Clan Forbes Society Newsletter March 2021 |
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Tolquhon Castle Now in ruins, Tolquhon Castle (pronounced: "toh-HON") was a grand showplace in the 16th and 17th centuries that went into decline due to financial ruin from a speculative venture in Panama. In 1420, Sir John Forbes (c. 1390 – c. 1454) married the daughter of Sir Henry Preston (c. 1368 – c. 1433), Thane of Fermartyn. Upon Sir Henry’s death in 1433, Sir John, now 1st Lord of Tolquhon, inherited the lands of Tolquhon. William vastly extended the castle between 1584 and 1589. The castle remained in the Forbes family until Alexander Forbes, 10th Lord of Tolquhon. He and his brother Thomas Forbes of Little Auchry invested heavily in the ill-fated Darien Scheme. This was a speculative attempt to establish a Scottish colony in Panama in the late 1690’s. As a result of this disastrous financial misadventure, Alexander heavily mortgaged Tolquhon Castle. He had no legitimate issue and was succeeded at his death in 1701, by his brother. Thomas, 11th Lord of Tolquhon, held the title for a few weeks since he died later in that same year. Thomas’s son, William, was the 12th Lord of Tolquhon when the castle was seized by the Court of Sessions in November of 1716 for the mounting debts of the family. The castle was sold but William refused to leave the castle and so the creditors used military force to take the Castle. Learn more here: https://www.clan-forbes.org/tolquhon |
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Treaty of Greenwich and the Secret Bond Under pressure from the families of the prisoners from the 1542 Battle of Solway Moss, the infant Scottish Queen Mary’s regent James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, signed the Treaty of Greenwich on July 1, 1543. This treaty agreed to a marriage proposal between King Henry VIII’s son, the future Edward VI, and Queen Mary of Scotland. In reaction, William, then the Master of Forbes and later 7th Lord Forbes, joined with other Scottish lords in signing the “Secret Bond” on July 24, 1543, in which they agreed to resist alliance with England by marriage. The agreement was written by Cardinal David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews, and was also signed such Scottish Peers as George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly; Archibald Campbell, 4th Earl of Argyll; Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox; Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell; John Gordon, 11th Earl of Sutherland; William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith; and others. The signature of William, Master of Forbes, did not go unnoticed. In a letter to Sir Ralph Sadler on September 2, 1543, King Henry VIII writes that, as hostage for the ultimate delivery of Queen Mary, he will “not be satisfied with Erskynes, or Lord Flemmings or Oliphants sones, but that Sadler must travail to get of the other sort and rather than fail, to assaye whether he can get the Earl of Arrel or some other of the erles and barons as the Erle Marshal or the Lord Forbes sonne, or any of the others that were lately of the Cardynall's faction, when he shall be sure that their fathers shall for the tyme of their absence do him no displeasure.” (Letters and papers of Henry VIII, Volume II, page 5.) Even though the Earl of Arran ratified the Treaty of Greenwich on August 25, 1543, the Parliament of Scotland rejected the Treaty on December 11, 1543. Furious at the rejection, King Henry VIII of England commenced a series of wars later called the “Rough Wooing.” This term was coined in the 19th century after Sir Walter Scott’s observation that “even those who liked the proposed match with England best, were, to use an expression of the time, disgusted with so rough a mode of wooing.” (Tales of a Grandfather: History of Scotland, Volume II, 1828)
Learn more here: https://www.clan-forbes.org/post/rough-wooing |
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Nigel Ivan, 22nd Lord Forbes Nigel Ivan, 22nd Lord Forbes, was born on February 19, 1918, as the eldest son of Atholl Laurence, 21st Lord Forbes, and Lady Mabel, daughter of Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College. In January 1938, he was commissioned in the Grenadier Guards. He had a distinguished and extensive military career during World War II with the Grenadier Guards. In May 1942 he married Hon. Rosemary Katharine Hamilton-Russell, daughter of the 9th Viscount Boyne of Burwarton, Shropshire, by whom he had two sons and one daughter: Malcolm Nigel, Jonathan Andrew, and Gillian Rosemary. After the war, he became the Military Assistant to the High Commissioner for Palestine. In 1953, Nigel Ivan succeeded as the 22nd Lord Forbes. In 1955, he was elected a Representative Peer for Scotland and remained so until the abolition of the Representative Peerage in 1963. He continued to sit in Parliament as a United Kingdom Peer and was a member of Parliamentary delegations to Denmark, Hungary, Canada, Ethiopia and Pakistan. He held the post of Minister of State for Scotland in the MacMillan Government from October 1958 till October 1959. He was awarded a Knight of the British Empire in 1960. Lord Forbes was a director of several companies and organizations, including Grampian Television, PLC; Blenheim travel Ltd.; Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd.; President of the Scottish Scout Association; and President of the Royal Highland Agricultural Society. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Aberdeenshire and Justice of the Peace. Nigel Ivan, the 22nd Lord Forbes, died on March 5, 2013, and his son Malcolm succeeded as the 23rd Lord Forbes. His wife, Lady Rosemary Katharine, died on October 26, 2019. Lean more here: https://www.clan-forbes.org/post/nigel-ivan-22nd-lord-forbes |
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Genealogy Resources Trying to track down your Forbes ancestors? Check out the articles and resources on the Clan Forbes Society website! We offer:
• A quick guide to genealogy research from FamilySearch.org.
