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	Duncan Forbes of Culloden - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		DUNCAN FORBES, OF CULLODEN (1685-1747), Scottish statesman, was born at Bunchrew or at Culloden near Inverness on the 10th of November 1685.
		In 1722 Forbes was returned member for Inverness, and in 1725 he succeeded Dundas of Arniston as lord advocate.
		Forbes was a patriot without ostentation or pretence, a true Scotsman with no narrow prejudice, an accomplished and even erudite scholar without pedantry, a man of genuine piety without asceticism or intolerance.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Duncan_Forbes_of_Culloden (690 words)

	Duncan Forbes of Culloden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Duncan Forbes (1644 - 1704) was a Scottish politician, and supporter of the House of Hanover.
		In recognition of the fact his support of the crown had led to severe harassment by supporters of James Stuart he was granted special dispensation to distil whisky without being taxed.
		The Forbes lived in Culloden, near the site of the Battle of Culloden, and Forbes was directly protecting his estate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duncan_Forbes_of_Culloden (189 words)

	Significant Scots - Duncan Forbes
		FORBES, DUNCAN, a man whose memory is justly entitled to the veneration of his country, was born at Bunchrew, in the neighbourhood of Inverness, on the 10
		His great-grandfather Duncan Forbes, was of the family of lord Forbes, through that of Tolquhoun, and purchased the barony of Culloden from the laird of Mackintosh, in 1625.
		Mr Forbes, from his first appearance at the bar, was distinguished for the depth of his judgment, the strength of his eloquence, and the extent of his practice, which was such as must have precluded him from performing anything like the duties of a mere factor, which the above statement evidently supposes.
	www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/other/forbes_duncan.htm (5529 words)

	Clan Forbes
		John, eighth Lord Forbes, was one of the five noblemen appointed by commission from the king, dated 25th July 1594, lieutenants of the northern counties, for the suppression of the rebellion of the popish Earls of Huntly and Errol.
		Duncan Forbes, the first of Culloden, married Janet, eldest daughter of James Forbes of Corsindae, also descended from the noble family at the head of the clan, and had, his heir, Captain James Forbes of Caithness, and Captain Duncan Forbes of Assynt.
		Forbes’ lady, a daughter of Campbell of Cawdor, refused to do this without her husband’s instructions, and thereupon the Gordons fired the house, and she and her family and attendants, twenty-seven persons, were burnt within.
	www.electricscotland.com /webclans/dtog/forbes2.html (6197 words)

	Forbes family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Bertie Forbes who founded the Forbes magazine was also born in Aberdeenshire as a descendant of the Forbes clan, but is not a relative of John Forbes and the Forbes trading family.
		Grandson of John Forbes, John Murray Forbes (1813–1898): Born in France, John Murray Forbes was the first of the family to enter the China trade and later invested in railroads and amassed a large fortune.
		John Forbes Kerry's first cousin and friend, Brice Lalonde, an environmentalist activist, is a French Green party politician who was a candidate in the French presidential election, 1981 and currently mayor of Saint-Briac-sur-Mer near the Forbes family estate in France.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Forbes_family (1461 words)

	Duncan Forbes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For the Hanoverian statesmen, see Duncan Forbes of Culloden.
		Duncan Forbes (April 28, 1798 - August 17, 1868) was a British linguist.
		He was born at Kinnaird, Perthshire and brought up by his grandfather from the age of three as a result of his parents and younger brother emigrating to America.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duncan_Forbes (290 words)

	Duncan Forbes - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Forbes, Duncan 1685-1747, Scottish statesman, known as Forbes of Culloden.
		As lord advocate of Scotland (1725-37) and lord president of the court of session (1737-47), his influence and diplomacy did much to consolidate the union of England and Scotland, but his plan to create royal highland regiments to prevent clan uprisings was not adopted until 1739 when the famous regiment, the Black Watch, was founded.
		He actively opposed the Jacobite rebels in 1715 and 1745 and urged lenient treatment in pacifying the country after the defeat and massacre of the rebels at the battle of Culloden Moor (1746).
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-forbes-d1.html (341 words)

	Forbes Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Alexander de Forbes was one of the fiercest opponents of King Edward I of England and lost his life defending the castle of Urquhart beside Loch Ness.
		Duncan Forbes of Culloden was Lord President of the Court of Session at the time of the 1745 Rebellion of Prince Charles and used his great influence to oppose the Prince's cause, but then afterwards fought valiantly to ease the cruel reprisals inflicted on the Highlands.
		Duncan Forbes re-established the Highland Regiments which enabled the young men of the hills to keep some of their pride, and to follow the military example of their ancestors.
	moore.greystar.org /FORBESHI/forbeshi.HTM (314 words)

	Overview of Duncan Forbes of Culloden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Born at Buchrew (Highland), Forbes studied at the Universities in Edinburgh and Leiden before being appointed an Advocate.
		Forbes opposed the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745, keeping the town of Inverness loyal to the Hanoverian Government and persuading the MacDonald and MacLeod clans against joining the Jacobite cause.
		Forbes was also a keen golfer and did much to promote the formation of one of Edinburgh's early golf clubs, the Gentlemen Golfers of Leith.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk:81 /scotgaz/people/famousfirst1573.html (194 words)

