Background
Forester was the son of Reverend Orlando Weld-Forester, 4th Baron Forester, and Sophia Elizabeth Norman.
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Cecil Theodore Weld-Forester
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He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
He served as a young man as Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards. In 1894 he succeeded his father as fifth Baron Forester and entered the House of Lords. He was a Doctor of Laws and Justice of the Peace for the county of Shropshire, and Justice of the Peace for Kent.
Lord Forester married Emma Georgina Dixie, daughter of Sir Willoughby Wolstan Dixie, 8th Baronet, in 1866.
He died at Brighton, Sussex, in November 1917, aged 75, and was buried at Willey, Shropshire. Lady Forester died in 1922.
Membership
21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
He also served in local government, as a member of Shropshire County Council, and was twice Mayor of the Borough of Wenlock.
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Political Party
Conservative Party