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Sir Charles Lee Des Forges C.B.E.,  Born 1879 in Hull,Humberside,Yorkshire. Died 1972. From 1912 to 1946 he was Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace of Rotherham Municipal Borough,South Yorkshire. Knighted January 1st 1941. Charles's father Henry Des Forges was a Colour Manufacturer's Agent and his grandfather Edward Des Forges a G.P. in South Cave, Humberside. He was an Articled Solicitor's Clerk in Nottingham before moving to Rotherham. Whilst in Nottingham he met and married Alice Mary Stretton ,daughter of a Lace Manufacturer.Lady Des Forges died in 1946. Both Sir Charles and Lady Des Forges had their Obituaries published in the Times.

Charles,as Town Clerk,made significant contributions to both local and national government,on a variety of topics including water and police.He helped in the reform of food and drug and public health law ,participating in cabinet office meetings on these matters. His contributions to health and social reconstruction assisted in the Beveridge Report of 1942. His Report on Local Government Financial Relationships in 1950 on Trinidad and Tobago is held in The British Library.Also held is the 5th Edition of The Law Relating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales published 1910, Charles assisting the editors.

References: Census for England 1861 South Cave,Humberside. Census for England 1901 Nottingham,Nottinghamshire. Birth Index for 1879 Hull District. Marriage Index for 1905 Nottingham. New Year's Honours List 1941. Obituaries The Times November 4th 1947 and September 16th 1972. National Archives Cabinet Office Records 1936 Public Law Consolidation. National Archives Cabinet Office Records 1938 Food and Drug Law Consolidation. Oxford Journal of 20th Century British History Vol 6 No1 Police Rationalisation 1942 to 1974. Leeds University Library Special Collections MS 515 Social Reconstruction Survey Page15. House of Lords Select Committee Report 1939 Water Undertakings Bill. British Library Integrated Catalogue C.S.F.309/3 Oxford Libraries Online The Law Relating to Municipal Corporations 5th Edition 1910 and also held in the British LIbrary.