for the American businessman, see Walter Forbes

Walter Forbes

Walter Forbes is an American business manager and Federal prisoner.He was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and two counts of making false statements, for inflating reported incomes for the...

Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes (May 29, 1798 – May 2, 1868) was a Scottish peer. He was the son of James Ochoncar Forbes

James Ochoncar Forbes

James Ochoncar Forbes, seventeenth Lord Forbes , was a Scottish colonel.Forbes was the eldest son of James Forbes, 16th Baron Forbes, by Catherine, only daughter of Sir Robert Innes, baronet, of Ortoun. The lands of Forbes in Aberdeenshire, still in their possession, have been held by this ancient...

, 17th Lord Forbes and Elizabeth Hunter. He served as one of the youngest officers, of the line during the Battle of Waterloo

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 as a member of the Coldstream Guards

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. Soon after the war he built the new Forbes Castle

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, in Alford

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, Aberdeenshire

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 in 1815.

His first wife was Horatia Shaw, (May 19, 1799 – Dec. 24, 1864), she was the 7th dau. of Sir Gregory Shaw, 5th Bart. born (July 25, 1756 - d. Oct. 28, 1831) & Theodsia Margaret Monson, born (Sept.20,1762 – Oct. 24, 1847). They married on Jan. 31, 1825. They had three children:

• Hon. Horace Courtenay Gammel Forbes, 19th Lord Forbes (Feb. 24,1823 – June 23, 1914)

• Hon. Charles Murray Hay Forbes, (Mar. 13, 1830 – May 17, 1874)

• Hon. Atholl Monson Forbes, 20th Lord Forbes, (Feb. 15, 1841 – Jan. 31, 1916)

Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, second wife was Louisa Ormond; she was the second daughter of James Ormond of Abingdon. Berks. & Elizabeth Gordon. Louisa Ormond and Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, married on April 4, 1864. They had two children.

• Hon. Walter Robert Drummond Forbes, (April 14, 1865 – April 18, 1924) J.P. Aberdeen
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  . He married Eveline Louisa Michell, daughter of Fredrick Cooper Farwell.

• Hon. Montagu Ormond Forbes, (May 5, 1866 – Jan. 12, 1937). He married on April 21, 1894 to Helen Campbell, eldest daughter of William Henry Campbell, of 30 Lancaster Gate, London
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Note the above Baroness Louisa (Ormond) Forbes, is not to be confused with the Lady Louisa Francis Ormond, who was married on 20 April 1854,to William John Cuninghame-Cuninghame Captain 79th Highlanders,Lord of Bridgehouse & Lainshaw. This Louisa Francis Ormond was the dau. of John Ormond of Bath,died 1862. Reference *4 Her husband was nominated by the Marquis of Exeter, to be One of Her Majesty's Honourable Corp of Gentlemen At Arms. During the reign of Queen Victoria. They had 5 children.