Sir George Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet
Sir George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet JP DL was a British soldier.
Early life
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. His younger siblings included Radziwill Frederick Forestier-Walker, Clarence Francis Forestier-Walker, Ivor Augustus Forestier-Walker, Devereux Philip Forestier-Walker, Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet, MP for Monmouth, Roland Stuart Forestier-Walker, and Charles Evelyn Forestier-Walker.His paternal grandparents were Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet, and, his second wife, the former Helen Caldcleugh. His maternal grandparents were Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, longtime MP for Brecon, and the former Rosamund Mundy.
Career
He served as a major in the Royal Welch Fusiliers.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. He served as deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for Monmouthshire.
Personal life
On 26 August 1897, Forestier-Walker was married to Georgina Emily Chamberlain, a daughter of Robert Deane Chamberlain and Georgina Phayre. Together, they were the parents of:- Sir George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker, 4th Baronet, a Major in the Coldstream Guards who never married.
- Nesta Forestier-Walker, who married Maj. Robert Orlando Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney, son of Col. Rt. Hon. William Kenyon-Slaney and Lady Mabel Bridgeman, in 1931.
- Godfrey George Forestier-Walker, who died young.