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	''“It is with much regret we have to record the death of Mr. John Forrest, of Grymsdyke, Lacey Green, who passed away at Cheltenham, on Monday morning, after a protracted illness, at the age of 69 years. The late Mr. Forrest was a large landowner and a highly-esteemed resident of the village, where he had lived for over 30 years. He was greatly interested in the welfare of Lacey Green and district, and his establishment of the Cottage Garden Association, of which he was the President for many years, was only one of the many evidences of this. He was a staunch Conservative and Unionist, and a convinced Tariff Reformer. He was for many years President of the Princes Risborough Branch of the Mid Bucks Conservative and Unionist Association – a post he resigned about two years ago – and, in addition, he was the Ruling Councillor of the Lacey Green Habitation of the Primrose League for a long period. The late Mr. John Forrest, amongst other public offices, held that of Justice of the Peace for Bucks, and Chairman of the Princes Risborough Bench. The deceased gentleman had another estate at Pegglesworth, Cheltenham, but lived most of his time at Lacey Green. He not only took a great interest in the community amongst which he lived, but was a good and considerate employer.”''<ref>[[Bucks Free Herald – Obituaries (26th Mar 1910)]]</ref>		''“It is with much regret we have to record the death of Mr. John Forrest, of Grymsdyke, Lacey Green, who passed away at Cheltenham, on Monday morning, after a protracted illness, at the age of 69 years. The late Mr. Forrest was a large landowner and a highly-esteemed resident of the village, where he had lived for over 30 years. He was greatly interested in the welfare of Lacey Green and district, and his establishment of the Cottage Garden Association, of which he was the President for many years, was only one of the many evidences of this. He was a staunch Conservative and Unionist, and a convinced Tariff Reformer. He was for many years President of the Princes Risborough Branch of the Mid Bucks Conservative and Unionist Association – a post he resigned about two years ago – and, in addition, he was the Ruling Councillor of the Lacey Green Habitation of the Primrose League for a long period. The late Mr. John Forrest, amongst other public offices, held that of Justice of the Peace for Bucks, and Chairman of the Princes Risborough Bench. The deceased gentleman had another estate at Pegglesworth, Cheltenham, but lived most of his time at Lacey Green. He not only took a great interest in the community amongst which he lived, but was a good and considerate employer.”''<ref>[[Bucks Free Herald – Obituaries (26th Mar 1910)]]</ref>

	John was buried alongside his wife in Lacey Green churchyard, Buckinghamshire<ref ~~name="gravestone"~~></ref>.		John was buried alongside his wife in Lacey Green churchyard, Buckinghamshire<ref>[[Gravestone of John and Eveline Forrest, Lacey Green]]</ref>.

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 John died on 21st March 1910<ref>[[General Register Office, Deaths, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1910/Q1/6A/293]]</ref><ref>[[Last Will and Testament and Codicil of John Forrest (6th May 1910)]]</ref>, his obituary in the '''Bucks Free Herald''' read as follows:

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	As a mark of respect the whole event was abandoned.<ref>[[Bucks Free Herald (1st Aug 1891)]]</ref>.		As a mark of respect the whole event was abandoned.<ref>[[Bucks Free Herald (1st Aug 1891)]]</ref>.

	~~== Lace Industry ==~~

	~~[[image:Lace_prickings.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Lace Prickings identified as "Mrs Forrest's Pattern"]]~~

	~~Eveline Forrest was an active participant in reviving the Lace trade in Buckinghamshire. Undated minutes of the North Bucks Lace Association Committee meetings state:~~

	''"Mrs Forrest, a devoted friend of this organisation has encouraged the revival for the past 15 years in Lacey Green, She is partial to the fine old Bucks designs which she considers equal to those worn a hundred years ago by our ancestors ... Her workers undertake from the finest Bucks at one guinea a year to narrow Torchon at 2½ d a yard without discarding Duchesse or Maltese. They use from the finest Honiton to the coarsest linen threads."''

	''"Harris's flax linen thread is invaluable for the new and cheap art coloured lace inted to match the embroidery of linen curtains, teacloths and bed spreads eagerly sought after often by old women workers with failing eyesight and trembling hands. True for many engaged in household work the earnings are scarcely over 3/- per week but often the sum is a real windfall considering it has been gained with moments otherwise lost."''

