William Arnold-Forster
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W Arnold-Forster ca 1911 | |
| Born | William Edward Arnold-Forster 8 May 1886 South Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 1951 (aged 65) |
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| Alma mater | Slade School (1905–1908) |
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Ruth Leigh Mallory (née Turner)
(m. 1939; died 1942) |
| Children | Mark Arnold-Forster |
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William Edward Arnold-Forster (1886–1951) was an English author, artist, educator, gardener, Labour Party politician and retired naval officer. He was married to Katherine Laird Cox, a former member of the Bloomsbury group, and associated with Rupert Brooke and the Neo-pagans at Cambridge University. The Arnold-Forsters were instrumental in founding Gordonstoun School in 1934, and Will was the first chairman of the board of governors.