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Sir William Forbes, 15th Lord Sempill

• The Scots Peerage by Paul, James

Page 566, 567 – William Forbes, fifteenth Lord Sempill, born 20 May 1836, at Fintray House, Aberdeenshire, was educated at Elton, succeeded his father as Baronet 16 February 1846, was sometime an officer in the Coldstream Guards, served in the Crimea (see Crimean War), succeeded his cousin in the Peerage of Sempill 5 September 1884, and assumed the name of Sempill in addition to that of Forbes. He died 21 July 1905, having married, first, 23 June 1858, Caroline Louisa, only daughter of Sir Charles Forbes, third Baronet of Newe. From her, who married, 19 June 1862, Septimus E. Carlisle, and died 11 December 1872, he obtained a divorce in December 1861.

By his first wife Lord Sempill had issue:-

1. Catherine Charlotte Elizabeth Stewart

Lord Sempill married, secondly, 18 November 1862, at St. James’s, Westminister, Francis Emily, seventh and youngest daughter of Sir Robert John Abercromby, fifth Baronet of Birkenbog. She died 13 May 1887, at Bad Homburg.

By his second wife he had issue:-

2. Sir John Forbes, sixteenth Lord Sempill

3. Douglas

4. William

5. Arthur Lionel Ochoncar

6. Evelyn Courtenay

7. Gertrude Emily

Lord Sempill married, thirdly, 30 April 1890, Mary Beresford, third and younges daughter of Henry Porter Sherbrooke, formerly Lowe, of Oxton Hall, Nottingham, but by her had no issue.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

   Disambiguous - The Scots Peerage by Paul, James has Sir William Forbes, 15th Lord Sempill, 8th Baronet

2.   Lord Sempill, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
3.   Craigievar Castle, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Paul, James Balfour. The Scots peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's ‘Peerage of Scotland’ containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that kingdom, with armorial illustrations. (Edinburgh: D. Douglas, 1904-1914)
   Vol. 7, Page 566.

   Page 566, 567 – William Forbes, fifteenth Lord Sempill, born 20 May 1836, at Fintray House, Aberdeenshire, was educated at Elton [Eton?], succeeded his father as Baronet 16 February 1846, was sometime an officer in the Coldstream Guards, served in the Crimea, succeeded his cousin in the Peerage of Sempill 5 September 1884, and assumed the name of Sempill in addition to that of Forbes. He died 21 July 1905, having married, first, 23 June 1858, Caroline Louisa, only daughter of Sir Charles Forbes, third Baronet of Newe. From her, who married, 19 June 1862, Septimus E. Carlisle, and died 11 December 1872, he obtained a divorce in December 1861. By his first wife Lord Sempill had issue:-
   
   1. Catherine Charlotte Elizabeth Stewart
   
   Lord Sempill married, secondly, 18 November 1862, at St. James’s, Westminister, Francis Emily, seventh and youngest daughter of Sir Robert John Abercromby, fifth Baronet of Birkenbog. She died 13 May 1887, at Bad Homburg.
   By his second wife he had issue:-
   
   2. John, sixteenth Lord Sempill
   3. Douglas
   4. William
   5. Arthur Lionel Ochoncar
   6. Evelyn Courtenay
   7. Gertrude Emily
   
   Lord Sempill married, thirdly, 30 April 1890, Mary Beresford, third and younges daughter of Henry Porter Sherbrooke, formerly Lowe, of Oxton Hall, Nottingham, but by her had no issue.

5.   Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family.

   Hereditary Sempill Lords of Lochwinnoch & Clan Sempill