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    Lord Forbes is the senior Lordship of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal...
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    Restoration and was later Lord Justice of Ireland. He had already succeeded his father as second Baronet of Castle Forbes and been created Baron Clanehugh...
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  • established in that city in 1767 by John Forbes of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a descendant of an ancient family of Lord Forbes of Pitsligo. Over the years, the...
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    2nd Lord Forbes. Alexander Forbes was raised to the Peerage by James I as Baron Forbes between October 1444 and July 1445. Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes...
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    descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (see the Lord Forbes). In 1746, the fourth Lord was attainted for his involvement...
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  • Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish nobleman. He was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes (died...
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  • John Forbes, 8th Lord Forbes (1542–1606) was a Scottish aristocrat. He was a son of William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes (1513-1593) and Elizabeth Keith, the...
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  • descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of the second Lord Forbes. The first Baronet's younger son, the second Baronet, served as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire...
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    great-grandson of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes. Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet (1774–1849) Sir Charles Forbes, 2nd Baronet (1832–1852)...
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  • James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (1765–1843), was a Scottish soldier and peer. He was the eldest son of James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes, by Catherine...
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  • his wife Lady Forbes, or Castle Forbes, the seat of the peerage Lord Forbes. Lady Forbes was launched at Leith in 1799. She became a West Indiaman, sailing...
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    John Forbes, 6th Lord Forbes (died 1547) was a Scottish landowner. He was the son of William Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes and Christian Gordon, daughter of...
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  • James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes (died 29 July 1804) was the son of James Forbes, 15th Lord Forbes. In 1760, he married Catherine Innes and they had six...
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  • William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes (1513-1593) was a Scottish landowner. William was the son of John, 6th Lord Forbes and Christian Lundie. His eldest son...
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    Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762) was a Scottish Jacobite nobleman and refugee, also known as a writer. He was the only son of...
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    Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill (1836–1905) John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill (1863–1934) William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill (1893–1965)...
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  • William Forbes, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (see the Lord Forbes)...
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    merchant William Forbes who built Craigievar Castle. He was also a descendant of Hon. Patrick Forbes, third son of the 2nd Lord Forbes, and the nephew...
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    Gammell Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes (29 May 1798 – 2 May 1868) was a Scottish peer. Walter Forbes was the son of James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes and...
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    John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn (19 September 1776 – 25 July 1854) was a British judge. Forbes was born in Edinburgh on 19 September 1776 the second son of...
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  • Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes (died 1491), was the eldest son of William, 3rd Lord Forbes, and succeeded his father in or before 1483. The gift of...
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  • Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes KBE JP DL (19 February 1918 – 5 March 2013), known as the Master of Forbes until 1953, was a Scottish soldier, businessman...
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    Architect of Aberdeen, John Smith. Today it is occupied by Malcolm Forbes, 23rd Lord Forbes and is open to residential guests. The estate offers fishing and...
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  • Horace Courtenay Gammell Forbes, 19th Lord Forbes (24 February 1829 – 24 June 1914), was a Scottish peer. Forbes was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1829...
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  • Arthur Forbes may refer to: Arthur Forbes, 5th Lord Forbes (died 1493), Lord Forbes Arthur Forbes, 9th Lord Forbes (1581–1641), Lord Forbes Arthur Forbes, 1st...
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  • the protection of Lord Forbes." Mayor Lynch and the town council utterly refused the terms, to the surprise and anger of Lord Forbes. They instead made...
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  • John Forbes (Iowa politician) (born 1956), Iowa State Representative John Hay Forbes, Lord Medwyn (1776–1854), Scottish judge John Murray Forbes (diplomat)...
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  • A. Forbes (born 1935), senior minister of New York's Riverside Church James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes (died 1804), Scottish nobleman James Forbes (artist)...
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  • general James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (1765–1843), British Army general Robert C. Forbes (1917–2002), U.S. Army major general James Forbes-Robertson (1884–1955)...
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  • as Forbes. Notable people with the surname Forbes include: Clan Forbes, descendants of Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448): see Lord Forbes...
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