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| | Forbes |
 | | FORBES, the surname of a clan, though not a Celtic one, having its possessions principally in Aberdeenshire, and the chief of which is Lord Forbes; its badge being the common broom, and the gathering shout or slogan, Loanach, the name of a hill in the district of Strathdon. |
 | | John Forbes of Bellabeg, the direct descendant of the said William of Dauch, was born at Bellabeg in September 1743. |
 | | Forbes, the second laird of Callander of the name, vice-lieutenant of Stirlingshire, and member of parliament for that county from 1835 to 1837, was re-elected in 1841 and in 1852. |
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