Clan Forbes Society Blogs

The Keig Old Kirk is now a roofless ruin but once served a parish that included the tenants and staff of Castle Forbes. The old kirkyard...

The year 2022 marks the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, the cousin-in-law, twice removed, of Malcolm, Lord Forbes. This...

While 2021 may be remembered as a horrible year for many people, Forbeses experienced another "annus horribilissimus" 450 years earlier....

The Battle of Corrichie in 1562 was a decisive battle between Catholic Scottish Lords who rebelled against the rule of Mary, Queen of...

The Forbes clan is no stranger to the pains of war. From the far-flung battlefields of the Jacobite cause to clan rivalries with the...

Athol Stanhope Forbes was born on April 4, 1912, to William Dick Forbes and Isabella Margaret Barr (born Gibb.) While many sources...

Every month, the ScotlandShop chooses a Clan to celebrate – and October 2021 is dedicated to Clan Forbes! The ScotlandShop offers a wide...

The Clan Forbes’ Family History Project is now in full swing, headed up by Philip Stead, MSc student of Genealogical, Palaeographic and...

James Ochoncar Forbes was born on the 7th March, 1765, as the eldest son of James, 16th Lord Forbes, and Catherine the only child of Sir...

James was born in 1725 to James, 15th Lord Forbes, and his first wife Mary Forbes, the widow of John Forbes (c. 1694 - 1715), son of...

Rebellions cost money. No one was more aware of this than John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732), when he raised the banner for “King...

Skellater House sits at the base of Lonach Hill and overlooks the River Don four miles from Strathson, Aberdeenshire. Built in the eighteenth century, the modest mansion house has been renovated and updated with modern conveniences, or “modcons.” In 1604, George Forbes received a charter of the lands of Skellater from Alexander, Master of Elphinstone, with the consent of Alexander, Lord Elphinstone. Forbes was the second son of William Forbes, 2nd Laird of Barnes of the house