Sir Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet

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.

His grandfather was Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet, Governor of Grenada who was a Groom of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Sussex.

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 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:

Descendants Through his daughter Daphne, he was a grandfather of Gavin Young, the war correspondent and travel writer.

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