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
- ↑ London Gazette no. 34646 pp. 4915/6
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41727. p. 3697. 5 June 1959.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 38161. p. 14. 30 December 1947.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 41768. p. 4557. 17 July 1959.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Forster of Harraby
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