	ScotClans - Clan Forbes - Clan History
		Alexander, the eldest of the brothers, fought in the 1411 Battle of Harlaw against the invaders from the Isles, led by Donald.
		Clan Forbes was, through the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, constantly at odds with their powerful, predatory neighbours the Gordons, Earls of Huntly.
		During the 1715 rebellion, Duncan Forbes of Culloden, President of the Court of Session, was in opposition to the Jacobite cause.
	www.scotclans.com /clans/Forbes/history.html (608 words)

	Culloden House Hotel, Forbes Family History, Scotland
		Forbes is an old Scottish name, coming from the lands of Forbes in Aberdeenshire, close to the modern town of Alford.
		This Duncan Forbes, the progenitor of a long line of Duncan Forbes of Culloden, was descended from the family of Forbes of Tolquhoun on his father's side, and of the Keiths, Earls Marischal of Scotland, on his mother's side.
		Duncan Forbes the lawyer and Lord President of the Court of Sessions, was the second son of the father's marriage to Mary Innes, the daughter of Sir Harry Innes, of Innes House, near Elgin.
	www.cullodenhouse.co.uk /home/history_three.htm (979 words)

	Duncan Forbes — FactMonster.com
		Forbes, Duncan, 1685–1747, Scottish statesman, known as Forbes of Culloden.
		As lord advocate of Scotland (1725–37) and lord president of the court of session (1737–47), his influence and diplomacy did much to consolidate the union of England and Scotland, but his plan to create royal highland regiments to prevent clan uprisings was not adopted until 1739 when the famous regiment, the
		Forbës - Forbës referred to by Thomson in his Seasons, was Duncan Forbes, of Culloden, lord president...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0819131.html (124 words)

	MyClan.com : Clan Forbes : Clan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Overlooking the Don today stands Castle Forbes, built in 1815 by James Ochoncar, seventeenth Lord Forbes, and still occupied by the direct descendants of Duncan Forbes upon whom the original lands were conferred in a charter dated 1271 by Alexander III.
		However, the damage to relations between the Forbes and Gordons was irreparable, and for the remainder of the century the feud reduced Aberdeenshire to an unparalleled state of lawlessness.
		James Ochoncar, the seventeenth Lord Forbes, was an officer in the Coldstream Regiment of Footguards for twenty-six years, rising to the rank of general, having served as second-in-command of the British forces in Sicily in 1808 before commanding the Cork and Eastern districts in Ireland.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Forbes_37/default.php (756 words)

	Scottish Clans - Clan Forbes
		Forbes is a parish in Aberdeenshire and tradition has it that the ‘Braes o’ Forbes’ were once uninhabitable because of bears living in the area.
		In 1271 Duncan de Forbes obtained a charter from Alexander III confirming ownership and the present chief still holds part of the Lordship of these Forbes lands.
		Alexander, the eldest of the brothers, fought in the 1411 Battle of Harlaw against the invaders from the Isles.
	www.clanshop.co.uk /clannames/forbes.htm (328 words)

	Flown From the Nest - Duncan Forbes
		Scottish centre-half Duncan Forbes spent 33 years at Carrow Road - 13 as a player, 7 on the commercial staff and then 13 as Chief Scout.
		Duncan's professional career began at Colchester United in 1961 and he had played 270 times for the Layer Road side before Norwich signed him for £10,000 in September 1968.
		Dave Stringer, Duncan made 357 appearances in Yellow and Green scoring twelve times and never being sent-off.
	www.ex-canaries.co.uk /players/forbes.htm (213 words)

	Duncan Forbes: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		One gift-giving taboo in China is the giving of straw sandals, which are associated with funerals, and therefore considered bad luck.
		...Duncan Forbes Duncan Forbes Duncan Forbes (April 28, 1798 - August 17, 1868...A History of Chess (1860) The Bengali Reader (1862) Arabic Reading Lessons (1864) see also...
		Duncan Forbes (April 28, 1798 - August 17, 1868), linguist.
	www.encyclopedian.com /du/Duncan-Forbes.html (322 words)

	DUNCAN FORBES - Online Information article about DUNCAN FORBES
		Forbes was returned member for Inverness, and in 1725 he succeeded Dundas of Arniston as See also:
		Part was doled out to him, after repeated solicitations that his credit might be maihtained in the country; but it is evident he had fallen into disgrace in consequence of his humane exertions to mitigate the impolitic severities inflicted upon his countrymen after their disastrous defeat at Culloden.
		Forbes was a patriot without ostentation or pretence, a true Scotsman with no narrow See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /FLA_FRA/FORBES_DUNCAN.html (1318 words)

