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SURNAME MEANING
A Scottish habitational surname denoting someone who was from Forbes in Tullynessle, co. Aberdeenshire, so named from the Gaelic word forba, meaning “field district” or “at the land”.
In Ireland, the Forbes name can be an anglicization of the Gaelic Firbhisigh, a personal name composed of the elements “man” and “prosperity.”
EARLY BEARERS
Duncan de Forbes - Aberdeenshire - c. 1272
John Forbes - England - c. 1306
NOBLE TITLES HELD
Lord Forbes was a title created c. 1440 for Alexander de Forbes (c. 1380-1448), the feudal baron of Forbes who fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, son of Sir John de Forbes (d. 1405), deputy sheriff of Aberdeen
Duncan Forbes of Culloden (1685-1747) was a Scottish lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. As Lord President and senior Scottish legal officer, he played a major role in helping the government suppress the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Lord Forbes of Pitsligo was a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1633 for Sir Alexander Forbes, a descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes.
The Forbes Baronetcy of Pitsligo and Monymusk in the County of Aberdeen was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1626 for Sir William Forbes.
The Forbes Baronetcy of Castle Forbes in the County of Longford, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1628 for Sir Arthur Forbes, who took part in the Scottish Plantation of Ireland, and died in a duel in Hamburg, Germany
The Forbes Baronetcy of Craigievar in the County of Aberdeen was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1630 for Sir William Forbes (d. 1448)
Arthur Forbes, 2nd Baronet, Marshal of Ireland and commander of the Royal Irish Army, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Clanehugh and Viscount Granard in 1675 and was further elevated to Earl of Grandard in 1675
The Forbes Baronetcy of Foveran was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia in 1700 for Sir Samuel Forbes a Member of Parliament for Aberdeen. The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet, Sir John Forbes, c. 1760.
The Forbes Baronetcy of Newe in the County of Aberdeen was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1823 for Sir Charles Forbes, a Scottish politician and merchant in Bombay, India
LANDED GENTRY
Forbes of Culloden House, Stratton Lodge, and Ryefhield House, co. Inverness, Scotland
Forbes of Kingareloch, co. Argyll, Scotland
Forbes-Gordon of Rayne, co. Abderdeen, Scotland
Forbes-Leith of Whitehaugh, co. Aberdeen, Scotland
Forbes of Balgownie, co. Aberdeen, Scotland
Forbes of Callendar, co. Stirling, Scotland
NOTABLES
Patrick Forbes (1564-1635) was a late 16th-century and early 17th-century Scottish churchman rising to the post of Protestant Bishop of Aberdeen.
William Forbes (1585-1634) was a Scottish churchman, the first Bishop of Edinburgh.
John Forbes (1707-1759) was a Scottish professional soldier who served in the British Army from 1729 until his death in 1759.
George Forbes (1869-1947), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935
William Cameron Forbes (1870-1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932.
EARLY SETTLERS
Johannes Forbes - New York - 1651
Alexander Forbes - Maryland - 1666
William Forbes - Virginia - 1702
Janet Forbes - Philadelphia - 1775
Donald Forbes - Philadelphia - 1775
Alexander Forbes - Nova Scotia - 1749
John Forbes - Nova Scotia - 1750
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