The Forwood Baronetcy, of The Priory,
Gateacre, in the parish of
Childwall in the
County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
. It was created on 5 September 1895 for the
Conservative politician
Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet, son of wealthy merchant Thomas Friend Brittain Peploe Forwood, and brother of
Sir William Bower Forwood and Ernest Harrison Forwood.
Thomas Friend Brittain Peploe Forwood
/ref> He served as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty from 1886 to 1892. The Forwood Baronetcy became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 2019.
Forwood baronets, of The Priory (1895)
* Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Baronet (1836–1898)
*Sir Dudley Baines Forwood, 2nd Baronet
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(1875–1961)
*Sir Dudley Richard Forwood, 3rd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
(1912–2001)
*Sir Peter Noel Forwood, 4th Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...
(1925–2019)
Arms
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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