Clan Forbes Society Blogs

Monymusk House in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was built from the stones of a medieval Christian priory, was acquired by Duncan Forbes of...

The Darien Scheme was an ill-fated attempt by Scotland to secure a colony in Central America in the late 17th century. Like many Scots at...

No trip to the National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh is complete without admiring the cast bronze cannon that once defended the Tolquhon...

Thanks to a Forbes, the Church of Saint Giles in Edinburgh was elevated to the status of St. Giles Cathedral. King Charles I was so...

The 1567 abdication of Catholic Queen Mary and the succession of her son Protestant James VI did little to quell the religious and...

Cindy Johnson likes to throw her weight around. And she’s very good at it! “CJ,” as she preferred to be called, started training and...

The Clan Forbes Society has just received a donation of $1,100 that matches the volunteer hours of Clan Convener Ann Forbes of Florida....

Clan Forbes had a complicated relationship with Mary, Queen of Scots. William, 7th Lord Forbes, was Protestant and initially supported...

The battle for Terpersie Castle was not a bloody skirmish between Forbeses and Gordons, as was frequent in the 16th century. Instead, the...

Philip Stead received clearance from the ethics committee of the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow to pursue his PhD study titled,...

Stanhope Alexander Forbes (1857-1947) was an influential artist of the Victorian Age. He is known for his paintings, and as the...

Against the backdrop of the struggle between supporters of the deposed Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, and of her young son, James VI, the...