en route to England for medical treatment. Despite the announcement, no Letters Patent were issued before his death, so the peerage was not officially created. He is sometimes referred to as "Lord Forrest", however this is an inaccurate title. He died childless, and so the barony would have become extinct upon his death even if he had survived to receive it. D. P. O'Connell was nominated for a life peerage in the 1979 UK Honours List but died before the peerage could be granted. In 1977, the Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser at least informally raised with the UK Prime Minister James Callaghan the prospect of the Governor-General Sir John Kerr being elevated to the peerage. This was done at the same time as recommending Kerr's appointment as a Privy Counsellor. Callaghan supported the latter recommendation, but felt unable to support the former. Australian baronets The following Australians were awarded or have inherited baronetcies: Baronetcy of Barnewall of Crickstown The baronetcy is extant. John Aylmer Barnewall emigrated to Australia in 1840. He died at Upper Thornton, Victoria in 1890. In 1909, his son John Robert Barnewall succeeded to the baronetcy as 11th baronet. The 13th baronet, Sir Reginald Robert Barnewall, was born in 1924 and educated at Xavier College, Melbourne. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1961 and lived in Mount Tamborine, Queensland until his death in 2018. His son Sir Peter Barnewall (born 1963) is the 14th and current baronet. Baronetcy of Boileau Boileau baronets have resided in Australia since 1942, when Francis Boileau became the 5th baronet. The current holder is the 9th baronet. Baronetcy of Clarke of Rupertswood Sir William John Clarke, 1st Bt. (1882, Colony of Victoria) The baronetcy is extant. The 4th and current Baronet, Sir Rupert Grant Alexander Clarke (born 1947), lives in Victoria. Baronetcy of Cooper of Woollahra Sir Daniel Cooper, 1st Bt. (1863, Colony of New South Wales) The baronetcy is extant. Currently held by Sir William Cooper, 6th Bt. Baronetcy of Henry of Parkwood Sir Charles Solomon Henry, 1st Bt. (1860–1919), was an Australian merchant and businessman who lived mostly in Britain and sat as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons from 1906 until his death. He had no heirs. The baronetcy is extinct. Baronetcy of Lauder of Fountainhall, Haddingtonshire Sir Piers Robert Dick Lauder, 13th Baronet, born 3 October 1947 at Nicosia, Cyprus, where his father