Sir Dudley Forwood, 3rd Baronet

Forwood was born on 6 June 1912 into an old Lancashire family who had made their wealth in Liverpool from shipping. He was the son of Sir Dudley Baines Forwood, 2nd Baronet and Norah Isabella Lockett. His paternal grandparents were Sir Arthur Forwood, 1st Baronet, and, his second wife, Mary Anne Eliza Baines (a daughter of journalist Thomas Baines). His maternal grandparents were Richard Robertson Lockett and Isabella ( Paterson) Lockett. He was educated at Stowe School in Buckingham and then joined the reserve of the Scots Guards as a subaltern. ==Career==

Between 1934 and 1937, he was honorary attaché at the British Legation in Vienna under Sir Walford Selby. After his service with the Windsors, he joined the Scots Guards during World War II, gaining the rank of Temporary Major in the Scots Guards Reserve of Officers. He also served as chairman of Crufts dog show from 1973 to 1987. Upon the Windsors move to Paris in 1939, Forwood joined them at their new house at 24 Boulevard Suchet. While there, his duties included escorting the Duchess while she called on various English residents in Paris. Forwood left the Windsor's service in 1939 when he was summoned back to the Scots Guards. ==Personal life==

On 27 May 1952, he was married to Mary Croft-Wilcock ( Foster), the daughter of Basil Samuel Foster and Gwendoline Brogden. She was previously married to Inigo Freeman-Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Willingdon (when he was styled Viscount Ratendone), Frederick Robert Cullingford, and Brig. Donald Croft-Wilcock. From her marriage to Cullingford, she was the mother of Rodney Simon Dudley Cullingford (1940–1999). Upon Forwood adopting him, Rodney changed his name to Rodney Simon Dudley Forwood by deed poll. He married Jennifer Jane Nelson, Baroness Arlington, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Sir Eustace John Blois Nelson and Lady Margaret Jane FitzRoy (sister of the 9th Duke of Grafton and granddaughter of the 8th Duke of Grafton), in 1964. Lady Forwood died in 1999. Sir Dudley died on 25 January 2001. As his adopted stepson could not inherit the baronetcy, it passed to his cousin, Peter Noel Forwood. Upon the 4th Baronet's death in 2019, the baronetcy became extinct. ==References==