Sir George William David Stark Forrest (1845–1926) was a British educator, journalist and historian, in India from 1872 to 1900.[1]
He was the second son of George Forrest VC, born at Nasirabad, Ajmer. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1866, graduating B.A. in 1870.[2][3] He entered the Inner Temple in 1872, but was not called to the bar. He began to write for periodicals including the Saturday Review. As a journalist, he was known for work published in The Times, particularly a scoop in 1880 with the Battle of Maiwand.[3]
Forrest was appointed to Bombay Educational Department, late in 1872. He was Census Commissioner at Bombay in 1882. He was seconded to work on the Bombay Records, 1884-8, becoming Professor of English History, Elphinstone College, in 1887. He was Director, Bombay Records, in 1888, Assistant Secretary, Government of India, and Director, Government of India Records, 1894–1900.[2]
In bad health, Forrest returned to the United Kingdom in 1900.[1] He went in 1904 to Iffley Turn House just outside Oxford, was knighted in 1913, and died there on 28 January 1926.[3]
Forrest published books:[2]
Other works were:
In 1877 Forrest married Emma Georgina Viner, daughter of Thomas Viner of Crawley, Sussex. They had a son and a daughter.[1]
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