Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet

For other people named William Forbes, see William Forbes (disambiguation).

Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (5 April 1739 – 12 November 1806) was a Scottish banker, born in Edinburgh to Sir William Forbes, 5th Baronet, and Christian Forbes. On 20 September 1770 he married Elizabeth Hay (died 26 December 1789), daughter of Sir James Hay of Haystoun, 4th Baronet of Smithfield and Dorriel Campbell. They had six children.

Children

  1. Sir William Forbes, 7th Baronet of Pitsligo (21 December 1773 – 10 October 1828)
  2. John Hay Forbes of Medwyn (September 1776–1854)
  3. Christian Forbes
  4. Rebecca Forbes, who married in 1802 Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry
  5. Elizabeth Forbes
  6. Jane Forbes

Career

He became partner in the banking firm of Messrs. John Coutts & Co.; two years later a new company was formed, of which he rose to be manager, and which in 1830 became the Union Bank of Scotland.

He was author of a Life of his friend Beattie, the Scottish poet, and of "Memoirs of a Banking-House".

References

Masonic offices
Preceded by
David Dalrymple		 Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of Scotland
1776–1778		 Succeeded by
The Duke of Atholl

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.