar.16 Jun 1800 Lady Katharine Mary Manners (d. 1 May 1829), 2nd dau. of Charles [Manners], 4th Duke of Rutland, by his wife Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, 5th dau. of Charles [Somerset], 4th Duke of Beaufort

died23 May 1828

created17 Jul 1821 Baron Forester, of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire

suc. byson

2.John George Weld [Weld-Forester], 2nd Baron Forester, PC

born9 Aug 1801

mar.10 Jun 1856 Countess Alexandrina Julia Theresa Wilhelmina Sophia Lamb (widow of Frederick James [Lamb], 3rd Viscount Melbourne), dau. of Count Joachim Charles Louis Mortimer von Mahltzahn, Prussian Envoy to the Court of Vienna

dieds.p. 10 Oct 1874

suc. bybrother

3.George Cecil Weld [Weld-Forester], 3rd Baron Forester, PC

born10 May 1807

mar.8 Nov 1862 Hon Mary Anne Sombre (widow of Col David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre;  d. 7 Mar 1893), only surv. dau. of Edward Jervis [Jervis], 2nd Viscount St Vincent, by his second wife Mary Anne Parker, 2nd dau. of Thomas Parker, of Park Hall, co. Stafford

dieds.p. 14 Feb 1886

suc. bybrother

noteComptroller of HM Household 1852 and 1858-59

4.Orlando Watkin Weld [Weld-Forester], 4th Baron Forester

born18 Apr 1813

mar. (1)14 Jul 1840 his cousin Sophia Elizabeth Norman (d. 2 Apr 1872), dau. of Richard Norman, of Leatherhead, co. Surrey, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Isabella Manners, 1st dau. of Charles [Manners], 4th Duke of Rutland

mar. (2)5 Oct 1875 Emma Maria Tollemache (d. 24 Jan 1898), 1st dau. of William Tollemache, by his first wife Lady Anna Maria Jane Seymour, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Edward Adolphus [Seymour], 11th Duke of Somerset

died22 Jun 1894

suc. byson by first wife

noteRector of Broseley, Salop. 1841-59;  Rector of Doveridge, co. Derby 1859-67, and of Gedling, co. Nottingham, 1867-87;  Prebend of Hereford 1847-74;  Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of York 1874

5.Cecil Theodore [Weld-Forester], 5th Baron Forester

born3 Aug 1842

mar.18 Dec 1866 Emma Georgina Dixie (d. 21 Oct 1922), dau. and cohrss. of Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, 8th Bt., by his wife Louisa Anne Lloyd, 2nd dau. of Lt Gen Sir Evan Lloyd KCH, of Ferney Hall, co. Salop.

died20 Nov 1917

suc. byson

6.George Cecil Beaumont [Weld-Forester], 6th Baron Forester

born9 Sep 1867

mar.8 Feb 1896 Christine Isabel Davidson (d. 1 Apr 1948), 5th dau. of Lt Col Duncan Henry Caithness Reay Davidson, 5th of Tulloch Castle, by his wife Georgiana Elizabeth Mackenzie, 5th dau. of John Mackenzie, of Eileanach, co. Inverness

died10 Oct 1932

suc. byson

7.Cecil George Wilfrid [Weld-Forester], 7th Baron Forester

born12 Jul 1899

mar.2 Jun 1931 Marie Louise Priscilla Perrott (d. 1988), 1st dau. of Col Sir Herbert Charles Perrott, 6th Bt. CH CB

died4 Jan 1977

suc. byson

8.George Cecil Brooke [Weld-Forester], 8th Baron Forester, DL

born20 Feb 1938

mar. 14 Jan 1967 Hon (Elizabeth) Catherine Lyttelton, 2nd dau. of Charles John [Lyttelton], 10th Viscount Cobham, by his wife Elizabeth Alison Makeig-Jones, 2nd dau. of John Reeder Makeig-Jones CBE ICS, of Southerton House, Ottery St Mary, co. Devon

children

1.Hon Charles Richard George Weld-Forester, later 9th Baron Forester

1.Hon Selina Lucy Weld-Forester (b. 7 Feb 1968), mar. 11 Jul 1998 Ian W Graham, son of Michael Graham, of Raffingora, Zimbabwe

2.Hon Alice Sophia Weld-Forester (b. 2 Jun 1969), mar. 20 May 2000 Dr Andrew Stoker, son of Richard Stoker

3.Hon Alexandra Elizabeth Weld-Forester (b. 17 May 1973)

died4 Feb 2004

suc. byson

9. Charles Richard Richard George [Weld-Forester], 9th Baron Forester

born8 Jul 1975

The heir presumptive to the Barony of forester is Wolstan William Weld-Forester, a great-grandson of the 5th Baron Forester, and second cousin once-removed of the present Baron

 Last updated 19 Sep 2003

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Title:

9th Baron Forester, of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 17 Jul 1821)

Address:

Willey Park, Broseley, Shropshire TF12 5JJ

Tel:  01952 882146

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