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H. O. Arnold-Forster

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in 1904 was partly to reduce royal influence over the army. Arnold-Foster was frequently ignored at cabinet meetings, as decisions had been taken behind his back by courtiers moving in military circles.
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Hugh Christopher Arnold-Forster (9 December 1890 – 21 July 1965), who rose to become a Commander in the Royal Navy and served as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence during the
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John Anthony Arnold-Forster (20 September 1889 – 1958), married Daphne Mansel-Pleydell in 1919. Vanda Morton, biographer of Nevil Story Maskelyne, is their daughter.
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from 1900 to 1903. As such, he was during August 1902 invited by German authorities to tour the dockyards and naval establishments in
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Oxford rebels: the life and friends of Nevil Story Maskelyne 1823-1911 : pioneer Oxford scientist, photographer and politician
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obituary states "the eldest is just beginning to practise as an artist, and the youngest is a naval cadet." They were:
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in 1885, for whom he prepared educational manuals, including the "Citizen Reader" series. He was secretary of the
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (1801–1922)
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Bertie: the Life of Edward VII; Letters and Journals of Reginald Brett, Viscount Esher
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and several of the great private shipyards in the country. Balfour appointed him to
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Arnold-Forster acted as private secretary to his adoptive father, who became
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and his wife Jane, who was his father's sister. He was educated at
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Shannon, R. T. (21 May 2009). "Forster, Hugh Oakeley Arnold".
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Mervyn Nevill Arnold-Forster (21 March 1888 – 6 May 1927)
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Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004),
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Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
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The Queen's Empire: A Pictorial and Descriptive Record
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Arnold-Forster died in March 1909, aged fifty-three.
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contributions in Parliament by H. O. Arnold-Forster
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Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
The Right Honourable

Secretary of State for War
Edward VII
Arthur Balfour
Hon. St John Brodrick
Richard Haldane
British
Liberal Unionist
William Delafield Arnold
William Edward Arnold-Forster
Katherine Laird Cox
Mark Arnold-Forster
William Edward Forster
Nevil Story Maskelyne
Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn
Alma mater
University College, Oxford
PC
Secretary of State for War
Arthur Balfour
Conservative
William Delafield Arnold
Thomas Arnold
William Edward Forster
Rugby
University College, Oxford
called to the bar

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