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Sir Edward Walter Forestier-Walker (born Walker; 18 February 1812 – 27 July 1881) was a

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officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland.

Early life

Sir Edward was born in

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, the eldest son of Gen. Frederick Nathaniel Walker and Annabella Cane. His father was the younger brother of Gen. Sir George Townshend Walker, 1st Baronet. His mother died in

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in 1829 and is buried in

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Military career

Forestier-Walker was commissioned in 1827. He commanded the

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at the

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in October 1854, at the

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in November 1854 and at the

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in Winter 1854 during the

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. He became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland in 1862. He was also colonel of the

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from 1871 to 1881, when they became part of the new

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, after which he was briefly Colonel of the first battalion of the latter before his death later that year.

Personal life

On 20 July 1843, Forestier-Walker married Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant, daughter of Colonel

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. They had four sons: *General Sir

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(1844–1910), a senior military officer who was Governor of Gibraltar *Francis Lewis George Forestier Walker (2 January 1847 – February 1854), died in childhood *Douglas Henry Walter Forestier Walker (May–July 1849), died in childhood *Colonel Montagu Charles Brudenell Forestier-Walker (1853–1902), killed in a train accident while serving as Assistant Adjutant-general to the British Force in

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Lady Jane died in 1861. In 1862, he married secondly to Lady Juliana Caroline Frances Knox, daughter of

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.''London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754–1932'' They had a daughter, who died as an infant: *Mary Juliana Forestier Walker (born and died 1863)''Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950'' He died at the Manor House in

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, in 1881.

References

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