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William Forbes

Also Known As: "Col. William Forbes", "11th of Forbes"
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Birthplace: Forbes Castle, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Death: 1697 (76-77)
Scotland (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Alexander Forbes, 10th Lord Forbes and Anne Forbes
Husband of Jean Stewart and Anna Erskine
Father of Margaret Forbes; Arthur Forbes Forbes of Auchintoul and Breda; Elizabeth Forbes; Archibald Forbes of Putachie and William Forbes, 12th Lord Forbes

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NameLord William FORBES 12th Of Forbes , M Birth Date10 Oct 1620 Birth PlaceForbes Castle, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death Date5 Jun 1697 Death PlaceForbes Castle, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland FatherLord Alexander FORBES 11th Of Forbes , M (~1601-1672) MotherLady Anne FORBES Of Pitsligo , F (~1602-1625) Spouses 1Lady Jean CAMPBELL Of Cawdor , F Birth Dateabt 1630 Birth PlaceCawdor, Inverness-Shire, Scotland Death Date20 Dec 1666 Death PlaceForbes Castle, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland FatherFiar John CAMPBELL 5th Of Calder , M (~1605-1654) MotherLady Elizabeth URQUHART Of Cromarty , F Marr Date1648 Marr PlaceForbes, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Notes for Lord William FORBES 12th Of Forbes (1) He [John] married, first, Anne, daughter of Sir John Forbes of Pitsligo,

by whom he had, besides several children who died young, one son:

1. William, afterwards twelfth Lord Forbes.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, p. 62.
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XII. William, twelfth Lord Forbes, succeeded 1672.

He was nominated one of the colonels of Foot in the forces raised to attempt the rescue of the King 1648, and made Colonel of Horse 1640.

He died 1697.

(1) He married, first, 1648, Jean, daughter of Sir John Campbell of Calder, and by her, who died 20 December 1666,

had three sons and two daughters:

1. William, afterwards thirteenth Lord Forbes. 2. Arthur of Breda, died without issue. 3. Archibald of Putachie, who was buried in Drum’s Aisle, St. Nicholas, Aberdeen 29 November 1723, and his widow on 18 May 1752. 4. Margaret, married, first, about 1668, to Alexander, Lord Duffus; secondly, about 1675, to Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, Bart. She died in April 1677. 5. Elizabeth, married to John Leith of Whitehaugh.

(2) Lord Forbes married, secondly, Anna Erskine, second daughter of Alexander, Viscount Fentoun, son of the first Earl of Kellie; and

(3) thirdly (banns proclaimed 11 December 1682), Barbara, daughter of Forbes of Asloune, widow of Forbes of Echt,

without issue by either of the latter wives.

Source: THE SCOTS PEERAGE, ed. by Sir James Balfour Paul, Vol IV, Edinburgh, 1906, pp. 62-63..

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William Forbes, 11th Lord Forbes's Timeline

1620
October 10, 1620
Forbes Castle, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1622
1622
1645
1645
Scotland (United Kingdom)
1651
1651
Forbes, Aberdeen, Scotland
1656
1656
1659
1659
Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
1697
1697
Age 76
Scotland (United Kingdom)