	Am Baile - Duncan Forbes of Culloden
		Duncan Forbes of Culloden was born at Bunchrew, near Inverness, in 1685.
		Forbes urged the creation of Highland Regiments under the command of Highlanders loyal to the King.
		Despite being a strong Protestant and loyalist, Duncan Forbes opposed the harsh means used after Culloden to punish and subdue the Highlanders.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration.jsp?item_id=9331 (196 words)

	Celtic Studio-Clan Forbes
		The earliest historical references is a charter of the reign of Alexander III who died in 1286, and this does not record the planting of a new family, but the confirmation of Duncan of Forbes' title to his lands.
		There was Robert Forbes (1708-1775), Rector of the Episcopal church at Leith, who attempted to join the Jacobites but was intercepted and imprisoned in Strirling Castle.
		Most distinguished of all was Duncan Forbes of Culloden (1685-1747), President of the Court of Session, a consistent opponent of Jacobitism.
	www.celticstudio.com /celticstudio/database/clans/037.htm (446 words)

	Forbes, Baron Forbes
		Early history of Forbes, W. Anderson, The Scottish nation, 1862.
		William Forbes, 3rd Baron Forbes [ancestor of Barons Forbes].
		Duncan Forbes, mar Cristina Mercer and had issue.
	humphrysfamilytree.com /Forbes (370 words)

	Am Baile - Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Lord President
		Duncan Forbes of Culloden (1685-1747), was an eminent lawyer and Lord President of the Court of Session between 1737 and 1747.
		Duncan Forbes proposed the creation of Royal Highland regiments to prevent clan uprisings.
		Despite being a strong government supporter, Forbes opposed the brutal treatment of the Highlanders after the battle of Culloden.
	www.ambaile.org.uk /en/item/item_illustration.jsp?item_id=2147 (168 words)

	duncan forbes - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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		Forbes, Duncan : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
		FORBES, DUNCAN : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=duncan+forbes&ls=a (94 words)

	Duncan Forbes - Parry Sound
		Duncan John Forbes passed away in Collingwood, after a courageous battle with cancer, on Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
		Loving son of the late A. Hugh and Evelyn Forbes, formerly of Orrville.
		Dear brother of the late Ann Marie Forbes.
	www.parrysound.com /press/1116612258 (194 words)

	Duncan Phyfe ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Arnold Genthe - Irma Duncan, Isadora Duncan Dancer c.
		Anthony Cardon, Miss Duncan in the character of Letitia Hardy, 1805
		Samuel Freeman, Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 18th - 19th century
	wwar.com /masters/p/phyfe-duncan.html (598 words)

	AllRefer.com - Duncan Forbes (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Duncan Forbes (British And Irish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		As lord advocate of Scotland (1725–37) and lord president of the court of session (1737–47), his influence and diplomacy did much to consolidate the union of England and Scotland, but his plan to create royal highland regiments to prevent clan uprisings was not adopted until 1739 when the famous regiment, the Black Watch, was founded.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Duncan Forbes
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Forbes-D.html (214 words)

	[FPSPACE] The Dish, Apollo 11, radio astronomy, and Dr. Duncan Forbes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:24:17 -0700 To: lunar-update@lists.arc.nasa.gov From: Larry Kellogg Subject: The Dish, radio astronomy, and Dr. Duncan Forbes Cc: Larry Kellogg Resent-From: lunar-update@lists.arc.nasa.gov Steve Mencinsky sent me an article about the new Australian movie "The Dish" back last October 2000.
		=========================================================================== Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:25:27 -0500 To: suppressed From: Larry Klaes Subject: The Dish, radio astronomy, and Dr. Duncan Forbes Astrophysicist Duncan Forbes is carrying out important research into galaxy formation and evolution.
		Forbes tells Jennifer Laing about his work and research interests, and discusses how telescopes have recently hit the headlines thanks to a new movie linking an Australian radio telescope to the TV broadcast of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
	www.friends-partners.org /pipermail/fpspace/2001-February/001654.html (974 words)

	Lord Duncan Forbes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lord Duncan Forbes is squired to His Grace, Sir Brion.
		Lord Duncan is known as "Only Duncan", because that was his reply when asked what modifier we could use to describe him, since we had a Little Duncan and a Big Duncan already.
		Lord Duncan's personal web page can be found here.
	www.duchytarragon.org /members/duncanf.html (86 words)

	Verse Daily: Duncan Forbes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Voice Mail presents a selection of the poems Duncan Forbes has written since publication of Taking Liberties in 1973.
		A sparklingly varied collection, Voice Mail displays the growing range and depth of the poet's talents and marks a number of new departures.
		The moods, personnel and forms of his poems are as varied as the locations, which shift from the banks of the Severn to California via Greece, Northumberland, Niagara and Melbourne Zoo.
	www.versedaily.org /aboutduncanforbes.shtml (203 words)

	Duncan Forbes Primary School, Highland, Inverness
		Teach at Duncan Forbes Primary School, register today.
		Comments: Duncan Forbes Primary School, (Local education authority: Highland) is a Primary School in Culloden, Inverness.
		Specific information about Duncan Forbes Primary School View Ofsted report
	www.axcis.co.uk /24068.html (154 words)

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