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 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FORDHAM] Residence— Devon House, Harold Road, Nor- wood, S.E. Issue — 1 Thoodore Albert Ford, b. 1861. Artlmr George Ford, b. 1863 ; in, 1903, Ethel Maud, dan. of Jonathan Lavington Evans. 3. William Egerton Ford, b. 186/ : m. 1904, ^ a>^ti, dau. of H. Woodlands. 4. Wilfrid Eowlandson Ford, b. 18.0; m. 1891, Zilla, dau. of V. Sharpe. 5. Conrad Henry Ford, b. 18,4 1 Eleanor Charlotte, m. 1881, C4eorgc T. Addi^, wlio d. 1901. 2. Etliel Irene. FORDHAM, Knt. Bach. Great. 1908.— Sib Heebkrt Geokge Foedham, s. of Herbert Fordham, of Odsey, Gambridgesliire, and Con- i stantia Elizabeth, dau. of Edward George > Fordham, of Odsey Grange. B. at Odsey 9 May, 1854 : m. 1st, 4 Oct. 1877, Fanny Osier (d. 18 Aug. 1911), dau. of late William Blake, of Bridge House, S. Petherton, Somersetshire, D.L.. J.P. ; m. 2nd, 4 Aug. 1914, Ethel, dau. of Rev.' Thomas Berry, and widow of Comm. Stewart CarnacWeigall, R.N. ; ed. privately and at Univ. Coll. London ; Barr.-at-law (Inner Temple) 1885 ; alderman Cambs. since 1894 ; vice-chrmn. of the Co. Coun. 1901-4 : chrmn. since 1904, memb. of the exec, committee Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation, of the board of Agric. Studies Univ. Camb. : D.L., J. P., Cambs. (on the list for High Sheritf 1912), J.P., Herts ; has the 1911 Coronation medal ; late capt. commdg. 10th Herts Rifie Vol. Corps ; capt. Gen. Res. of Officers T.F. 1914; contested N. Herts 1885; has contributed numerous papers to scientific societies on geology, archaeology, etc., and is an authority on the cartography of the counties of England and Wales. Residence — Odsey, Ashwell, Bal- dock, Herts. Clubs — Reform ; Cambridge County. Issue by 1st m. — 1 George Russell Blake Fordham, b. 5 Dec. l(?/8 ; m. 20 Jan. 1903, Christabel Emily, dau. of late Joseph Head, of Baldock, Herts. Residence — Okanagan Mission, B.C.. Canada. ■2. William Herbert Fordham, b. 24 March, 1883; m. 4 Jan. 1913, Eleanor Sibthorpe, o. c. of A. Sib- thorpe Barlow. ^, 1. Constantia Editli, m. 3 March. 190S, Edward Cliarlcs Fenn Murrell. Residence— The Hills, MannviUe, Alberta, Canada. 2. Margery Caroline. 3. Frances Mary, m. 9 Jan, 1914. Bertram Sydney Osmund MaunseU. FORGET, Knt. Bach. Great. 1912. — Sra Joseph David Rodolphe Fobget, e. of David Forget and Angele Limoges. B. at Terrebonne, Quebec, 10 Dec. 1861 ; m. 1st, 12 Oct. 1885, Marie Alexandra (d. 1892), dau. of late Hon. Louis Tourville, M.L.A. ; m. 2nd, 22 April, 1894, Marie Louise Blanche, dau. of late Robert MacDonald, superint. of the Intercolonial Ry. ; ed. at Masson College, Terrebonne ; M.P. for Charlevoix 1904, 1908, and 1911, and elected for jMontmorency 1911 ; is hon. col. 65th ^lon- treal Royal Rifles ; presid. Banc^ue Internationale du Canada ; presid. or director of many financial and industrial concerns in Canada. Residences — Montreal ; Gilmont, St. Irenee, Quebec. Clubs — Mount Royal ; St. James's ; Quebec Garrison ; Rideau, etc. Issue — ■ 1. Giles Forget, b. 1897. 2. Maurice Forget, b. 1898. 3. Jaques Forget, b. 1907. 1. .Marguerite. 2. 'I'Lerese. FORREST, Knt. Bach. Great. 1913 ; CLE. 1899. — Sir George William Fobbest, s. of Capt. George Forrest, V.C. B. at Nussrabad, India, 8 Jan. 1846 ; m. Emma G., dau. of late Thomas Viner, of Broadfield, Sussex ; ed. pri- vateh- and at Camb., B.A. ; hon. :M.A. Oxford ; memb. of Inner Temple ; fell, of Bombay Univ. ; apptd. to Bombay Educ. Dept. 1872 ; acted as 70 census commr. 1882 ; prof, of English histoi Elpliinstone Coll. 1887 ; director of Recorc Bombay 1888 ; director of Records Govt. < India, sec. to the Govt, of India, patents branch and ex-officio assist, sec. to the Govt. 1894-1900 is F.R.G.S., F.R.H.S. Hesidence — Iffley Tur; Iffley, Oxford. Clubs — Savile ; Burlington Fii Arts. Issue — Viner Forest. Dorolhv, m. 1913 Koliert Harlowe. FORREST, Privy Counsellor. Apptd. 1897 G.C.M.G. 1901 ; K.C.M.G. 1891 ; C.M.G. 1882,- Rt. Hon. Sib John Fobbest, s. of Willia: Forrest, of Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, ar Leschenault, Bunbury, W. Australia, ar.
