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WELD-FORESTER, GEORGE CECIL, 3rd BARON FORESTER, second son of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester (qv); b. 10 May 1807; adm. 20 May 1818 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1822; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards 27 May 1824; Lieut., 1 Aug 1826; Capt., 6 Jul 1832; Maj., 9 Nov 1846; Lieut. -Col., 19 Sep 1848; Col., 25 Nov 1854; Major-Gen., 29 Jan 1863; Lieut. -Gen., 25 Oct 1871; Gen. (retd. ) 1 Oct 1877; MP (Conservative ) Wenlock 17 Jun 1828 - 10 Oct 1874; “father” of the House of Commons 1873-4; Groom of the Bedchamber Feb 1830 – c. Feb 1831; Comptroller of the Household Mar – Dec 1852, Feb 1858 – Jul 1859; Privy Councillor 27 Feb 1852; succ. brother as 3rd Baron Forester 10 Oct 1874; for many years a well-known figure in London society; m. 8 Nov 1862 Hon. Mary Ann Ricketts, widow of Col. David Ochterlony Dyce-Sombré MP, and third dau. of Edward Jervis Ricketts, 2nd Viscount St. Vincent; d. 14 Feb 1886.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.