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Duncan Forbes 5th of Culloden (10 November 1685 – 10 December 1747) was a Scottish lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1737. As Lord President and senior Scottish legal officer, he played a major role in helping the government suppress the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
Duncan Forbes (born Nov. 10, 1685, near Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scot.—died Dec. 10, 1747, Edinburgh) was a Scottish statesman whose loyalty to the Hanoverian king George II of Great Britain contributed markedly to the defeat of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745–46.
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Ancestors. Son of Duncan (Forbes) Forbes IIIrd of Culloden and Mary (Innes) Forbes. Brother of John (Forbes) Forbes IVth Laird of Culloden and Mary (Forbes) Urquhart. Husband of Mary (Rose) Forbes — married 21 Oct 1708 [location unknown] Descendants. Father of John Forbes. Died 10 Dec 1747 at age 62 in Edinburgh, Scotland [uncertain]
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- November 10, 1685
- Mary (Rose) Forbes
- December 10, 1747
Hace 4 días · Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden, lived from 10 November 1685 to 10 December 1747. He was an important figure in the legal establishment of Scotland for a number of decades and a staunch opponent of the Jacobites in two uprisings. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
Duncan Forbes, 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 ...
Genealogist and politician. Duncan Forbes of Culloden was educated at Bourges. He became Provost of Inverness and later an MP. His opposition to the succession of James VII and II led to his...
Act of Parliament granting Duncan Forbes, third Laird of Culloden, an exemption in perpetuity to allow him to distill whisky on the Ferintosh estate. Fortunately, his son John Forbes, 6th Lord of Culloden, (1710-1772) had a head for business and a taste for whisky.
