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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 heiress of Inverugie. He was first Master of Forbes, and became Lord Forbes on the death of his father.
Grandson of John Forbes, John Murray Forbes (1813–1898), born in France, John Murray Forbes was the first of the family to enter the China trade and later invested in railroads and amassed a large fortune. Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839–1908), poppy botanist, wrote a book on Chinese plants, opium trader in the China trade.
Brigadier-General John Forbes (5 September 1707 – 11 March 1759) was a British Army officer. During the French and Indian War , he commanded the 1758 Forbes Expedition which occupied the French outpost of Fort Duquesne .
John Forbes and Company, the British firm of John Forbes (1767–1823) and his brother Thomas (†1808), a trading company active in the southeastern United States and India, from 1804 to 1847; John Murray Forbes (1813–1898), American banker and railroad president; John Malcolm Forbes (1847–1904), American businessman, yachtsman and horseman
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 Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly . He became Lord Forbes after the death of his brother Arthur in 1493.
The British Defeat of the French in Pennsylvania, 1758: A Military History of the Forbes Campaign Against Fort Duquesne. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4739-8. OCLC 475664242. Fowler, William M (2005). Empires at war: The French and Indian War and the Struggle for North America 1754-1763. New York: Walker & Company. ISBN 0-8027-1411-0.
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People from Morpeth, Northumberland, by occupation (1 C) Pages in category "People from Morpeth, Northumberland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.