Henry William Forster Bt (1866 - 1936)

Born 31 Jan 1866 in Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel Cecily (Douglas-Scott-Montagu) Forster — married 3 Jun 1890 (to 1936) in London, England

Descendants

Died 15 Jan 1936 at age 69 in London, England

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Preceded by The Right Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, GCMG PC DL

7th Governor-General of Australia 6 October 1920 - 8 October 1925

Succeeded by The Right Hon. John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven, GCMG DSO PC JP DL

Biography

Henry Forster Bt is Notable.

Sir Henry William Forster was born on January 31, 1866 at Southend Hall, Kent, England, United Kingdom. His parents were Major John Forster (1826 - 1886), late 6th Dragoon Guards, and Emily Jane (Case) Forster (~1834 - 1896).

Educated at Eton and New College, Oxford (B.A., 1889), he excelled at tennis and fencing, played cricket for Eton, Oxford, and Kent, captained Hampshire, and represented the Gentleman against Players. Over six feet (183 cm) tall, he was of the spare, typical sportsman's build.

Henry married Rachel Cecily Douglas-Scott-Montagu (1870 - 1962), daughter of the first Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, on June 3, 1890, in London, England.

Their children were...

1. Emily Rachel (Forster) Fox-Pitt-Rivers (>1890 - >1930)
2. Dorothy Charlotte (Forster) Pease (1891 - 1983)
3. Lt John Forster (1893 - 1914)
4. LT. Alfred Henry Forster (1898 - 1919).

Henry died on January 15, 1936 in London aged 69. Forster was survived by his wife and two daughters when he died of coronary-vascular disease in London on 15 January 1936.

Sources

• THE PEERAGE 68514 http://www.thepeerage.com/p6852.htm#i68514
• Chris Cunneen, 'Forster, Sir Henry William (1866–1936)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forster-sir-henry-william-6213/text10681, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 17 August 2017
• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/89367781/henry-william-forster : accessed 9 August 2021), memorial page for Sir Henry William Forster (31 Jan 1886–15 Jan 1936), Find a Grave Memorial ID 89367781, citing St Katherine Churchyard, Exbury and Lepe, New Forest District, Hampshire, England ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .