George Edward Forbes (1828 – 1881) was a Scots-born politician who served in

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, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Biography

George Forbes was born on 8 August 1828 in

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, Scotland. He settled in Australia in about 1849, becoming a prominent squatter before forming a partnership with John Balfour in 1854 in Colinton, the

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, buying the business in 1862. He returned to Scotland and, in 1868, married Louisa Lillias Trotter at St John's Episcopalian Church,

, who was an artist and the daughter of an ancient Scottish family. Her father was Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn Castle of

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in Edinburgh. They returned to Colinton after their marriage. Their daughter Mabel Christian Forbes married Sir Thomas Barnby Whitson who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1929 to 1932. Mabel died in 1971. Forbes returned to Scotland and died suddenly on 2 July 1881 in

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, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Political career

He was elected in a

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and represented the

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from 13 November 1866 to 20 June 1867 in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of

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in the 1871 Queensland election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, George Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1828 births 1881 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians