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Sir William Forbes

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Sir William Forbes

Birth
Aberdeen City, Scotland
Death
21 Jun 1815 (aged 71)
Callander, Stirling, Scotland
Burial
Falkirk, Falkirk, Scotland Add to Map
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First Baronet of Callendar.
Son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith, winning a government contract to sheath ships' hulls in copper. With the fortune he made from this venture, he purchased the estates of Callendar and Linlithgow.
Married firstly, 1787, Mary McAdam, daughter of John McAdam of Craigengillan, who died childless in 1801.
Married secondly, 1806, Agnes Chalmers, of Aberdeen.
First Baronet of Callendar.
Son of an Aberdeen merchant, he began work as a coppersmith, winning a government contract to sheath ships' hulls in copper. With the fortune he made from this venture, he purchased the estates of Callendar and Linlithgow.
Married firstly, 1787, Mary McAdam, daughter of John McAdam of Craigengillan, who died childless in 1801.
Married secondly, 1806, Agnes Chalmers, of Aberdeen.


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