Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester

[2] He assumed the additional surname of Weld by Royal Licence in 1811, upon inheriting Willey Park from his cousin George Forester.

The latter year he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Forester, of Willey Park in the County of Shropshire.

[7] During the time of the French Revolutionary Wars, Forester was in 1800 captain of the Wenlock volunteers troops, becoming ultimately lieutenant-colonel in command in 1804.

[10] They had 11 children, six sons and five daughters:[6][11] He died of gout at Belgrave Square, London in 1828, aged 61, and was buried at Willey parish church.

It was often said that Disraeli in his last years was in love with Selina, but since she was not free to marry, he proposed to the widowed Lady Anne instead, in the hope of remaining close to both sisters.