Person:John Forbes (38)

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John Forbes
b.17 Jul 1714
d.10 Mar 1796
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  1. John Forbes1714 - 1796
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  1. Maria Eleanor Forbes - 1844
  2. Katherine Elizabeth ForbesAbt 1760 - 1851
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Name John Forbes
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Jul 1714
Marriage to Lady Mary Capell
Death[1] 10 Mar 1796
Reference Number? Q3181515?


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John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in an expedition to Lisbon to support the Portuguese in the face of a Spanish threat, he saw action as captain of the third-rate HMS Norfolk at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was one of the few captains who really bore down on the enemy.

Forbes went on to serve as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty under successive Governments. In that role, he was convinced of the illegality of the sentence of death on Vice-Admiral John Byng and refused to sign Byng's death warrant. He also served as Member of Parliament for St Johnstown and then as Member of Parliament for Mullingar in the Parliament of Ireland.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Forbes (Royal Navy officer), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   Admiral Hon. John Forbes, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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