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 FOR Scotia; Premier Baron of Scotland ; 8.24 Feb. 1829; fession of arms, served, wilh considerable renown, nnder a. his father as l9th Baron Forbes, 2 May, 1868. Tire surname ef Fenees was assumed frem the lands ef the purpose of suppressisig tlse robeilioss lirere. Ills lerrlshnp Ferbee, ro. Aberdeen, granted by ALEXANI5ER 11., abeut the 555. 1st, Anne, dan. of Sir John b’orbrs, of Fttsligo, by whom he middle ef the 13th century, to the pregcniter ef this noble 1usd an only son, WILtJA5I, los sns’ccsser. lie iii. lrrdly, family. JeHN DC FeaBEe, the first epen record, ass a man of rank whons he had several children. lIe was a. by Iris son, sod impertaace in the reign el King WILsnAsr Tile L,na. Ito Wss.LIAM, 11 lb baron who was a. in loll by his eldest son, was father of FERous ire FoRBEs, from wisom all the Scottish families of His lerelsisip Os. 1st, Margaret, dart of Alexander, Earl of Krlly, the name have descended. The oldest son and enreesser of and 2ndly, Annr, don. of Jaoses birodie, Esq. of L’rodir; and this Forgne, ALExANDER DE Fosees, a man of great personal valour, lest dying in 1718, wrs a. by his elder son, his life in defence of the castle of Urqohart, in 3turray, against WILLIAM, 13th baron;- who iii. in 1720, Dorothy, dan. of Enwaan I. The fortress was taken by stonn, after a gallant William Dale, Esq. of Covent Garden, Westnsinster. This lady resistance, and the whole garrison put to the sword, none lost is. fortune of £28,880 by the South Sea bubble. Ibis lordship escaping but the ‘otto of tIre governor, who fled into Ireland, ii. in 1730, and ass a, by his only san,* and there gave birth soon afterwards to a eon, ALEXANnER Foaeas, who returned to Scotland, and attaching without issnc, in 1734, tIre dignity reverted to his uncle, himself to the tortunes of King ROBERT fisuce, olstatned grants Jasies, 11th baron. Ills lordship us. 3tary, relict of John of land equivalent to those of which his fatlser had hems Forlses, Esq. of llonymosk, soil sister of Alrxansler Forbes, despoiled. Ito foil at the battle of Poplin, in 1332, and was Lord I’itslige ; ansi dyissg in lift, left, (stills tlsree stasis., 5. by his son, Sm JOHN FORBEs, Knt., who lived and was euetnesstly distinguished Gordon, Esq.; Anne, -as. Thomas Ershinr, Esq.), an only son, in the reigns of lOOSEsT II. and Ill. lte us Elizabeth, JAasns, If Its baron; who us. in 1700, Catharine, only dun. of dan. of ltennedy, of Denssre Ian ancestor of the noble Sir Itelsert Inues, Dart, of Grton, and Irad issue, house of Cassius), by wlsom he had four sons, viz., ALEXANDER (Sir), his sucressor, assd 1st Lord. William (Sir), ancestor of the Lords Pitsligo. John (Sin, ancestor of the Forbes’s of t’seffs’loss, Wa;es’tessss, llarjory. so. 1st, to Jelsn lt’Kenaie, Lord 3larleod ; and 2ndty, nan Fooerosa. (See Iluaxe’s La-,site,i Gusto;). Alexander, the younger, arrestor of the FoEeos’s gfflrssz, Re. llary-Elizabeth, sir to Sir John itay, Dart.; a,sd it. 2 Nov. Sir John it. in 1403, and was s.by his eldest son, 555 ALLEANnER isa Foesor. This gentleman, who was stistingnlshed Ills lordship a-as appointed drpuby-gevrrnor of Fort Wilhians aa a patriot, went to France to oqsosc the Englists in 1784; and it-. there, 23 July, 1804, a’henthe honours devolved under HENRY V., and carried with him in his train one on isis eldest son, hundred horse and forty lances. He was elevated to the J&aas-Ocnoxraa, 17th baron; 5. 