Baron Forres, of Glenogil in the County of Forfar, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...

. It was created in 1922 for the Scottish businessman and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet

Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres

Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....

. He had already been created a Baronet in 1909. Williamson was the son of Stephen Williamson

Stephen Williamson

Stephen Williamson was a founder of the Liverpool shipping company Balfour Williamson & Co. and a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He was born in Cellardyke, Fife in 1827, the son of Archibald Williamson, a shipowner...

 who represented St Andrews

St Andrews Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...

 in the House of Commons. the titles are held by the first Baron's great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 1978.

Barons Forres (1922)

• Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
  Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
  Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....
  
   (1860–1931)
• Stephen Kenneth Guthrie Williamson, 2nd Baron Forres (1888–1954)
• John Archibald Harford Williamson, 3rd Baron Forres (1922–1978)
• Alastair Stephen Grant Williamson, 4th Baron Forres (b. 1946)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. George Archibald Williamson (b. 1972)