Recent from talks
Maurice de Forest
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Maurice de Forest
Maurice Arnold de Forest, Count de Bendern (9 January 1879 – 6 October 1968) was an American-born British politician, soldier and earl motor racing driver. He briefly served as a Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. He was ennobled, first as a baron in Austria and later as Count de Bendern in Liechtenstein.
Born in Paris, in the Rue Laugier (in the 17th arrondissement), Maurice Arnold de Forest was reportedly the elder of the two sons of Edward Deforest/de Forest (1848–1882), an American circus performer, and his wife, the former Juliette Arnold (1860–1882). He had a younger brother, Raymond (1880–1912). The boys' parents died in 1882, while on a professional engagement in the Ottoman Empire, of typhoid.
Sent to live in an orphanage, they were adopted on 16 June 1887 by the wealthy Baroness Clara de Hirsch (née Bischoffsheim), wife of banker and philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch, who resided partially near Brno in Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic) and given the surname de Forest-Bischoffsheim. Baron and Baroness de Hirsch had lost their only surviving child, Baron Lucien de Hirsch (1856–1887), to pneumonia earlier that year. The de Forest children, however, were identified by Juliette Arnold de Forest as Baron de Hirsch's illegitimate sons.
Baron de Hirsch died in Hungary at the age of 64 in 1896. His widow Clara died three years later, on 1 April 1899. Maurice inherited his adoptive father's residence, Veveří Castle near Brno. Maurice inherited from the Baroness 25,000,000 Francs, as well as her estates in Rosice-Veveří. Baron de Hirsch had bought the estates in Rosice in 1881.[citation needed]
Maurice de Forest-Bischoffsheim was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1899, he was awarded the title Freiherr von Forest by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. According to the Court Circular, on 6 March 1899, "The Emperor of Austria has given the title of Baron De Forest to M. Arnold [De] Forest and to his brother M. Raymond De Forest, both the adopted sons of Baroness de Hirsch de Gereuth, widow of the late Baron de Hirsch." Both men inherited millions of dollars from Baroness de Hirsch upon her death.
In the following year, he was naturalised as a British citizen, and was authorised to bear the title Baron de Forest by royal licence. He was commissioned into the Militia as a second lieutenant in the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery (Eastern Division) on 25 August 1900. He resigned his commission on 20 June 1903, but this was later cancelled and he became second lieutenant in the Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) on 4 July 1903. He resigned this commission on 5 May 1906, by which time he was also an honorary second lieutenant in the Army.
De Forest converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
Winston Churchill visited de Forest at his Lancashire home, Rosefield Hall, near Southport. Churchill also spent much time on de Forest's yacht and stayed three times (in 1908 together with his wife during their honeymoon journey) at de Forest's Eichhorn Castle.
Hub AI
Maurice de Forest AI simulator
(@Maurice de Forest_simulator)
Maurice de Forest
Maurice Arnold de Forest, Count de Bendern (9 January 1879 – 6 October 1968) was an American-born British politician, soldier and earl motor racing driver. He briefly served as a Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. He was ennobled, first as a baron in Austria and later as Count de Bendern in Liechtenstein.
Born in Paris, in the Rue Laugier (in the 17th arrondissement), Maurice Arnold de Forest was reportedly the elder of the two sons of Edward Deforest/de Forest (1848–1882), an American circus performer, and his wife, the former Juliette Arnold (1860–1882). He had a younger brother, Raymond (1880–1912). The boys' parents died in 1882, while on a professional engagement in the Ottoman Empire, of typhoid.
Sent to live in an orphanage, they were adopted on 16 June 1887 by the wealthy Baroness Clara de Hirsch (née Bischoffsheim), wife of banker and philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch, who resided partially near Brno in Moravia, Austria-Hungary (now the Czech Republic) and given the surname de Forest-Bischoffsheim. Baron and Baroness de Hirsch had lost their only surviving child, Baron Lucien de Hirsch (1856–1887), to pneumonia earlier that year. The de Forest children, however, were identified by Juliette Arnold de Forest as Baron de Hirsch's illegitimate sons.
Baron de Hirsch died in Hungary at the age of 64 in 1896. His widow Clara died three years later, on 1 April 1899. Maurice inherited his adoptive father's residence, Veveří Castle near Brno. Maurice inherited from the Baroness 25,000,000 Francs, as well as her estates in Rosice-Veveří. Baron de Hirsch had bought the estates in Rosice in 1881.[citation needed]
Maurice de Forest-Bischoffsheim was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford. In 1899, he was awarded the title Freiherr von Forest by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. According to the Court Circular, on 6 March 1899, "The Emperor of Austria has given the title of Baron De Forest to M. Arnold [De] Forest and to his brother M. Raymond De Forest, both the adopted sons of Baroness de Hirsch de Gereuth, widow of the late Baron de Hirsch." Both men inherited millions of dollars from Baroness de Hirsch upon her death.
In the following year, he was naturalised as a British citizen, and was authorised to bear the title Baron de Forest by royal licence. He was commissioned into the Militia as a second lieutenant in the Prince of Wales's Own Norfolk Artillery (Eastern Division) on 25 August 1900. He resigned his commission on 20 June 1903, but this was later cancelled and he became second lieutenant in the Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment) on 4 July 1903. He resigned this commission on 5 May 1906, by which time he was also an honorary second lieutenant in the Army.
De Forest converted from Judaism to Roman Catholicism.
Winston Churchill visited de Forest at his Lancashire home, Rosefield Hall, near Southport. Churchill also spent much time on de Forest's yacht and stayed three times (in 1908 together with his wife during their honeymoon journey) at de Forest's Eichhorn Castle.
Recent media