Forbes Baronets
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There have been five Baronetcies created for people with the surname Forbes, four in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The first holder of the Burn Baronetcy of Jessfield, created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1923, assumed the surname of Forbes-Leith of Fyvie in 1925.
). The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname and arms of Hepburn. He was the heir general of the last Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
(his ancestor, the fourth Baronet, having married Hon. Mary, daughter of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo). His only child, Harriet Williamina, married Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton. On the Baronet’s death in 1828 the Forbes of Pitsligo estates passed to his daughter and son-in-law (see the Baron Clinton
). The seventh Baronet married Williamina Wishart, only child and heiress of Sir John Belshes Wishart (later Stuart), 4th Baronet
. The tenth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Stuart.
. He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Patrick Forbes, third son of the aforementioned James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes. His son, the second Baronet, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland
as Earl of Granard
in 1684.
The Forbes Baronetcy, of Craigievar in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 20 April 1630 for William Forbes. He was also a descendant of Hon. Patrick Forbes, third son of the second Lord Forbes, and the nephew of the first Baronet of the 1628 creation. The fourth Baronet represented Aberdeenshire
in the House of Commons
. The fifth Baronet married the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill. Their grandson, the eighth Baronet, succeeded as seventeenth Lord Sempill in 1884 (see the Lord Sempill
for earlier history of this title). The titles remained united until the death of his grandson, the nineteenth Lord and tenth Baronet, in 1965.
Here great controversy arose. As he only had female issue, the baronetcy and the barony had to be separated. He was succeeded in the lordship by his daughter (see Lord Sempill
for later history of this title) while the baronetcy had to pass to his male successor. His youngest sister, Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill had changed his legal gender by petitioning the Sheriff of Aberdeen in 1952, becoming Ewan Forbes-Sempill; as a result, after a two-year legal dispute, the title passed to the younger sibling of the tenth baronet. On the death of Sir Ewan in 1991, the title was then inherited by the cousin who had challenged the legality of the succession, and he became Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes-Sempill, Bt.
The Forbes Baronetcy, of Newe in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 November 1823 for Charles Forbes, a merchant in Bombay, India
. In 1833 he became the heir male of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (a title which had been attainted in 1745), and was allowed by the Lord Lyon to use the Pitsligo arms and supporters. Forbes was a descendant of William Forbes, younger brother of Sir Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo (from whom the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo descended) and great-grandson of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes.
politician Charles Rosdew Burn. He had previously represented Torquay
in the House of Commons. Burn was the youngest son of General Robert Burn and the husband of Hon. Ethel, only daughter and heiress of Alexander John Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie. By edict of the Lord Lyon in 1925 Burn assumed the surname and arms of Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, for himself, his wife and son, according to the terms of his father-in-law’s will. Lord Leith of Fyvie was the eldest son of Rear-Admiral John James Leith by his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Alexander Forbes, a descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of the second Lord Forbes. The first Baronet's younger son, the second Baronet, served as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
from 1959 to 1973.
Forbes, later Stuart-Forbes, of Monymusk (1626)
The Forbes Baronetcy, of Pitsligo and Monymusk in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 March 1626 for William Forbes, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (see the Lord ForbesLord Forbes
Lord Forbes is the senior Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal baron of Forbes. The precise date of the creation is not known, but in a Precept dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes. Brown's 1834...
). The eighth Baronet assumed the additional surname and arms of Hepburn. He was the heir general of the last Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
Lord Forbes of Pitsligo
Lord Forbes of Pitsligo was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 24 June 1633 for Alexander Forbes. He was a descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes...
(his ancestor, the fourth Baronet, having married Hon. Mary, daughter of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo). His only child, Harriet Williamina, married Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton. On the Baronet’s death in 1828 the Forbes of Pitsligo estates passed to his daughter and son-in-law (see the Baron Clinton
Baron Clinton
Baron Clinton is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1298 for John de Clinton. The peerage was created by writ, which means that it can descend through both male and female lines. The first Baron's great-great-great-grandson, the fifth Baron, fought on the Yorkist side in the Wars...
