Baron Forres, of Glenogil in the County of Forfar, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in the
1922 Birthday Honours for the businessman and
Liberal
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Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
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* Social liberalism
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politician
Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet.
He had already been created a Baronet of Glenlogil in 1909. Williamson was the son of
Stephen Williamson
Stephen Williamson (28 June 1827 – 16 June 1903) was a founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson & Co. and a Scottish Liberal Party politician.
He was born in Cellardyke, Fife in 1827, the son of Archibald Williamson, a s ...
. who represented
St Andrews and
Kilmarnock in the
House of Commons
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.
the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1978. He lives in
New South Wales
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, Australia.
Barons Forres (1922)
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Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC (13 September 1860 – 29 October 1931), known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a British businessman and Liberal politician.
Early life
The eldest son of Stephen Willi ...
, 1st Baronet of Glenlogil (1860–1931)
*
Stephen Kenneth Guthrie Williamson, 2nd Baron Forres, 2nd Baronet of Glenlogil (1888–1954)
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John Archibald Harford Williamson, 3rd Baron Forres, 3rd Baronet of Glenlogil (1922–1978)
*
Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson, 4th Baron Forres, 4th Baronet of Glenlogil (b. 1946)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son, the Hon. George Archibald Mallam Williamson (b. 1972).
References
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Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1922
Noble titles created for UK MPs