 * Iargaret Guthrie, dau. of David Hill, of Dunde

B. in Western Australia 22 Aug. 1847 ; r 29 Feb. 1876, Margaret Elvire, dau. of Edwai Hamersley, J.P., of Pyrton, Guildford, Australia, and niece of Hugh Hamersley, D.I J. P., High Sheriff 1840, and chairman j Quarter Sessions, of Pyrton Manor, Oxforcj ed. at the Bishop's School, Perth, Westei Australia ; ent. the Survey Department Western Australia 1865; commd. 3 explorir expeds. into the interior of Australia, 1st search of Dr. Leichhardt 1869, 2nd along tl south coast from Perth to Adelaide 1870, and 3) for 2,000 miles through the centre of the co: tinent from the west coast to the telegraph lii from Adelaide to Port Darwin 1874 ; receive for his services the thanks of the Governraei and council and a grant of 5,000 acres of lane I was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Ge I graphical Soc. of London ; deputy surveyor-ge of the colony 1876 ; surveyor-gen. and comm of Crown lands 1883-90 ; memb. of the executii! and legislative councils 1883-90 ; M.L.A., fir I Premier, colonial treas. (for 10 years contin I ously), and col. sec. of Western Australia und ! responsible Government 1890-1901 ; responsib ! as Premier for the construction of Fremant Harbour, and for the Great Goldfields Wat Supply, which conveys 6,000,000 gallons of wat by pumping through steel pipes for 352 mile to the gold centres of Coolgadie and Kalgoulif first postmaster-gen. in the Federal Govt. 190! minister of Defence 1901-3, Home Affairs 1903- treas. for Commonwealth of Australia 1905- 1909-10, and since 1913; has been member the Federal Parliament since 1901 ; stronge and most persistent advocate of Trans-Austraht Rly., now being constructed to connect Fremant and Perth, on the West, with Eastern Austral (1,000 miles); acted as Prime Minister of t; Commonwealth 1907; repres. Western An tralia at the Jubilees of 1887 and 1897, and the Coronations 1902 and 1911, at the Coloni Conference in London 1887, at the Nation Australian Conventions 1891, and at the Fedei Conventions 1897-8* pres. AustraHan Fedei Council 1897 ; hon. fellow of tlie Geographic Socs. of Rome, Vienna, and Petrograd ; Knig of the Italian Crown; F.R.G.S., F.G.S., F.L.S hon. LL.D. Cambridge, and Adelaide, Sou Australia ; J.P., Western AustraUa and Queer land. Residence — The Bungalow, Perth, Weste Australia. Clubs — Athena?uni (London) ; M' bourne (^Melbourne) : Weld (W. Australia). FORSEY, Knt Bach. Great. 1910 ; C.V. 1912.- — Lt.-Col. Sir John Forsey, s. of late Forsey, of St. George's Square, S.W., and Bt minst«r, Dorset, and Hannah, dau. of late Baggs, of Crewkerne, Dorset. B. in Lond 7 Nov. 1856 ; m. 1 June, 1878, Sophia Beck( (d. 1913), dau. of late J. B. Parker, of Howi Place, S.W., and Kettlesing Bottom, York ed. privately and at Iving's Coll. London ; join Admiralty "service 1872; in charge of Xa establishments at Trincomalie. Ceylon, 1892- served at Sydney, N.S.W., Malta, and Por