7 STarch, 1785; knight of peerage of Sootland by Janses tt., prior to 113f, by the title of tire royal Sicilian order of Sr. Jans,arius; a general eflicer in Hams FORBEs. His lerdslsip sa. Lady Elizabeth Douglas, dan. the arrssy, anit colonel of the 21st fsssilters; a-ho is. in 1702, of George, Earl of Argus, and grauddan. of RODENT 111.; and Elizabeth, eldest dan. of W’altrr lloutnrr, Esq of tolsnood, co. dying in 1148, was a. by his otdost son, Jatsrs, 2nd baron. This noblesnan us. Lady Egidia Keith, James, h. 0 April, 1708; lient -col. ins the Coldstream-gnards; dan. of William, the 1st Earl Otarisrhal, isy 3tary his wife, of the royal blood of Scotland, dais. ef James, 1st Lord ltamilton, Frederick, b. in 1503; Cm 1828. William, it. young in 1105. by a-hem he had one dan. and three sons, William, his successor, Duncan,5 of Cersindic, assrester of the Fossnes’s, of .Pibligo, and other fasotiles of the name. Fatrieh,5 of Gorse, arnsoor-hesrcr to JaMEs iii., whaso grand son, Sir Arthur Forbes, irae progenitor of Ihe FORBEs’s, Earls of Granard, in lrcland. His lordship sras s. at his decease (aboot 14ff) by his eldest eon, - WILt,nAM, 3rd baron; who sit. Christian, dan. of Alexander, 1st Earl of linutley, ansi was e. by his eldest son. ALEXANDEE, 4th baron; at whose decease, without issue, the digohy devolved upon his brother, ARTHuR, 5th baron; who dying also issurtess, was s. by his Caruilne-Ehzabetb, us. in 1810. to George Fairhelnse, Esq. of brother, JOHN, 8th baron. This nobleman or. 1st, Catherine, dan. of Charlotle-Ehzaboth, es, in Sept. 1823, to Sir John Forbes, fit. John, Earl of Atholl, uterine brother of Jassxs II. of Scotland, Many-Stuart, s’s. 28 Aug. 1833, to Chmrles-tienjansln Lee-Mainsuarinu, by whom he had one surviving dsu., Elizabeth, or. to John Grant, of Grant. His lordship -as. lndly, Christian, dan. of Sir lsabrlla-Drnsnmer,d, as.28 Aug. 1039, be the Harm Errsest sb John Enndin, of Lsrudir, by a-hem he had (with faur daus.), John, Olaster of Forbes, who was convicted of high-treason, and executed at Edinburgh, 17 July, 1537, sieging his innecenre as to the treason charged, but achisowledgitsg hits lordship, one of the representative lords, was eoestitutoit, that hr ought to die for the murder of the Laird of in 1828, his Majesty’s high-csesssnsisstoner to the General lteldrum. WsLLsa.ar, 7th baron. Lord Forbes or. lrdly, Elizabeth, relict of Alexander, 1st Lord was s. by his cldast snrviviug son, Etphinstene, Rod had a son, Arthur, of Putachie, and a dan. WALTER, 18th baron, who was 8. 