Ancestry of Ewan Forbes

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ewan Forbes should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

wargs@wargs.com


Ancestry of Ewan Forbes
1 youngest child, born ... 6 Sept. 1912 and named "Elizabeth" Forbes-Sempill, educated as a physician, in 1952 secured a birth re-registration from the Sheriff of Aberdeen and on 12 Sept. 1952 published a notice in the advertisement columns of The Press and Journal, Aberdeen, that henceforth Dr Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill wished to be known as Dr Ewan Forbes-Sempill, on 30 Dec. 1965 (the death s.p.m. of the oldest sibling) claimed to succeed as 11th Baronet, succession challenged by a cousin in the Scottish Court of Session which ruled in favor of Ewan, after the cousin continued with his challenge the Home Secretary (James Callagan) directed in December 1968 that the name of Sir Ewan Forbes of Craigievar should be entered in the Roll of Baronets, d. ... Sept. 1991
PARENTS
2 John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill, b. ... 21 Aug. 1863, d. Fintray House, co. Aberdeen, 28 Feb. 1934 [NCP XI:630 and XIV:578]
m. ... 22 June 1892
3 Gwendolen Emily Mary Prodgers, b. ... , d. ... 2 March 1944
GRANDPARENTS
4 William Forbes, from 5 Feb. 1884 Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill, b. Fintray House, co. Aberdeen, 20 May 1836, d. Craigievar Castle, co. Aberdeen, 21 July 1905 [NCP XI:629]
m. St. James's, Westminster, 18 Nov. 1862
5 Frances Emily Abercromby, b. ... , d. Bad Homburg 13 May 1887
6 Herbert Progers, of Kington St. Michael, Wilts, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 Emily Sibella Phillpotts, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Sir John Forbes, 7th Baronet, b. ... 2 July 1785, d. Fintray House, co. Aberdeen, 16 Feb. 1846 [CB II:374]
m. ... 24 May 1824
9 Charlotte Elizabeth Forbes, b. ... , d. Aberdeen 5 Feb. 1883 [ae. 83]
10 Sir Robert Abercromby, 5th Baronet, b. ... 4 Feb. 1784, d. ... 6 July 1855 [CB II:418]
m. ... 22 Oct. 1816
11 Elizabeth Stephenson Douglas, b. ... , d. ... 28 Dec. 1863
14 Canon Thomas Phillpotts, J.P., of Porthgwidden, Truro, Cornwall, b. ... , d. ...
m.
15 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Sir William Forbes, 5th Baronet, b. ... 1755, d. ... 15 Feb. 1816 [CB II:374]
m. Sempill House 7 June 1780
17 Sarah Sempill, b. ... , d. Fintray House, co. Aberdeen, 8 Dec. 1799
18 James Ochoncar Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, b. ... 7 March 1765, d. Bregenz 4 May 1843 [NCP V:549]
m. Crailing, co. Roxburgh, 2 June 1792
19 Elizabeth Hunter, b. ... 9 May 1775, d. Locarno 1 Oct. 1830
20 Sir George Abercromby, 4th Baronet, b. ... 1750, d. ... 18 July 1831 [CB II:418]
m. ... 1778
21 Jane Ogilvie, b. ... , d. ...
22 Samuel Douglas, of Netherlaw, b. ... , d. ...
m.
23 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Sir Arthur Forbes, 4th Baronet, b. ... 1709, d. ... 1 Jan. 1773 [CB II:373]
m. ... 1750
33 Margaret Strachan, b. ... , d. ...
34 John Sempill, 13th Lord Sempill, b. ... , d. Sempill House 15 Jan. 1782 [NCP XI:629]
m. ... 10 March 1755
35 Janet Dunlop, b. ... , d. ... 26 June 1809
36 James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes, b. ... [ca. 1725], d. Edinburgh 29 July 1804 [NCP V:548]
m. ... Jan. 1760
37 Catherine Innes, b. ... 9 May 1775, d. Edinburgh 16 Apr. 1805
38 Walter Hunter, of Polmood, co. Peebles, and of Crailing, co. Roxburgh, b. ... , d. ... 15 Jan. 1796
m.
39 Caroline Mackenzie, b. ... 6 May 1746, d. Crailing, co. Roxburgh, 3 Oct. 1791
40 Sir Robert Abercromby, 3rd Baronet, b. ... , d. ... 11 March 1787 [CB II:418]
m. ... 1739
41 Helen Abercromby, b. ... , d. ...
42 Alexander Ogilvie, 7th Lord Banff, b. ... , d. Forglen, co. Banff, 1 Sept. 1771 [NCP I:411]
m. Edinburgh 2 Apr. 1749
43 Jean Nisbet, b. ... , d. Forglen, co. Banff, 29 Aug. 1790
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Sir William Forbes, 3rd Baronet, b. ... 1660, d. ... [ca. 1730] [CB II:373]
m. ... 16 Oct. 1684
65 Margaret Rose, b. ... , d. ...
68 Hew Sempill, 12th Lord Sempill, b. ... [shortly after 16 May 1688], d. Aberdeen 25 Nov. 1746 [NCP XI:628]
m. ... 13 May 1718
69 Sarah Gaskell, b. ... , d. ... 17 Apr. 1749
70 Hugh Dunlop, of Bishoptoun, co. Renfrew, b. ... , d. ...
m.
71 ... , b. ... , d. ...
72 James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes, b. ... 1689, d. Putachie, co. Aberdeen, 20 Feb. 1761 [NCP V:548]
m. ... [before 1715]
73 Mary Forbes, b. ... , d. ... [by 1741]
74 Sir Robert Innes, 6th Baronet, b. ... [ca. 1703], d. Elgin 31 Aug. 1758 [CB II:338]
m.
75 Margery Winram, b. ... , d. ...
78 George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromartie, b. ... [ca. 1703], d. Westminster 5 Oct. 1766 [NCP III:546]
m. ... 23 Sept. 1724
79 Isabel Gordon, b. ... , d. Edinburgh 23 April 1769 [in her 64th yr]
80 Sir James Abercromby, 2nd Baronet, b. ... , d. ... 20 Sept. 1734 [CB II:418]
m. ... 1645
81 Mary Gordon, b. ... , d. ...
82 Alexander Abercromby, of Tullibody, co. Clackmannan, b. ... , d. ...
m.
83 ... , b. ... , d. ...
84 Alexander Ogilvie, of Forglen, co. Banff, b. ... , d. ...
m.
85 Jane Frand, b. ... , d. ...
86 William Nisbet, of Dirleton, co. Haddington, b. ... , d. ...
m.
87 ... , b. ... , d. ...






NOTES






1 -- For details on the case of Ewan Forbes see, for example, http://www.pfc.org.uk/legal/forbes.htm.

On 10 October 1952 Dr Ewan (the former Dr Elizabeth) married Isabella Mitchell, the doctor's housekeeper. Isabella died in March 2002, aged 88.





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