Baron Forres

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 politician Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet.^[3] He had already been created a Baronet of Glenlogil in 1909. Williamson was the son of Stephen Williamson. who represented St Andrews and Kilmarnock in the House of Commons.^[1]

Barony of Forres
Argent, a saltire wavy between a mullet in chief and another in base, and as many boar's heads couped in the flanks sable, armed and langued gules
Creation date	19 June 1922[1]
Created by	King George V
Peerage	Peerage of the United Kingdom
First holder	Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet
Present holder	Alastair Williamson, 4th Baron Forres
Heir apparent	Hon. George Williamson
Remainder to	Heirs male of the 1st baron's body lawfully begotten[2]
Motto	Modice augetur modicum ("Little is made larger by little")[1]

As of 2017^[update] 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, Australia.^[1]

Barons Forres (1922)

• Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres, 1st Baronet of Glenlogil (1860–1931)
• Stephen Kenneth Guthrie Williamson, 2nd Baron Forres, 2nd Baronet of Glenlogil (1888–1954)
• 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 is the present holder's son, the Hon. George Archibald Mallam Williamson (b. 1972).

References

1. Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. pp. 1469–1470. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
2. "No. 32722". The London Gazette. 23 June 1922. p. 4718.
3. "No. 32716". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1922. p. 4318.