Sir George Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet
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7 July 1855
Nesta Kenyon-Slaney
Godfrey George Forestier-Walker
Sir George Forestier-Walker, Bt | |
|---|---|
| Born | George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker 7 July 1855 |
| Died | 18 July 1933 (aged 78) |
| Spouse |
Georgina Emily Chamberlain
(m. 1897; died 1910) |
| Children | Sir George Forestier-Walker, 4th Baronet Nesta Kenyon-Slaney Godfrey George Forestier-Walker |
| Parent(s) | Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan |
| Relatives | Leolin Forestier-Walker (brother) Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet (grandfather) Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar (grandfather) |
Sir George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet JP DL (7 July 1855 – 18 July 1933) was a British soldier.
George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker was born on 7 July 1855. He was the eldest of eight sons of Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet, and the Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan (c. 1835–1887).[1] His younger siblings included Radziwill Frederick Forestier-Walker (who married Eva Laura Justice), Clarence Francis Forestier-Walker (who married Blanche Lancaster Clark), Ivor Augustus Forestier-Walker (who married Georgina Osborne, and, after her death, Agnes Maud Mayhew), Devereux Philip Forestier-Walker (who married Isabella Constance Dalgety), Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet, MP for Monmouth (who married Alice Blandy-Jenkins), Roland Stuart Forestier-Walker (who married Olive Bassett, and, after their divorce, Norah Jacintha (née Phipps), Lady Fuller, the widow of Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet), and Charles Evelyn Forestier-Walker (who married Ada Llewelyn Mansel).[2]
His paternal grandparents were Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet, and, his second wife, the former Helen Caldcleugh (a daughter of Alexander Caldcleugh).[3][4] His maternal grandparents were Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, longtime MP for Brecon, and the former Rosamund Mundy.[5]
Career
He served as a major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.[1]
Upon the death of his father on 1 August 1896, he succeeded as the 3rd Baronet Walker, of Castleton, Monmouth, which had been created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom for his grandfather in 1835. He inherited the family seat, Castleton, near Cardiff.[6] He served as deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for Monmouthshire.