• How to trace your lineage with Ancestry.com, used for the House of Forbes
• Genealogy research tips by Pat Cummins, former president of the St. Andrew's Society of Washington, D.C.
• Making the most of visiting your Ancestral Lands by genealogist Dr Bruce Durie
• Aberdeen Family History Society genealogy resources, publications, and research services.
• How to use DNA Testing
• Forbes Emigration to Colonial America
• Forbes Down Under: emigration to Australia and New Zealand.
• Scottish Resources for Tracing Your Ancestors.
Learn more here: https://www.clan-forbes.org/genealogy |
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Zoom Clan Forbes Gathering: March 21, 2021 All current Active, Legacy Life, and Patron Members of the Clan Forbes Society are invited to a special virtual Clan Forbes Gathering on Sunday, March 21, 2021! The Gathering will focus on genealogy and DNA test results. Our special guest will be clan historian Alex Forbes of Druminnor Castle who will review the major branches of the House of Forbes. Then we’ll receive an update on the Clan Forbes Family Tree on Ancestry.com by our team of Stephanie Forbes Hayward, Jean Stacy Gore, and Catherine (Cathy) Forbes McCausland. Then, we’ll get some advice from our FamilyTreeDNA Forbes Group Administrators Philip Stead and Elizabeth (Beth) Hammond Carlson. Society President Bart Forbes will cap the presentations by announcing a new Clan Forbes Genealogy Project. Then our team will field questions from all our members. Look for your invitation and Zoom link in a separate e-mail! If you haven’t renewed your membership in over a year or you have been delaying joining, now is a good time to become an Active Member! For If you have any questions, please contact Bart Forbes at president@clan-forbes.org. |
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Zoom Meeting for Current and Potential Conveners: March 7, 2021 With the cases of COVID-19 decreasing, more Highland Games and Scottish Festivals are in the planning stages. And the Clan Forbes Society will be ready! Vice President for Conveners Leslie A. Furbish will be hosting an online meeting with all our conveners who host Clan Forbes tents at the local events. If you want to learn more about what it takes to host a tent, please join them! The Society particularly needs conveners in the Northwest, Mountain States, and Midwest (specifically the Chicago area) of the United States; and Canada and Australia. Please contact Leslie at leslieingramx6@msn.com and she’ll send you the Zoom information and link. |
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Welcome Members! Please welcome our new Active Members for February 2021: - Mr. Kenneth Scott Martinek, Indiana, USA
- Mr. Donald Howe, Massachusetts, USA
- Ms. Jamie Lura Forbes Wallace, Washington, USA
- Mr. Monte Robert Watson, Colorado, USA
- Ms. Kimberly Forbes Fox, Ohio, USA
- Mr. Charles R. Forbes, Florida, USA
- Ms. Teresa R. Forbes, Florida, USA
- Ms. Audra Forbes, Missouri, USA
- Mr. John Christopher (Chris) Fawbush, Kentucky, USA
- Ms. Jennifer Krolikowski, Florida, USA
Please welcome back our renewing Active Members for February 2021: - Mr. Edward (Ned) Benjamin Edelen, Jr., Maryland, USA
- Mr. Stuart Dwayne Forbes, Ontario, Canada
- Dr. Maura Phillips Mackowski, PhD., Arizona, USA
- Ms. Janet L. Forbes, Massachusetts, USA
- Mr. William A. Forbes, Wisconsin, USA
- Ms. Carolyn R. Forbes, Mississippi, USA
- Mr. Gordon Forbes, Angus, Scotland
- Mr. William McGilvray Forbes II, Florida, USA
- Mr. Ben J. Forbus, Maine, USA
- Ms. Lynette Palfrey, South Australia, Australia
- Mr. Marvin Forbes, California, USA
- Mr. Donald R. Slaybaugh, Montana, USA
- Mr. Richard Meservey, Florida, USA
Become an Active Member or Renew Now! If you haven’t already supported the Society financially, please consider becoming a paid member! Active Membership is $25 annually will help the Society research the history and heritage of the House of Forbes; develop resources for tracing your genealogy with your cousins around the world; connect with other members in the Clan Forbes Community; and encourage more members to join us in events, tours and gatherings. Thanks to all our 2019 members – and now it’s time to renew your support for 2020! Renew your membership here. Patron Members: If you don’t want the bother of renewing your membership every year, consider becoming a Patron Member for lifetime membership at the level of $600. Please welcome our latest Patron Member: - Ms. Stephanie A. McDonald Curtis, Massachusetts, USA
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