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| | 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. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Among the cadet branches of the family it is uncertain whether that of Pitsligo or that of Craigievar was the elder, there being a doubt as to which of their ancestors, Duncan and Patrick respectively, was second son and third son of the second Baron Forbes. |
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