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Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park

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Birthplace: Broseley, Shropshire, England
Death: November 20, 1917 (75)
Place of Burial: St John the Divine Churchyard, Willey, Shropshirem England
Immediate Family:

Son of Orlando Watkin Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester and Sophia Elizabeth Norman
Husband of Emma Georgina Weld-Forrester
Father of Lt.-Col. George Cecil Beaumont Weld-Forester, 6th Baron Forester of Willey Park; Hon. Charles Cecil Orlando Weld Forester; Hon. Edgar C. W. Weld Forester; Hon. Mary I. S. L. Weld Forester; Major Hon. Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld-Forester and 2 others
Half brother of Rev. Hon. Orlando St. Maur Weld Forester

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About Cecil Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester

Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester (3 August 1842 – 20 November 1917), was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament, styled The Honourable from 1886 to 1894.

Forester was the son of Reverend Orlando Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester, and Sophia Elizabeth Norman. He was elected to the House of Commons for Wenlock in 1874 (succeeding his uncle George Weld-Forester), a seat he held until 1885 when the constituency was abolished. In 1894 he succeeded his father as fifth Baron Forester and entered the House of Lords.

Lord Forester married Emma Georgina Dixie, daughter of Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, 8th Baronet, in 1866. He died in November 1917, aged 75, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son George. Lady Forester died in 1922.



Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park was born on 3 August 1842.

He married Emma Georgina Dixie, daughter of Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, 8th Bt. and Louisa Anne Lloyd, on 18 December 1866.

He died on 20 November 1917 at age 75.

He was the son of Orlando Watkin Weld Forester, 4th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Sophia Elizabeth Norman.

He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Wenlock between 1874 and 1885.

He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park, co. Shropshire [U.K., 1821] on 22 June 1894.

He held the office of Mayor of Wenlock between 1898 and 1899.

He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.

He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Wenlock

He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Shropshire.

He held the office of Mayor of Wenlock in 1909.

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Cecil Weld-Forester, 5th Baron Forester's Timeline

1842
August 3, 1842
Broseley, Shropshire, England
September 11, 1842
1867
1867
Willey, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1869
October 27, 1869
1871
February 2, 1871
February 2, 1871
1873
March 8, 1873
1877
July 13, 1877
Major Hon. Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld-Forester
1880
February 26, 1880
1917
November 20, 1917
Age 75