	~~From an account 'Buckinghamshire Lace making' written in 1900 by Miss M.E. Burrowes, first secretary to the North Bucks Lace Association, who organised the Buckingham Lace Industry:~~

	''"We have among others Mrs Forrest, Lady Thistleton Dyer and the late Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, the Countess Spencer and Mrs Nind to all of whom we are deeply indebted for the basis of the recent revival of Bucks lace trade now some twenty or thirty or more years ago and many are now working with success on the foundations of their good efforts and we trust that interest in real and well made lace has come to stay in England at least and we can clmost say that at the present time the demand for good lace is greater than the supply but there is still much uphill work before its supporters and promotors for many reasons [latter part missing]"''

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	John and Eveline had four sons together:		John and Eveline had four sons together:
	:i. '''[[John Graham FORREST (1875-1921)\|John Graham FORREST]]''', born on 20th April 1875 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire<ref>[[General Register Office, Births, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1875/Q2/6A/437]]</ref>.		:i. '''[[John Graham FORREST (1875-1921)\|John Graham FORREST]]''', born on 20th April 1875 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire<ref>[[General Register Office, Births, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1875/Q2/6A/437]]</ref>.
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	Records for the above births and accompaning census records show that John and his family lived in a large property with five servants called 'Rivershill' in Cheltenham<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG11/2574/23/9]]</ref> before moving to Eveline's father's house at No.1 College Lawn also with five servants<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG12/2048/121/2]]</ref>. In 1901 they were recorded living at Grymsdyke Manor with six servants in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG13/1352/29/20]]</ref>.		Records for the above births and accompaning census records show that John and his family lived in a large property with five servants called 'Rivershill' in Cheltenham<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG11/2574/23/9]]</ref> before moving to Eveline's father's house at No.1 College Lawn also with five servants<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG12/2048/121/2]]</ref>. In 1901 they were recorded living at Grymsdyke Manor with six servants in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG13/1352/29/20]]</ref>.
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	John and Eveline had four sons together:		John and Eveline had four sons together:
	:i. '''[[John Graham FORREST (1875-1921)\|John Graham FORREST]]''', born on 20th April 1875 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire<ref>[[General Register Office, Births, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1875/Q2/6A/437]]</ref>.		:i. '''[[John Graham FORREST (1875-1921)\|John Graham FORREST]]''', born on 20th April 1875 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire<ref>[[General Register Office, Births, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1875/Q2/6A/437]]</ref>.
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	Records for the above births and accompaning census records show that John and his family lived in a large property with five servants called 'Rivershill' in Cheltenham<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG11/2574/23/9]]</ref> before moving to Eveline's father's house at No.1 College Lawn also with five servants<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG12/2048/121/2]]</ref>. In 1901 they were recorded living at Grymsdyke Manor with six servants in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG13/1352/29/20]]</ref>.		Records for the above births and accompaning census records show that John and his family lived in a large property with five servants called 'Rivershill' in Cheltenham<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG11/2574/23/9]]</ref> before moving to Eveline's father's house at No.1 College Lawn also with five servants<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG12/2048/121/2]]</ref>. In 1901 they were recorded living at Grymsdyke Manor with six servants in Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire<ref>[[Public Record Office, England Census, PRO Ref. RG13/1352/29/20]]</ref>.
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	John became a Magistrate (Justice of the Peace), however his earlier occupations are unknown, as he is described only as a "Gentleman" in census and marriage records. It is known he travelled abroad, as he is described in his father's will as being in Java<ref>[[Last Will and Testament of Dr John Forrest (1865) Ref SC70/6/4 non-Scottish Court]]</ref>.		John became a Magistrate (Justice of the Peace), however his earlier occupations are unknown, as he is described only as a "Gentleman" in census and marriage records. It is known he travelled abroad, as he is described in his father's will as being in Java<ref>[[Last Will and Testament of Dr John Forrest (1865) Ref SC70/6/4 non-Scottish Court]]</ref>.

