ath bury , ▁in ▁the ▁County ▁of ▁Buck ingham . ▁ ▁Ab ort ive ▁peer ages ▁The ▁following ▁Austral ians ▁were ▁nominated ▁for ▁peer ages , ▁but ▁the ▁peer age ▁was ▁never ▁actually ▁best owed . ▁▁ ▁Sir ▁John ▁For rest ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁an ▁her edit ary ▁peer , ▁but ▁died ▁before ▁the ▁peer age ▁was ▁formally ▁created . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁expl orer ▁and ▁states man , ▁who ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁Premier ▁of ▁Western ▁Australia ▁( 1 8 9 0 – 1 9 0 1 ). ▁After ▁Federation ▁he ▁entered ▁Federal ▁Parliament ▁( 1 9 0 1 – 1 9 1 8 ). ▁On ▁ 6 ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁he ▁was ▁informed ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁elev ated ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁peer age ▁as ▁Baron ▁For rest , ▁of ▁Bun bury ▁in ▁the ▁Commonwealth ▁of ▁Australia ▁and ▁of ▁For rest ▁in ▁F ife , ▁and ▁a ▁public ▁announ cement ▁was ▁made ▁of ▁the ▁honour . ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁at ▁sea ▁off ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁Sierra ▁Le one ▁while ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁England ▁for ▁medical ▁treatment . ▁ ▁Despite ▁the ▁announ cement , ▁no ▁Let ters ▁Pat ent ▁were ▁issued ▁before ▁his ▁death , ▁so ▁the ▁peer age ▁was ▁not ▁officially ▁created . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" L ord ▁For rest ", ▁however ▁this ▁is ▁an ▁in ac cur ate ▁title . ▁He ▁died ▁child less , ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁bar ony ▁would ▁have ▁become ▁ext inct ▁upon ▁his ▁death