Nigel Ivan Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes (19 February 1918 – 5 March 2013), known as the Master of Forbes until 1953, was a Scottish soldier, businessman and Conservative politician. Forbes was the only son of Atholl Laurence Cunyngham Forbes, 21st Lord Forbes, and his wife Lady Mabel, daughter of Thomas Francis Anson, 3rd Earl of Lichfield, and was educated at

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and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He served in the Second World War as a Major in the Grenadier Guards and was wounded. Between 1947 and 1948 he was Military Assistant to the High Commissioner for

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. Forbes succeeded his father in the lordship in 1953. In 1955 he was elected a Scottish Representative Peer and took his seat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords. He was the last surviving person to have sat as a Scottish Representative Peer. He served under

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as Minister of State for Scotland from 1958 to 1959. Apart from his participation in national politics he was also a member of the Alford District Council from 1955 to 1958 and served as chairman of the River Don district board from 1962 to 1972. In 1955 he was a

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and in 1958 a deputy lieutenant. Forbes has later been involved in business, notably as a Director of Grampian Television from 1960 to 1988, as Deputy Chairman of

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from 1964 to 1974 and as Chairman of Rolawn Ltd from 1975 to 1998. He was appointed a

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in 1960.

Personal life

Lord Forbes married the Hon. Rosemary Katharine, daughter of Gustavus William Hamilton-Russell, 9th Viscount Boyne, in 1942. They had two sons and one daughter: the eldest son, Malcolm Nigel Forbes, 23rd Lord Forbes, resides at

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. Lady Forbes died in 2019, at the age of 98.

References

Sources

* Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (eds.) (1990) ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, ISBN: 0333378245 * ''Who's Who 2007: An Annual Biographical Dictionary''. London: A. & C. Black {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord 1918 births 2013 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Scottish Conservative Party councillors Deputy Lieutenants of Aberdeenshire Grenadier Guards officers Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst People educated at Harrow School Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing Place of death missing Scottish justices of the peace Scottish representative peers Lords Forbes Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Forbes