. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. RT. HON. LORD FORRES, (ist Baron, cr. 1922) Partner in the firm of Balfour, Williamson anrl Co., the wel!-knouu City House ; Director. Central Argentine Railway,Santo Rosa Milling Co., ; Lobitos Oil Iields ; Anglo-Ecuadorian Oil Fields, Ltd., etc., etc. Lord Forres waseducated at Craigmount School and Edinburgh of Parliament for Moray and Nairn, 1906-1922 ;Privy Councillor, 1918. He was Financial and ParliamentarySecretary to the War Office 1919-21, and has served asChairman of various Parlia
. Notable Londoners, an illustrated who's who of professional and business men. RT. HON. LORD FORRES, (ist Baron, cr. 1922) Partner in the firm of Balfour, Williamson anrl Co., the wel!-knouu City House ; Director. Central Argentine Railway,Santo Rosa Milling Co., ; Lobitos Oil Iields ; Anglo-Ecuadorian Oil Fields, Ltd., etc., etc. Lord Forres waseducated at Craigmount School and Edinburgh of Parliament for Moray and Nairn, 1906-1922 ;Privy Councillor, 1918. He was Financial and ParliamentarySecretary to the War Office 1919-21, and has served asChairman of various Parliamentary Committees. He is of Liverpool, and deeply interested in the welfare ofhospital nurses ; is on the Council of the Royal NationalPension Fund for Nurses, and Queen \*ictorias JubileeInstitute for Nurses, etc., etc. Recreations : shooting andmotoring. Clubs: Brookss, Reform, Bath. Royal Auto-mobile and the City of London. {Photo: Russell). ALBERT WALTER GAMAGE To the youth of this generation who are hoping for futuresuccess, the career of Mr. .?\. W. Gamage should be many other of Londons great merchants, he enteredtrade at a very early age, and coming from his heme inthe provinces sought his fortune in the metropolis. Heobtained employment first with one well-known firm ofdrapers, and then with another, subsequently opening a smallshop in Holborn and beginning business on his own accounton a capital of £45. His enterprise prospered almostamazingly under the genius of his control and Carnages now is a household word the world over, especially as theheadquarters of sporting and pastimes outfits. >ranyathletic clubs claim Mr. Gamage as President, and thetrophies of which he is donor are eagerly competed lor.(Photo: Elliott & Fry)
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