). The seventh Baronet married Williamina Wishart, only child and heiress of Sir John Belshes Wishart (later Stuart), 4th Baronet
Sir John Stuart, 4th Baronet
Sir John Stuart, 4th Baronet . His surname was Wishart-Belches until Oct 1797. He was MP for Kincardineshire between 1797–1806 and 1802-06 as Sir John Stuart....
. The tenth Baronet assumed the additional surname of Stuart.
Baronets
- Sir William Forbes, 1st Baronet (d. c. 1650)
- Sir William Forbes, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1680)
- Sir John Forbes, 3rd Baronet (d. c. 1700)
- Sir William Forbes, 4th Baronet (d. c. 1720)
- Sir William Forbes, 5th Baronet (d. 1743)
- Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739-1806)
- Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet (1773-1828)
- Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Baronet (1804-1866)
- Sir William Forbes, 9th Baronet (1835-1906)
- Sir Charles Hay Hepburn Stuart-Forbes, 10th Baronet (1871-1927)
- Sir Hugh Stuart-Forbes, 11th Baronet (1896-1937)
- Sir Charles Edward Stuart-Forbes, 12th Baronet (1903-1985)
- Sir William Daniel Stuart-Forbes, 13th Baronet (1935)
Forbes, of Castle Forbes (1628)
The Forbes Baronetcy, of Castle Forbes in the County of Longford, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 29 September 1628 for Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st BaronetSir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baronet
Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baronet of Castle Forbes, County Longford, Ireland took part in the Scottish Plantation of Ireland, and died in a duel at Hamburg, Germany. His son was created Earl of Granard.-Family:...
. He was the great-great-grandson of the Hon. Patrick Forbes, third son of the aforementioned James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes. His son, the second Baronet, was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland
Peerage of Ireland
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...
as Earl of Granard
Earl of Granard
Earl of Granard is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1684 for Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard. He was a Lieutenant-General in the army and served as Marshal of the Army in Ireland after The Restoration and was later Lord Justice of Ireland...
in 1684.
Forbes, of Craigievar (1630)
Aberdeenshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Aberdeenshire was a Scottish county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1868...
in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
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. The fifth Baronet married the Hon. Sarah Sempill, eldest daughter of Hugh Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill. Their grandson, the eighth Baronet, succeeded as seventeenth Lord Sempill in 1884 (see the Lord Sempill
Lord Sempill
Lord Sempill is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill"...
for earlier history of this title). The titles remained united until the death of his grandson, the nineteenth Lord and tenth Baronet, in 1965.
Here great controversy arose. As he only had female issue, the baronetcy and the barony had to be separated. He was succeeded in the lordship by his daughter (see Lord Sempill
Lord Sempill
Lord Sempill is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in circa 1489 for Sir John Sempill, founder of the collegiate Church of Lochwinnoch. Sempill was killed at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. His grandson, the third Lord, was known as "The Great Lord Sempill"...
for later history of this title) while the baronetcy had to pass to his male successor. His youngest sister, Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill had changed his legal gender by petitioning the Sheriff of Aberdeen in 1952, becoming Ewan Forbes-Sempill; as a result, after a two-year legal dispute, the title passed to the younger sibling of the tenth baronet. On the death of Sir Ewan in 1991, the title was then inherited by the cousin who had challenged the legality of the succession, and he became Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes-Sempill, Bt.
Baronets
- Sir William Forbes, 1st Baronet (d. 1648)
- John Forbes, 2nd Baronet (1636-1703)
- William Forbes, 3rd Baronet (1660-c. 1730)
- Sir Arthur Forbes, 4th Baronet (1709-1773)
- Sir William Forbes, 5th Baronet (1755-1816)
- Sir Arthur Forbes, 6th Baronet (1784-1823)
- Sir John Forbes, 7th Baronet (1785-1846)
- William Forbes, 17th Lord Sempill, 8th Baronet (1836-1905) (succeeded as 17th Lord Sempill in 1884)
- John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill, 9th BaronetJohn Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord SempillJohn Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill was a Scottish peer, the 18th Lord Sempill and 9th Baronet of Craigievar....
(1863-1934) - William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill, 10th BaronetWilliam Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord SempillWilliam Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill was a British engineer. Before succeeding his father to the titles of Lord Sempill and Baronet of Craigevar in 1934, he was known by the title Master of Sempill....
