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     Lt.-Col. George Cecil Beaumont Weld Forester, 6th Baron Forester of Willey Park was born on 9 September 1867.² He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married Christine Isabel Davidson, daughter of Lt.-Col. Duncan Henry Caithness Reay Davidson of Tulloch and Georgina Elizabeth Mackenzie, on 8 February 1896.¹ He died on 10 October 1932 at age 65.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.¹ He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Horse Guards.¹ He was decorated with the award of the Knight of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (K.J.St.J.).¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Shropshire Yeomanry.¹ He succeeded to the title of 6th Baron Forester of Willey Park, co. Shropshire [U.K., 1821] on 20 November 1917.³ He held the office of Mayor of Wenlock between 1920 and 1922.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Shropshire.¹

     Lt.-Col. Hon. Francis Henry Cecil Weld Forester was born on 2 February 1871.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married, firstly, Alexina Josephine Arbuthnott Wollaston, daughter of Major Frederick Wollaston and Josette Eliza Jane Arbuthnott, on 31 October 1901.¹ He married, secondly, Grace Peel, daughter of Archibald Peel and Lady Georgiana Adelaide Russell, on 26 January 1937.¹ He died on 12 March 1952 at age 81.¹
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the 3rd Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Shropshire.¹ He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Shropshire.¹

     Hon. Edgar Cecil Wolstan Weld Forester was born on 2 February 1871.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He married Margaret Ida Isabel Macbeth, daughter of Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth, on 9 October 1943.¹ He died on 20 November 1948 at age 77, without issue.¹

     Margaret Ida Isabel Macbeth was the daughter of Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth.¹ She married Hon. Edgar Cecil Wolstan Weld Forester, son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie, on 9 October 1943.¹ She died on 24 July 1960.¹
      From 9 October 1943, her married name became Weld Forester.¹

     Reverend Canon unknown Macbeth was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL.D.).¹ He held the office of Precentor of Ferns Cathedral.¹

     Major Hon. Arthur Orlando Wolstan Cecil Weld Forester was born on 13 July 1877.¹ He was the son of Cecil Theodore Weld Forester, 5th Baron Forester of Willey Park and Emma Georgina Dixie.¹ He died on 1 November 1914 at age 37 at Ypres, Belgium, from wounds received in action.¹
     He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.).¹ He was Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Grenadier Guards.¹ He fought in the First Battle of Ypres on 1 November 1914.¹

     Charles Roper was the son of William Roper and Elizabeth Fish. He married Eleanor Catherine Hore, daughter of Major William Hore, on 13 September 1831.¹ He died on 9 May 1861, with a daughter (died unm):.¹
     He was Justice of the Peace (J.P.).¹ He lived at Fairfield, County Dublin, Ireland.

     Eleanor Catherine Hore was the daughter of Major William Hore. She married Charles Roper, son of William Roper and Elizabeth Fish, on 13 September 1831.¹ She died in 1891.¹
      2nd s of William Hore.¹ She lived Harperstown.¹ She was 67th Regiment.¹ Her married name became Roper.

     Major William Hore is the son of William Hore.

     William Hore lived at Harperstown.