25 Slay, 1708; and us;. Janet, or. let, to John, Earl of Athell; 2ndly, to Alexander tel, 31 Jan. 1825, Itonatia, 7th dan. of Sir Jrbn-Onegery Shaw, Hay, of Dalgety and lrdly, to Wttlism Lesly, of Batquhain. Hart. of the co. Eenb, and by her (s-ho it. 24 15cc. 1812) had lie it. tO 1547, and was a. by his son, W5LL5AM, 7th baron. ltts lordship or. Elizabeth, dan. and t. Jonathan-Barrington, 8, 4 Jan. 1828; it. 24 Per. 1848. ce-heir of Sir William Keith, of lunerugia, and was a. by his ii. Heuaoe-CounTrseav, present peer. eldest son, JOHN, 8th baron; who mr. (for his 2nd wife) Jane, dan. ot 3rd dau. of Lieut. -GeL the tdou. George Speurer, brother James Seton, of Touch, and was s. by his son, Aas’rHus, 9th baron; who or. Jean, 2nd dan. of Alexander, iv. James-Hsmter, 5. 10 Feb. 1833. 4th Lord Elphlnstone, and was s. by his enly surviving son, ALex s.NDER, 111th baron. This nobleman, adeptiug the pro- Duudaa; and Elizabeth, uss. to John Gregory, LID. FOR Gusvavus AuoLrslus of Sweden, aga rst tire imperialists, and attained tise rank of liout.—grneral. Upon iris retreru lo Scotland, hr was one of the renrnrandcrs scot to Ireland in 1043, for Elizabeth, dan. of Robert Forbes, of Hires, in Fifeshire, by Wss.LsAal, lltb baron. This nobirarran was of the privyzeunril ol King Wrs,Lsass, and lieut.-col. of the horse-guards. FeaNcss, 14th baron at whose decease, during minority, and So1hia, -so. to Charles Cssnsming, Esq.; Mary, sss. to James JAssas-OrHoNcAR, 1711r barerr. Itobert—Atlaster-Gam, capt. RN.; st issuer, in 1703. Andrea’, i. ossssr. in 1808. Wifilarn, a lieut. RN.; it. sinus, in 1752. be Joho, 4th Duke of Atholl. She it. 4 Gut, 1842. 1003. Peeblcs,t and by her (who it. 1 Oct. 1870) had issue, ii. before his father in 1033. WALTEa, LOb baron. John, lient. 75th rrgt.; 5. in 1918; it. 5 Nov. t533. Isirherl, E.l.Co.’s civil service, Dessg;il, 8. 1 Juno, lOtS; sir. 28 liar-oh, 1-828, Frances-Derolhy, 2nd dau. of Tiroseas-Law Hedges, Esq., of Jlrmsted, 31.1’., and has issue, I Ilabent— Oehoncar-ltawkins, F. 1120; 2 Frederirk-Mnrray-llays, b. 1830, srI Jass. 1858, hionoria, dau. of Rev. Willia,n-Enex Starsbafi, H.P., prebendary of blerofurd ; 3 llaury—Twisdcn, 8. 1831, 4 Walter-Ernest. 8. 1540; ,s. 12 Sept. loti, LeroisaCharlotte, nlstrst sian. of late Jasssos Cals1uhosru, Esq. ; 3 Jssl;n— Charles — 3tarriott, b. 1842; 0 Edward- 3lillel, lie;st. Heugal arsrsy, 5. 18-13; 7 Arlhar-SI, Quintin, 8. 1848; 0 WihtausLaw-bledges, 8. 18-ti; 1 Fanny-Carerline, so. 18 Nov. 1854, to Alexander- Ebiott Russell, Esq., fiengal civil service; 2 Helcu-Isabsella, sir. 10 Nov. 1034, Grorge-Lusris ?d,sntin, Esq. Gneenknou’, cc. Ilerrvick, abe it. 1848; she it. 14 April, 1803; they left issue. Esq. of The Abbey, Knaresboreugh. Elizabeth-Jane t’odiloilz. Their eldest dan. Warrda, Ilantruec do Frcllnitz, was a. 24 Feb. 1884, to John Shelsa Douglas, Esq., oldmb son of John Douglas, Esq., of Tilqnhillte, ltincardineshine. Assensbly of the Church of Scotland. ste. ed 4 3tay, 1843, aesd issoe, us. Chanlos-Mnrnay-Hay, late an officer bath foot, 8. 12 March, 1830; iso. 17 July, 1880, Careline-Ls,nisa-Eliaabotb, of Lord Churchill. The 13th lend left two daus., Joun ss. be Ja,urs Dundas, of fly Lady Caroline Mackenzie, his site, 4tb dau. of George, Earl of Crosuarly. * The seniority of Duncan and Patrick is a matter bf dorsbt. 455