Arthur Forbes, 9th Laird of Culloden DL

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(1819-1879) was a noted Scottish landowner and amateur botanist. He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn and Ross. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes of Culloden.

Life

He was born at Douglas on the

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on 25 January 1819 the son of Duncan George Forbes of Culloden (1781-1840) and his wife, Sarak Walker (d.1838). He was educated at Aberdeen and then

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.Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists, Ray Desmond In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the

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. His proposer was John Cockburn. He died at

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on 16 March 1879.

Family

In 1849 he married Sarah Georgina Warrand (d.1879).

References

1819 births 1879 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Cambridge Scottish botanists Lairds Scottish landowners People from Douglas, Isle of Man Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 19th-century Scottish businesspeople {{Scotland-botanist-stub