	In Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he married on 14th July 1873, '''Eveline RODGER''', the fourth daughter of '''John Graham RODGER''' and '''Eliza Macintosh HORROCKS''' born on 26th September 1850 at '''[[Shield Hall]]''' in Govan, Scotland, <ref>[[Old Parochial Register, Births, Govan, OPR Ref. 646/0030 0121]]</ref>. At the time John was living at No. 2 Kilchberg Villas and Eveline at her father's house at No. 1 College Lawn<ref>[[General Register Office, Marriages, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1873/Q3/6A/755]]</ref>.		In Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he married on 14th July 1873, '''[[Eveline RODGER (1850-1905)\|Eveline RODGER]]''', the fourth daughter of '''John Graham RODGER''' and '''Eliza Macintosh HORROCKS''' born on 26th September 1850 at '''[[Shield Hall]]''' in Govan, Scotland, <ref>[[Old Parochial Register, Births, Govan, OPR Ref. 646/0030 0121]]</ref>. At the time John was living at No. 2 Kilchberg Villas and Eveline at her father's house at No. 1 College Lawn<ref>[[General Register Office, Marriages, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1873/Q3/6A/755]]</ref>.

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	John became a Magistrate (Justice of the Peace), however his earlier occupations are unknown, as he is described only as a "Gentleman" in census and marriage records. It is known he travelled abroad, as he is described in his father's will as being in Java<ref>[[Last Will and Testament of Dr John Forrest (1865) Ref SC70/6/4 non-Scottish Court]]</ref>.		John became a Magistrate (Justice of the Peace), however his earlier occupations are unknown, as he is described only as a "Gentleman" in census and marriage records. It is known he travelled abroad, as he is described in his father's will as being in Java<ref>[[Last Will and Testament of Dr John Forrest (1865) Ref SC70/6/4 non-Scottish Court]]</ref>.

	In Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he married on 14th July 1873, '''Eveline''', the fourth daughter of '''John Graham RODGER''' and '''Eliza Macintosh HORROCKS''' born on 26th September 1850 at '''[[Shield Hall]]''' in Govan, Scotland, <ref>[[Old Parochial Register, Births, Govan, OPR Ref. 646/0030 0121]]</ref>. At the time John was living at No. 2 Kilchberg Villas and Eveline at her father's house at No. 1 College Lawn<ref>[[General Register Office, Marriages, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1873/Q3/6A/755]]</ref>.		In Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he married on 14th July 1873, '''Eveline RODGER''', the fourth daughter of '''John Graham RODGER''' and '''Eliza Macintosh HORROCKS''' born on 26th September 1850 at '''[[Shield Hall]]''' in Govan, Scotland, <ref>[[Old Parochial Register, Births, Govan, OPR Ref. 646/0030 0121]]</ref>. At the time John was living at No. 2 Kilchberg Villas and Eveline at her father's house at No. 1 College Lawn<ref>[[General Register Office, Marriages, Cheltenham, GRO Ref. 1873/Q3/6A/755]]</ref>.

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	''“It is with much regret we have to record the death of Mrs Forrest, wife of Mr J. Forrest, J.P., of Grymsdyke Lodge, Lacey Green, which took place on Friday evening, January 27th after a somewhat protracted and painful illness. The deceased lady for a number of years was associated with the Lacey Green Primrose League, in which she took a deep interest. Mrs Forrest was also interested in the welfare of the village in which she resided with Mr. Forrest for some years past. The poor have lost a generous friend, ready to help in cases of necessity by kindly word and deed. Mr Forrest, for whom much sympathy is felt, has to mourn the loss of a beloved and devoted with and the sons (four in number) an affectionate mother.”''		''“It is with much regret we have to record the death of Mrs Forrest, wife of Mr J. Forrest, J.P., of Grymsdyke Lodge, Lacey Green, which took place on Friday evening, January 27th after a somewhat protracted and painful illness. The deceased lady for a number of years was associated with the Lacey Green Primrose League, in which she took a deep interest. Mrs Forrest was also interested in the welfare of the village in which she resided with Mr. Forrest for some years past. The poor have lost a generous friend, ready to help in cases of necessity by kindly word and deed. Mr Forrest, for whom much sympathy is felt, has to mourn the loss of a beloved and devoted with and the sons (four in number) an affectionate mother.”''

