Charles Forbes
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Charles Forbes may refer to:
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- Charles Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Admiral of the British Home Fleet and Royal Navy in World War II
- Charles Fergusson ForbesCharles Fergusson Forbes-Life:Forbes was educated to the medical profession in London. He joined the army medical staff in Portugal in 1798, was gazetted next year assistant-surgeon to the Royals, served in Holland, at Ferrol, in Egypt, the Mediterranean, the West Indies, and through the Peninsular War, having been...
, army surgeon - Charlie ForbesCharlie ForbesCharlie 'Tracker' Forbes was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL.Forbes was a successful player for Essendon in the years leading up to the formation of the VFL in the 1890s...
- Australian rules footballer - Charles Noyes ForbesCharles Noyes Forbes-Biography:Forbes was born in Boylston, Massachusetts on 24 September 1883. When he was at the University of California he worked as a cadet for the emergency service during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. From 1908 to 1920 he was curator of Botany at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu...
- botanist - Charles R. ForbesCharles R. ForbesCharles Robert Forbes was appointed the first Director of the Veterans' Bureau by President Warren G. Harding on August 9, 1921 and served until February 28, 1923. Caught for Army desertion in 1900, he went on to serve in the military and was a decorated World War I veteran. He first became active...
- director of the Veterans' Bureau under President Warren G. Harding - Charles Forbes (politician)Charles Forbes (politician)Sir Charles Forbes , was a Scottish politician, of Newe and Edinglassie, Aberdeenshire.Forbes was the son of the Rev. George Forbes of Lochell. He was a descendant of Alexander Forbes of Kinaldie and Pitsligo, and was in 1833 served heir male in general to Alexander, third lord Forbes of Pitsligo,...
, Scottish politician
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- Charles Forbes René de MontalembertCharles Forbes René de MontalembertCharles Forbes René de Montalembert was a French publicist and historian.-Family history:He belonged to a family of Angoumois, which could trace its descent back to the 13th century. Charters carry the history of the house two centuries further...
, French publicist and historian