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 392 FORBES. XVIII. 1843. 18, Walter (Forbes), Lord Forbes [S.], 2d but 1st surv. s. and h.,(-') b. at Grading afsd. 29 May 170S. He hi. firstly, 31 Jan. 1S25, Hoi-atia, 7th da. of Sir John Gregory Shaw, 5th Bart, of Eenward, Kent, by Theodocia Margaret, da. of John (Monson), 2d Baron MoNSON. She d. 24 Dec. 1SU2, at 1 St. Andrew's Place, Regent's Park, Midx., in her 61th year. He in. secondly 4 April 1861, at St. Nicholas, Brighton, Louisa, 2d da. of James Ormond, of Abingdon, Berks. Ho d. 1 May 1S0S, at Richmond, Surrey, in his 70th year. His widow living 1S90. XIX. 186S. 19. Horace Courtenay Gammell (Forises), Lord Forbes [S.], 3d but 1st surv. s. and h.,( b ) by the first wife ; b. 24 Feb. 1829, at Aberdeen ; cd. at Oriel Coll., Oxford ; B.A., 1819 ; Hep. Peer [S.J since 1S74. Family Estates— These, in 1SS3, consisted of 13.G21 acres, co. Aberdeen, worth £5,675 a year. Princiml Residence. Castle Forbes (formerly Putachie Castle), near Whitehouse, co. Aberdeen. FORBES OF PITSLIGO. Barony [S.] l. Sir Alexander Forbes, of Pitsligo,(°) oo. Abcr- I 1633 deen, only s. and h. of Sir John F. of the same, by Christian, 1st da. of Walter (OuiLvy), 1st Lord Ogilvv of Deskford [S.], sue. his father Sep. 1625, to whom lie was served heir 1 Oct. 1628, and was cr. 24 June 1633, LORD FORBES(<*) OF PITSLIGO [S.] with rem. to heirs male of his body or their heirs,( c ) whom failing to his heirs male whatsoever of the name of Forbes. He m. Jean, da. of William (Keitij), 6th Earl Mariscual [S.J by Margaret, da. of John (Erskine), Eakl of Mar [S.] Bod, 26 Oct. 1635. II. 1635. 2. Alexander (Forbes), Lord Forbes of Pitsligo [S.J, only s. and h., a minor, 31 July 163S, not attaining full ago till the time of the commonwealth, lie hi. Mary, 1st da. of James (Ehskixk), Earl ok Buchan [S.], by Mary, suo jure Countess of Blchan [S]. He was living 1660 and sat in the first Pari. [S.], after the Restoration. III. 1670? 3. Alexander (Forbes), Lord Forbes of Pitsligo [S.], only s. and h. He m. Sophia, 3d da. of John (Erskixk), Earl of Mar [S.], by Mary, da. of Walter (Scott), 1st Earl of Buccleuch [S]. He d. 1691. (») James Forbes, Master of Forbes, his elder br., was 6. 9 April 1796, in London ; was present at the battle of Waterloo in 1815, becoming finally Lieut. Col. in the Coldstream Guards. He d. v.p. and unm. in 1835. ( b ) Jonathan Barriugtcn Forbes, Mastkb of Forbes, his next elder br., was b. 4 Jan. 1828, and d. v.p. and unm. 21 Dec. 1816. ( c ) This estate was brought into the family about 1120 by the match of Sir William Forbes (2d s. of Sir John Forbes, of Forbes), with Agnes, da. of William Fraser, of Philorth, in light of which alliance the arms of Fraser are quartered with Forbes by this branch of the family. ( d ) " Altho' the title granted by the letters patent was that of Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, the Peers deriving under that grant generally sat in Pari, under the title of Lord Pitsligo." [Hewlett, p. 113.] See also the proceedings 1749-50, sub the 4th Lord. (°) " Vel eorum hceredibus." — "If the word vel can be read as equivalent to ct, the construction of the grant would be governed by the decision of the House of Lords in the Pohvarth case; but if it Cannot, the grant may possibly bo construed as [1] a grant to the heirs male of the grantee's body if such heirs should be in existence at the time of his decease and [2] if not, then as a grant to the heirs of line of such heira male with [3] a grant over to the heirs male collateral on failure of either class of heira. The latter construction would not give a right to the heirs of line of the son i£ the son survived Lord Forbes ; but if the word vel be construed as equivalent to, or as meaning, ct. then the hen- of line would be entitled." [Ifcwlclt, p. 113.]