Background
DE FOREST, Maurice Arnold was born on January 9, 1879.
DE FOREST, Maurice Arnold was born on January 9, 1879.
Eton; Christ Church, Oxford.
Late Lieutenant Prince of Wales’s Own Norfolk Artillery Militia. Honourable Lieut, in the Army, 1900. Transferred, 1903, to Staffords Imperial Yeomanry.
Contested Liberal Southport, 1910. Baron; Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire, and authorised to use his title in the United Kingdom by Royal License, dated 1899.
Clubs: Marlborough, etc.
Spouse 1904, Hon. Ethel Catherine Gerard, o. rf.of 2nd Baron Gerard (a former marriage was declared void and annulled, and a decree of nullity was also granted by the Church). Heir: Alaric Frederic Maurice.