Forbes, William

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Dates 1689?-1716
Location London
Vocation Courtier
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Anne Brodie
Issue Four Children
Place of birth Source J.B. Paul, The Scots Peerage: A History of the Noble Families of Scotland, 9 vols (Edinburgh, 1904-1914), iv, 63-4

Thirteenth Lord Forbes. Zealous revolutionary who supported the Treaty of Union. Created Privy Councillor to King William (1689). Colonel of the Horse Guards (1702-4). Died July 1716 and buried at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Middlesex