Leolin Forestier-Walker Explained

Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker
Office:	Member of Parliament for Monmouth
Term Start:	1918
Term End:	1934
Predecessor:	Lewis Haslam
Successor:	John Arthur Herbert
Birth Name:	Charles Leolin Walker
Party:	Conservative
Spouse:	Alice Blandy-Jenkins
Children:	Daphne Forestier-Walker Jones
Parents:	Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan

Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet, (6 May 1866  - 13 May 1934) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Early life

He was a younger son of Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet and the former Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan, a younger daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar. Among his siblings were Sir George Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet.^[1]

His grandfather was Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet, Governor of Grenada who was a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Sussex.^{[2] [3]}

Career

At the 1918 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth in Wales and held the seat until his death in 1934, aged 68. At the consequent by-election, the Monmouth seat was held by the Conservatives. In addition to being an MP, he was also a Forestry Commissioner from 1920 to 1929. In 1921 he was also appointed a Mental Health Commissioner, under the terms of the Mental Deficiency Act 1913.

Forestier-Walker was created a baronet (of Rhiwderin in the County of Monmouth) in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in the 1924 King's Birthday Honours. In the following year's list, he was honoured as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). In 1934 he was created a Knight of Justice in the Venerable Order of Saint John.

Personal life

Forestier-Walker was married Alice Blandy-Jenkins, a daughter of Col. John Blandy-Jenkins of Llanharan House. Together, they were the parents of:

• Rosemary Forestier-Walker (1898–1958), who married John David Griffiths, son of William Griffiths, in 1925.
• Daphne Forestier-Walker (b. 1902), who married Maj. Gavin David Young, son of George Young, in 1922.

Sir Leoin died on 13 May 1934. As he had no male issue, the baronetcy became extinct.^[4]

Descendants

Through his daughter Daphne, he was a grandfather of Gavin Young, the war correspondent and travel writer.^[5]

References

• Book: Craig, F. W. S. . F. W. S. Craig . British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . 1969 . 3rd . 1983 . Parliamentary Research Services . Chichester . 0-900178-06-X.

Notes and References

1. Book: Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets . 1902 . Dean & Son, Limited . 607 . 12 December 2023 . en.
2. Book: Burke, John B.. 1850. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary. Henry Colburn. London.
3. Web site: Walker, George Ferdinand Radzivill, Sir, 2nd Baronet (1825 -1896) British Armorial Bindings . armorial.library.utoronto.ca . . 12 December 2023.
4. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 1466.
5. Web site: Gavin Young: An Introduction. Faber & Faber. 3 April 2009. 18 September 2017.