Sir George Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet

Captain Sir George Ferdinand Radziwill Forestier-Walker, 2nd Baronet JP DL (24 May 1825 – 1 August 1896) was a British soldier.

Early life
George Ferdinand Radziwill Walker was born on 24 May 1825. He was the eldest son of four sons and two daughters of Gen. Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet and, his second wife, the former Helen Caldcleugh, a daughter of Alexander Caldcleugh.

His paternal grandparents were Maj. Nathaniel Walker of the Queen's Rangers and Henrietta ( Bagster) Walker (heiress of Capt. John Bagster of the Royal Navy). Through his uncle, Gen. Frederick Nathaniel Walker, he was a first cousin of Gen. Sir Edward Forestier-Walker, who became Commander-in-Chief, Scotland and married Lady Jane Ogilvy-Grant (a daughter of Col. Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield).

Career
After being educated at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1845, he was appointed Lieutenant and then Captain in the Coldstream Guards. Upon the death of his father on 14 November 1842, he succeeded as the 2nd Baronet Walker, of Castleton. He served as a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Monmouthshire.

In 1893, his surname was legally changed to Forestier-Walker.

Personal life
On 9 October 1854, he married Hon. Fanny Henrietta Morgan (c. 1835–1887), daughter of Charles Morgan, 1st Baron Tredegar, longtime MP for Brecon, and the former Rosamund Mundy. Together, they were the parents of:


 * Sir George Ferdinand Forestier-Walker, 3rd Baronet (1855–1933), who married Georgina Emily Chamberlain, a daughter of Robert Deane Chamberlain, in 1897.
 * Radziwill Frederick Forestier-Walker (1856–1934), who married Eva Laura Justice, a daughter of Col. Francis Justice, in 1894. They divorced in 1905.
 * Clarence Francis Forestier-Walker (1857–1907), who married Blanche Lancaster Clark, a daughter of George Thomas Clark, in 1891.
 * Ivor Augustus Forestier-Walker (1860–1928), who married Georgina Osborne, a daughter of John Osborne, in 1891. After her death in 1910 he married Agnes Maud Mayhew, daughter of Rev. Caleb Baskett Mayhew, in 1912.
 * Devereux Philip Forestier-Walker (1864–1936), who married Isabella Constance Dalgety, a daughter of Frederick Dalgety, in 1896.
 * Sir Charles Leolin Forestier-Walker, 1st Baronet (1866–1934), an MP for Monmouth who married Alice Blandy-Jenkins, a daughter of Col. John Blandy-Jenkins, in 1894.
 * Roland Stuart Forestier-Walker (1871–1938), who married Olive Bassett, a daughter of Ralph Thurstan Bassett, in 1904. They divorced in 1918 and he married Norah Jacintha ( Phipps), Lady Fuller, the widow of Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet and daughter of Charles N. P. Phipps (MP for Westbury), in 1921.
 * Charles Evelyn Forestier-Walker (1875–1931), who married Ada Llewelyn Mansel, a daughter of Col. Robert Henry Mansel, in 1905.

Sir George died at Wentloog Castle, Monmouth, on 1 August 1896.