John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby

John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby KBE, QC (15 September 1888 – 24 July 1972), known as Sir John Forster between 1939 and 1959, was a British barrister and public servant.

Knighted at St James's Palace 13 July 1939[1] Forster was appointed President of the Industrial Court in 1946.[2] The following year he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).[3] In 1959 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Forster of Harraby, of Beckenham in the County of Kent.[4]

Lord Forster of Harraby died in July 1972, aged 83, when the barony became extinct.

References

  1. London Gazette no. 34646 pp. 4915/6
  2. The London Gazette: no. 41727. p. 3697. 5 June 1959.
  3. The London Gazette: no. 38161. p. 14. 30 December 1947.
  4. The London Gazette: no. 41768. p. 4557. 17 July 1959.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baron Forster of Harraby
1959–1972
Extinct
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