(1893-1965) - Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th BaronetSir Ewan Forbes, 11th BaronetSir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar was the 11th Baronet of Craigievar from 1968 to his death, as well as a general practitioner and farmer. At birth, he was christened "Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill", and officially registered as the youngest daughter of Lord Sempill...
(1912-1991) - Sir John Alexander Cumnock Forbes, 12th Baronet (1927-2000)
- Sir Andrew Iain Forbes, 13th Baronet (b. 1945)
Forbes, of Foveran (1700)
The Forbes Baronetcy, of Foveran, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 10 April 1700 for Samuel Forbes. The title became dormant on the death of the third Baronet in circa 1760.Baronets
- Sir Samuel Forbes, 1st Baronet (c. 1663-1717)
- Sir Alexander Forbes, 2nd Baronet (d. c. 1750)
- Sir John Forbes, 3rd Baronet (d. c. 1760)
Forbes, of Newe (1823)
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. In 1833 he became the heir male of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (a title which had been attainted in 1745), and was allowed by the Lord Lyon to use the Pitsligo arms and supporters. Forbes was a descendant of William Forbes, younger brother of Sir Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo (from whom the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo descended) and great-grandson of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes.
Baronets
- Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet (1773-1849)
- Sir Charles Forbes, 2nd Baronet (1832-1852)
- Sir Charles Forbes, 3rd Baronet (1803-1877)
- Sir Charles John Forbes, 4th Baronet (1843-1884)
- Sir Charles Stewart Forbes, 5th Baronet (1867-1927)
- Sir John Stewart Forbes, 6th Baronet (1901-1984)
- Sir Hamish Stewart Forbes, 7th Baronet (1916-2007)
- Sir James Thomas Stewart Forbes, 8th Baronet (1957 - )
Burn, later Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, of Jessfield (1923)
The Forbes-Leith of Fyvie Baronetcy, of Jessfield in the County of Midlothian, originally the Burn Baronetcy, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 7 March 1923 for the soldier and ConservativeConservative Party (UK)
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politician Charles Rosdew Burn. He had previously represented Torquay
Torquay (UK Parliament constituency)
Torquay was a county constituency in Devon, South West England, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
in the House of Commons. Burn was the youngest son of General Robert Burn and the husband of Hon. Ethel, only daughter and heiress of Alexander John Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie. By edict of the Lord Lyon in 1925 Burn assumed the surname and arms of Forbes-Leith of Fyvie, for himself, his wife and son, according to the terms of his father-in-law’s will. Lord Leith of Fyvie was the eldest son of Rear-Admiral John James Leith by his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Alexander Forbes, a descendant of Duncan Forbes, second son of the second Lord Forbes. The first Baronet's younger son, the second Baronet, served as Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire
The Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire, is the British monarch's personal representative in an area consisting of the county of Aberdeen as it existed immediately prior to abolition for local government purposes by the Local Government Act 1973 except that part within Aberdeen City.The office was...
from 1959 to 1973.
Baronets
- Sir Charles Rosdew Forbes-Leith, 1st Baronet (1859-1930)
- Sir (Robert) Iain (Algernon) Forbes-Leith, 2nd Baronet (1902-1973)
- Sir Andrew George Forbes-Leith, 3rd Baronet (1929-2000)
- Sir George Ian David Forbes-Leith, 4th Baronet (b. 1967)
See also
- Lord ForbesLord ForbesLord Forbes is the senior Lord of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal baron of Forbes. The precise date of the creation is not known, but in a Precept dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes. Brown's 1834...
- Lord Forbes of PitsligoLord Forbes of PitsligoLord Forbes of Pitsligo was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 24 June 1633 for Alexander Forbes. He was a descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes...
- Earl of GranardEarl of GranardEarl of Granard is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1684 for Arthur Forbes, 1st Viscount Granard. He was a Lieutenant-General in the army and served as Marshal of the Army in Ireland after The Restoration and was later Lord Justice of Ireland...
- Clan ForbesClan ForbesClan Forbes is a Lowland Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland.-Origins:Concerning the origin of this Scottish clan, John of Forbes, the first upon record, seems to have been a man of importance in the time of William the Lion, and was the father of Fergus, from whom the clan are descended....
- Baron Leith of Fyvie