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 Dictionary of Indian Biography D to F

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Date transcribed2011-03-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Forbes    
First Name(s)  Charles    
Titles  Sir, Baronet    
Year of Birth  1774    
Year of Death  1849    
Entry  Son of the Rev. George Forbes : born in 1774 : educated at Aberdeen University (afterwards Lord Rector) : went out to India and was for many years head of the firm of Forbes & Co., of Bombay : on returning to England he became M.P. for Beverley, 1812-18, and represented Malmesbury, 1818-32 : when he left India the natives gave him a service of plate : and, 27 years after he had left Bombay, his statue by Sir F. Chantrey was placed in the Bombay Town Hall : he had a high reputation in the commerical world, and had done much to develop the country, and raise the status of the natives : he steadily demanded justice for India in Parliament and the Court of Proprietors of the E.I. Co. : became Forbes of Newe : made Baronet in 1823 : died Nov. 20, 1849.     
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