4th Baron Forres (1946-2025)

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According to peeragenews.blogspot.com, the 4th Baron Forres (Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson)  died on April 12, 2025, in Orange, New South Wales.  He was 78.

He is succeeded in the barony and the baronetcy by the elder of his two sons, George (Geordie) Archibald Mallam (b. 1972).  

The heir apparent is the new baron's only son, Archibald Stephen Merity, b. 2011.

Brooke

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 16 April 2025: FORRES The death is announced of The Right Honourable Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson, 4th Baron Forres, Bt, who died peacefully at Orange, New South Wales, on 12th April 2025, aged 78. He succeeded to the baronetcy and barony in 1978. He is succeeded by his son, The Hon Geordie Williamson. A private funeral will be held. A memorial service will be announced in due course.

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Can Geordie Williamson be a Professor as well ?

https://steinereducation.edu.au/news/reflections-on-my-time-in-a-steiner-school/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJsRDhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHudejJ_8SEH33io3aXfzzp-Xry2FF-89OKU-I3MMXO-mb4wJYV2i1w2CKWSw_aem_sRD_dQmgorWBzmNq1odLQQ

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hereditary_peers_removed_under_the_House_of_Lords_Act_1999 A crossbencher who took his seat on 12 December 1978.

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https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-alastair-williamson/1985 His maiden and only speech on 7 November 1985

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DPB Online has now updated this page.

George (Geordie) Archibald Mallam Williamson (b. 1972) succeeds his father as the 5th Baron.

His only son, Hon. ARCHIBALD STEPHEN MERITY, b. 2011, is the ha.

Next in line would be the new baron's younger brother, Hon. Guthrie John (b. 1975, shown as unmarried).

After that, only 5 other males are shown, the youngest of which is 47.

Brooke

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The Right Honourable Alastair Stephen
Grant Williamson

4th Lord Forres, Bt

Died peacefully at Orange, New South Wales, on
12th April 2025, aged 78. Husband of Margaret, father of Geordie and Guthrie, grandfather of Ariane, Archie and Anstruther.

A Service of Thanksgiving will be held at St Mark's Church, Darling Point, on Friday 2nd May at 11am.

Published by The Sydney Morning Herald on Apr. 23, 2025.

[colinp]

The grandson Anstruther doesn't yet appear in DPB online

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Surely you're right, that it is a grandson. So many surnames first used as forenames for male children have been co-opted as girls' names, but I haven't yet encountered a female with "Anstruther" as a forename!

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I found this post of the Hon. Guthrie John's engagement from 2014:

https://peeragenews.blogspot.com/2014/05/williamsonrich-engagement.html

Does anyone know if the wedding took place?  

Since the family is based in Australia, checking GRO records for Anstruther's birth wouldn't produce anything.

Brooke

[colinp]

The Secretary of State for Justice has approved the succession of Geordie Archibald Mallam Williamson as Baron Forres in the Peerage of the United Kingdom - College of Arms website

[colinp]

Lord Forres is now on the Official Roll of the Baronetage as the 5th baronet Williamson of Glenogil