	She was buried in Lacey Green churchyard<ref name="gravestone">[[Gravestone of John and Eveline Forrest, Lacey Green]]</ref>. The Bucks Free Press also reported her funeral:		She was buried in Lacey Green churchyard<ref name="gravestone">[[Gravestone of John and Eveline Forrest, Lacey Green]]</ref>. The '''Bucks Free Press''' also reported her funeral:

	''“Not for a long time past has so largely attended a funeral, and one in which so much sympathy and respect were shown, taken place in the quiet hamlet of Lacey Green as that on Wednesday, when the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Forrest were reverently interred in “God’s acre,” adjoining the picturesque village Church. The cortege left Grymsdyke at 1 o’clock. The procession of carriages containing the mourners was preceded by a car, laden with a quantity of most exquisite and costly wreaths, this being followed by a Washington car, containing the coffin. The Rev A. Marshall recited the opening sentences as the mourners entered the Church. The Rev. A. K. Whitfield conducted the service, at the conclusion of which the Choir chanted “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.” The service throughout was of a most impressive character. The organist (Miss Hawes) played the “Dead March” in Saul, as the congregation left the Church. The Rev. A. Marshall performed the committal service at the grave, after which the Rev. W. Robson pronounced the Benediction. The church was crowded at the service.''		''“Not for a long time past has so largely attended a funeral, and one in which so much sympathy and respect were shown, taken place in the quiet hamlet of Lacey Green as that on Wednesday, when the mortal remains of the late Mrs. Forrest were reverently interred in “God’s acre,” adjoining the picturesque village Church. The cortege left Grymsdyke at 1 o’clock. The procession of carriages containing the mourners was preceded by a car, laden with a quantity of most exquisite and costly wreaths, this being followed by a Washington car, containing the coffin. The Rev A. Marshall recited the opening sentences as the mourners entered the Church. The Rev. A. K. Whitfield conducted the service, at the conclusion of which the Choir chanted “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace.” The service throughout was of a most impressive character. The organist (Miss Hawes) played the “Dead March” in Saul, as the congregation left the Church. The Rev. A. Marshall performed the committal service at the grave, after which the Rev. W. Robson pronounced the Benediction. The church was crowded at the service.''

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	[[image:Lace_prickings.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Lace Prickings identified as "Mrs Forrest's Pattern"]]		[[image:Lace_prickings.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Lace Prickings identified as "Mrs Forrest's Pattern"]]

	Eveline Forrest was an active participant in reviving the Lace trade in Buckinghamshire. ~~Undate~~ minutes of the North Bucks Lace Association Committee meetings state:		Eveline Forrest was an active participant in reviving the Lace trade in Buckinghamshire. Undated minutes of the North Bucks Lace Association Committee meetings state:

	''"Mrs Forrest, a devoted friend of this organisation has encouraged the revival for the past 15 years in Lacey Green, She is partial to the fine old Bucks designs which she considers equal to those worn a hundred years ago by our ancestors ... Her workers undertake from the finest Bucks at one guinea a year to narrow Torchon at 2½ d a yard without discarding Duchesse or Maltese. They use from the finest Honiton to the coarsest linen threads."''		''"Mrs Forrest, a devoted friend of this organisation has encouraged the revival for the past 15 years in Lacey Green, She is partial to the fine old Bucks designs which she considers equal to those worn a hundred years ago by our ancestors ... Her workers undertake from the finest Bucks at one guinea a year to narrow Torchon at 2½ d a yard without discarding Duchesse or Maltese. They use from the finest Honiton to the coarsest linen threads."''

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	[[image:Lace_prickings.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Lace Prickings identified as "Mrs Forrest's Pattern"]]		[[image:Lace_prickings.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Lace Prickings identified as "Mrs Forrest's Pattern"]]

	Eveline was an active participant in reviving the Lace trade in Buckinghamshire. Undate minutes of the North Bucks Lace Association Committee meetings state:		Eveline Forrest was an active participant in reviving the Lace trade in Buckinghamshire. Undate minutes of the North Bucks Lace Association Committee meetings state:

	''"Mrs Forrest, a devoted friend of this organisation has encouraged the revival for the past 15 years in Lacey Green, She is partial to the fine old Bucks designs which she considers equal to those worn a hundred years ago by our ancestors ... Her workers undertake from the finest Bucks at one guinea a year to narrow Torchon at 2½ d a yard without discarding Duchesse or Maltese. They use from the finest Honiton to the coarsest linen threads."''		''"Mrs Forrest, a devoted friend of this organisation has encouraged the revival for the past 15 years in Lacey Green, She is partial to the fine old Bucks designs which she considers equal to those worn a hundred years ago by our ancestors ... Her workers undertake from the finest Bucks at one guinea a year to narrow Torchon at 2½ d a yard without discarding Duchesse or Maltese. They use from the finest Honiton to the coarsest linen threads."''