Leolin_Forestier-Walker

Leolin Forestier-Walker

Leolin Forestier-Walker

British politician

Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet, KBE, DL (6 May 1866 – 13 May 1934[1]) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Monmouth, Preceded by ...

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] Among his siblings were 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] At the consequent by-election, the Monmouth seat was held by the Conservatives.[10] In addition to being an MP, he was also a Forestry Commissioner from 1920 to 1929.[11] In 1921 he was also appointed a Mental Health Commissioner, under the terms of the Mental Deficiency Act 1913.[12]

Forestier-Walker was created a baronet (of Rhiwderin in the County of Monmouth)[13] in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours.[11] In the following year's list, he was honoured as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[14] In 1934 he was created a Knight of Justice in the 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

  1. [1]
    "No. 34093". The London Gazette. 5 October 1934. p. 6326.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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. Dean & Son, Limited. 1902. p. 607. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. [4]
    Burke, John B. (1850). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary. London: Henry Colburn.
  5. [5]
    "Walker, George Ferdinand Radzivill, Sir, 2nd Baronet (1825 -1896) | British Armorial Bindings". armorial.library.utoronto.ca. Bibliographical Society of London. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  6. [6]
    "No. 32897". The London Gazette. 11 January 1924. p. 364.
  7. [7]
    "No. 32996". The London Gazette. 25 November 1924. p. 8529.
  8. [8]
    "No. 33508". The London Gazette. 21 June 1929. p. 4112.
  9. [9]
    "No. 33769". The London Gazette. 6 November 1931. p. 7142.
  10. [10]
    "No. 34061". The London Gazette. 19 June 1934. p. 3901.
  11. [11]
    "No. 33501". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1929. p. 3666.
  12. [12]
    "No. 32311". The London Gazette. 3 May 1921. p. 3572.
  13. [13]
    "No. 33516". The London Gazette. 12 July 1929. p. 4622.
  14. [14]
    "No. 33053". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 June 1925. p. 3775.
  15. [15]
    "No. 34064". The London Gazette. 26 June 1934. p. 4057.
  16. [16]
    "Gavin Young: An Introduction". Faber & Faber. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

References

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