Orlando Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester
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Reverend Orlando Watkin Weld Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester (18 April 1813-22 June 1894), known until 1886 as the Honourable Orlando Weld-Forester, was a British peer and clergyman.
Forester was a younger son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and Lady Katherine Mary Manners. His elder brothers John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester, and George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester, were both Tory government ministers. Forester notably served as Canon Residentiary and Prebend of York. In 1886, at the age of 72, he succeeded his elder brother as fourth Baron Forester.
Lord Forester married, firstly, Sophia Elizabeth Norman, daughter of Richard Norman, in 1840. After his first wife's death in 1872 he married, secondly, Emma Maria Tollemache, daughter of William Tollemache, in 1875. He died in June 1894, aged 81, and was succeeded in the barony by his son from his first marriage, Cecil. Lady Forester died in 1898.
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by George Cecil Weld-Forester |
Baron Forester | Succeeded by Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester |
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- www.thepeerage.com
