General Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier-Walker , GCMG KCB KStJ Governor of Gibraltar .
Early life
Forestier-Walker was born on 17 April 1844 in Bushey , Hertfordshire . He was the eldest son of General Sir Edward Forestier-Walker (previously Walker), by his first wife, Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant, daughter of the 6th Earl of Seafield . He was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst .[ 1]
Career
Forestier-Walker was commissioned into the Scots Guards as ensign and lieutenant , by purchase , on 5 September 1862,[ 2] [ 1] captain , by purchase, on 11 July 1865.[ 3]
President Theodore Roosevelt at Gibraltar with Forestier-Walker and the American consul , 1909 Caricature of General Sir Frederick Forestier-Walker, Vanity Fair In 1873 he was appointed Military Secretary to the General Officer Commanding Cape Colony and 15 October 1878 was promoted colonel .[ 4] Cape Frontier Wars , for which he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in November 1878,[ 5] Anglo-Zulu War .[ 1] [ 6] Adjutant and Quartermaster-General [ 7] [ 1] Bechuanaland , and in January 1886, for services in that protectorate, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George .[ 8]
He was appointed a brigadier at Aldershot in 1889 and Commander of British Troops in Egypt in 1890, during which he was knighted and promoted to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath .[ 9] General Officer Commanding Western District , serving until 1890.[ 1]
In 1899, he again returned to Africa, becoming GOC Cape Colony and acting as lieutenant general in command of Lines of Communication, South Africa Field Force, 1899–1901.[ 10] despatch dated 31 March 1900, the Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, Lord Roberts , wrote how Forestier-Walker carried out his duties "with credit to himself and with advantage to the public service".[ 11] Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) in November 1900 for his services in South Africa,[ 12] Knight of Grace of the Order of St John from 1901.[ 13] general on 6 July 1902.[ 14]
Later life
He was Governor of Gibraltar from 1905 until shortly before his death in 1910, and also acted as General Officer Commanding Mediterranean in 1909.[ 15]
In retirement, he became a Director of the Cold Storage Company .[ 16]
Personal life
In 1887 he married Mabel Louisa Ross, a daughter of Lt. Col. A. Ernest Ross.[ 1] [ 17] [ 18]
Ian Frederick Walter Forestier-Walker (b. 1888), a Lieutenant in the Scots Guards.[ 19] Sir Frederick died on 30 August 1910 at Tenby , Pembrokeshire .[ 20]
References
^ a b c d e f "Frederick Forestier-Walker." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ]^ "No. 27659" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 22990" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 24668" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 27650" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 24832" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 25140" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 25554" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 26516" . The London Gazette ^ "A NEW BRITISH COMMANDER.; Grave Situation Indicated by the Sending of Lieut. Gen. Walker to South Africa" . The New York Times . Retrieved 13 December 2023 .^ "No. 27282" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 27306" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 27293" . The London Gazette ^ "No. 27460" . The London Gazette ^ Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008
^ Army Estimates Hansard, 4 August 1902^ 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.
^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour . Retrieved 13 December 2023 . ^ Army, Great Britain (1908). The Monthly Army List H.M. Stationery Office . p. 78. Retrieved 13 December 2023 . ^ "DEATH OF SIR F. FORESTIER-WALKER DISTINGUISHED GENERAL" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 13 December 2023 .
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