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.

Arms[edit]

Coat of arms of John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby
Crest A cubit arm erect habited Gules cuffed Argent holding in the hand Proper a balance Or. Torse Or and Gules. Escutcheon Per chevron Or and Argent in chief two strawberry plants slipped leaved and fructed and in base an oak tree eradicated all Proper.^[5] Motto Let Peace Follow My Labour

References[edit]

^ London Gazette no. 34646 pp. 4915/6
^ "No. 41727". The London Gazette. 5 June 1959. p. 3697.
^ "No. 38161". The London Gazette. 30 December 1947. p. 14.
^ "No. 41768". The London Gazette. 17 July 1959. p. 4557.
^ Baz Manning (2020). Gray's Inn Armory.

External links[edit]

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Forster of Harraby

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

[1] London Gazette no. 34646 pp. 4915/6

[2] "No. 41727". The London Gazette. 5 June 1959. p. 3697.

[3] "No. 38161". The London Gazette. 30 December 1947. p. 14.

[4] "No. 41768". The London Gazette. 17 July 1959. p. 4557.

[5] Baz Manning (2020). Gray's Inn Armory.

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