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2 unusual facts about Forestry Commission


Beresford-Peirse baronets

His grandson, the fifth Baronet, was Director-General of the Forestry Commission between 1962 and 1968.

Tongwynlais

The village is surrounded by a large forest called Forest Fawr which is run by the Forestry Commission.


David Clark, Baron Clark of Windermere

He was Chair of the Forestry Commission from 2004 to 2009; a non-executive director of the Homeowners Friendly Society, the Thales Group, and the UK Friendly Insurance Services.

RAF North Witham

The site was originally partially wooded and some of this remained to the northeast of the runways throughout the military period but after closure, the Forestry Commission planted most of the airfield with oak (Quercus robur) and conifers.

RAF Stoney Cross

Today the remains of the airfield sit on New Forest Crown land managed by the Forestry Commission.

Westonbirt Arboretum

After the death of George in 1926, ownership of the arboretum passed to his nephew the fourth Earl of Morley, and eventually to the Forestry Commission in 1956.


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Aston Martin Owners Club

The inspiration of the Club's chairman, Ian MacGregor, this memorial was designed by Member John Evans and constructed on Forestry Commission land with support from the Club and AML Ltd.

Freeminer

The post is being advertised and currently filled by the Forestry Commission Area Land Agent - Richard Davies FRICS, assisted by James Brittan, whose offices are at Bank House, in Coleford.

John Henry Warcup

He worked as a member of the Botany Department in the UK Forestry Commission until 1951, when he accepted a position as a senior microbiologist in the Department of Plant Pathology at the then Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide where he worked until his retirement in 1986.

RAF Beaulieu

With the facility released from military control, it once again became part of the New Forest Crown lands managed by the Forestry Commission.