Arthur Mainwaring Forest. In 1641 the forest was the scene of disorder and poaching of the deer, and he recommended firm action around Egham, which was however thwarted by local sympathies. He had objected at the beginning of the reign of Charles I to the East India Company's gunpowder mills on the edge of Windsor Forest; later, in 1635, he was himself in the gunpowder business with Andrew Pitcairn. Arthur Mainwaring Sir Arthur Mainwaring (c. 1580 – 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1624 to 1626. Mainwaring was the eldest son of Sir George Mainwaring
Fallen Idol (Dad's Army) shaggy dog. Mainwaring flees only to be chased down the road by the dog as the episode ends Fallen Idol (Dad's Army) Fallen Idol is the thirteenth and final episode of the fourth series of the British comedy series "Dad's Army" that was originally transmitted on Friday 18 December 1970. Mainwaring has always epitomised the principle of military sobriety to his men, but, after Captain Square leads him astray one day in the Officer's Mess, he ends up inebriated. Only something genuinely heroic now can restore his damaged reputation in the eyes of his men. The platoon arrive at a