George Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester

George Cecil Weld-Forester, 3rd Baron Forester PC (10 May 1807-14 February 1886), known until 1874 as George Weld-Forester, was a British Tory and Conservative politician.

Forester was a younger son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and Lady Katherine Mary Manners. His elder brother John Weld-Forester, 2nd Baron Forester, was also a Tory politician. He succeeded his brother as Member of Parliament for Wenlock in 1828, a seat he would hold for 46 years. Forester served in the first two Conservative administrations of Earl of Derby as Comptroller of the Household in 1852 and from 1858 to 1859 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1852. In 1873 he became Father of the House of Commons as the longest serving member of the House. The following year he succeeded his elder brother as third Baron Forester and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Forester died in February 1886, aged 78. He never married and was succeeded in the barony by his younger brother Reverend Orlando Weld-Forester.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Weld-Forester Paul Beilby Thompson	Member of Parliament for Wenlock with Paul Beilby Thompson 1828–1832 James Milnes Gaskell 1832–1868 Alexander Hargreaves Brown 1868–1874 1828–1874	Succeeded by Alexander Hargreaves Brown Cecil Weld-Forester
Preceded by Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry	Father of the House of Commons 1873–1874	Succeeded by Christopher Talbot
Political offices
Preceded by The Earl of Mulgrave	Comptroller of the Household 1852	Succeeded by The Viscount Drumlanrig
Preceded by The Viscount Castlerosse	Comptroller of the Household 1858–1859	Succeeded by The Lord Proby
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John George Weld Weld-Forester	Baron Forester	Succeeded by Orlando Watkin 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