Lady Mary Rigby Forbes of Newe
Lady Mary Rigby Forbes of Newe, MBE, has passed away peacefully at the Inchmarlo Care Home. She was the wife of Major Sir Hamish Stewart...
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Bart Forbes
- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Menie House History
Menie House sits on the site of a 15th century castle and has been converted into a luxury guesthouse. The Menie estate was purchased...
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Bart Forbes
- May 11
- 2 min
Keig Old Kirk Restoration Project Launched
The Clan Forbes Society has announced the launch of a restoration project for the Keig Old Kirk on the Castle Forbes estate in Alford,...
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Bart Forbes
- May 11
- 5 min
Forbes of Pitsligo Cadets
The family of Forbes of Pitsligo is one of the three major “cadet” branches of the House of Forbes that descended from Sir John de...
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Bart Forbes
- May 9
- 5 min
Rev. Robert Forbes, Bishop of Ross and Caithness, Author of The Lyon in Mourning
Rev. Robert Forbes attempted to join the Jacobite army in 1745 – but was arrested and imprisoned for the entire coup attempt by “Bonnie...
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Bart Forbes
- May 9
- 4 min
The Lyon in Mourning: Shedding New Light on the Jacobites
For the first time in history, all ten hand-written volumes of the Jacobite memoir Lyon in Mourning, by Rev. Robert Forbes, Bishop of...
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Bart Forbes
- Mar 23
- 2 min
Sir Andrew Iain Ochoncar Forbes of Corse
On March 8, 2023, Major (retd) Sir Andrew Iain Ochoncar Forbes, 13th Baronet (Bt.), peacefully passed away at home surrounded by family....
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Bart Forbes
- Mar 13
- 5 min
Kate Forbes May Become First Minister of Scotland
On February 15, 2023, Scottish First Minister Nicole Sturgeon announced that she would be stepping down after more than eight years in...
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Bart Forbes
- Feb 22
- 10 min
Gilbert Forbes and the Plot Against George Washington
Before the Forbes family of colonial New York was making its mark on the silver trade, brother Gilbert was making his mark in quite a...
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Bart Forbes
- Feb 19
- 5 min
Forbes of Craigievar
Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire is one of the most popular tourist attractions managed by the National Trust for Scotland. Not only is...
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Bart Forbes
- Jan 31
- 4 min
Duthchas of Forbes
Long before the building of the 13th century “Old Tower” of the original Castle Forbes (now called Druminnor Castle), our Gaelic and...
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Bart Forbes
- Jan 29
- 3 min
Walter, 18th Lord Forbes, and the Coldstream Guards
Walter Forbes was born in 1798 at Crailing House in Palmood as the second son to James Ochoncar, 17th Lord Forbes, and his wife...
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Bart Forbes
- Jan 9
- 5 min
Prince William: Descendant of a Forbes Jacobite
William, Prince of Wales, is a direct descendent of John Forbes of Boyndlie who diverted the Aberdeenshire “cess,”or propery taxes, to...
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Bart Forbes
- Dec 22, 2022
- 5 min
Forbes of Rires
Forbes of Rires family members were fiercely loyal to Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, in the 16th century but became avid...
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Bart Forbes
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
HistoryScotland Magazine Features Clan Forbes Family History
The January / February edition of HistoryScotland magazine has just hit the virtual stands with a two-page spread featuring the study of...
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Bart Forbes
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Battle of Solway Moss
The 1542 Battle of Solway Moss led to the 1543 Treaty of Greenwich which promised that King Henry VIII’s son, the future Edward VI, would...
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Bart Forbes
- Nov 19, 2022
- 7 min
Forbes of Inverernan
John “Black Jock” Forbes of Inverernan played an integral part in the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 and founded a cadet branch of the House...
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Bart Forbes
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Pittencrieff House
Pittencrieff House in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, was the birthplace of Brigadier General John Forbes, the forger of the Forbes Trail in...
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Bart Forbes
- Sep 16, 2022
- 1 min
Queen Elizabeth II
Few of us can remember a time when The Queen was not on the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Her very...
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Bart Forbes
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
Clan Forbes Tour 2022 Brilliantly Captured on Video by DHShields
Thanks to the generosity of member Dr. Mikal Barchenger, the Clan Forbes Tour 2022 participants were joined by gifted Content Creator...
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