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 died on 18 July 1933. Upon his death, he was succeeded by his only surviving son, George.

Descendants

Through his daughter Nesta, he was a grandfather of William Simon Rodolph Kenyon-Slaney, who served as High Sheriff of Shropshire, Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire, and was a director of South Staffordshire Group plc between 1988 and 2002; he married Mary Helena Bridgeman