Duncan Forbes, 1st of Culloden, Provost of Inverness

Duncan "Grey Duncan" Forbes, 1st of Culloden, Provost of Inverness[1]

1572 - 1654

Suffix 1st of Culloden, Provost of Inverness

   Nickname  	Grey Duncan 

   Birth  	1572  	Corsindae, Aberdeen, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 

   Gender  	Male 

   Name  	Duncan Forbes  [3] 

   Name  	Grey Duncan  

   Died  	14 Oct 1654  	Culloden, Invernesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 

Father John Forbes, of Bandly

   Mother  	Elizabeth Keith 

Family Janet Forbes

   Married  	Abt 1599  	Scotland 

Children

   >	1. Anna Forbes

    	2. James Forbes, of Caithness

    	3. Duncan Forbes, of Assynt

   >	4. Elizabeth Forbes

   >	5. John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, b. 1609

Notes

       1 - The first of the Forbeses of Culloden, Inverness-shire, was Duncan Forbes, great-grandfather of the celebrated Lord President Forbes, descended from the noble family of Forbes, through that of Tolquhoun, and by the mother's side from that of Keith earl Marischal. He was M.P. and provost of Inverness, and purchased the estate of Culloden from the laird of MacIntosh in 1626. He died in 1654, aged 82. "He enjoyed," says Mr. Burton, in his Life of President Forbes, "the name of Grey Duncan, and his title to be so called is fully attested by his portrait, where a large grisly beard conceals the lower part of his bold, broad, honest face. Round the room, where this portrait occupies the highest station, are ranged those of his descendants, and it at once strikes the stranger that seldom, in the ancestral representations of Scottish families, does one see so fine a cluster of open, handsome, ingenuous contenances. Perhaps this may partly arise from a usual characteristic of such portraits – the sinister-looking moustache of the seventeenth century being absent from this group, in which there is no medium between the rich, full, uncultivated beard of Grey Duncan, and the clean shaven faces of the next generation." Grey Duncan had two brothers, namely, John, whose son Malcolm became marquis of Montilly in France, and Patrick, commonly called Black Patrick, baillie of Inverury, from whom descended the family of Forbes of Foveran, on which a baronetcy of Nova Scotia was conferred in 1699, but the title is now extinct. Duncan Forbes, the first of Culloden, married Janet, eldest daughter of James Forbes of Corsindae, also descended from the noble family at the head of the clan, and had, with two daughters, three sons, namely, John, his heir, Captain James Forbes of Caithness, and Captain Duncan Forbes of Assynt.

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2 - Duncau Forbes, provost of Inverness, and first of Culloden, who descended from the Forbes of Tolquohon and through them from Lord Forbes, the Earl Marshall and Robert the III. Duncan Forbes married Janet, daughter of James Forbes of *Corsindae of a family also descended from Lord Forbes, and the Mercers of Ballar, Lumsdens, Gordons of Craig, and Lesmoir, Forbes of Tolquohon, and Mortimers of Cragievar.

       [Memoirs of Baillie of Dunain]

3 - Duncan Forbes of Collodene married Janet Forbes, daughter to Corsendae, who did bear to him John Forbes of Collodene, Captain James Forbes, and Capt. Duncan Forbes in Inverness, Colloden, and two daughters, the eldest married to Bayllie of Dunyean

       and the 2d to Cluny M'Pherson.

       [GENEALOGY of the FAMILY of FORBES; FROM THE ACCOUNT OF MR, MATHEW LUMSDEN OF TULLIEKERNE, WRITTEN IN 1580 pub.1819]

Sources

       [S541] Stirnet Genealogy, Peter Barns-Graham, Forbes06 (Reliability: 3)

[S149] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of February 1, 2006), downloaded 25 September 2005 (Reliability: 3)
Source: http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getper...

http://venitap.com/Genealogy/WebCards/ps41/ps41_058.html

NameLaird Duncan “Gray Duncan” FORBES 1st Of Culloden; Provost Of Inverness , M Birth Dateabt 1572 Birth PlaceBandley, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death Date14 Oct 1654 Death PlaceCulloden, Inverness-Shire, Scotland Death MemoDied at age 82.

FatherLaird John FORBES Of Bandley , M (~1543-) MotherLady Elizabeth KEITH Of Tulloch , F (~1549-)

Spouses

1Lady Janet FORBES Of Corsindae , F Birth Dateabt 1575 Birth PlaceCorsindae, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death Date8 Nov 1651 Death PlaceCulloden, Inverness-Shire, Scotland

FatherLaird James FORBES 5th Of Corsindae , M (~1552-) MotherLady Kathrine MORTIMER Of Craigievar , F (~1555-)

Children

Elizabeth , F (~1605-)

John , M (~1609-1687)

James , M (~1611-1672)

Duncan , M (~1615-1677)

Anna , F (~1620-)

CULLODEN

A great many minor branches have sprung from the house of Tolquhon. Of these, the most importand are those of Culloden, Foveran and Waterton; some of the lesser brances will be noted in passing.

FAMILY OF CULLODEN. John Forbes of Bandley, second son of Alexander Forbes, 6th Laird of Tolquhon,

married about 1567, Elizabeth, daughter of William Keith of Tulloch,

by whom he had three sons:

1. Duncan of Culloden, M.P.; 2. John, an officer in the Scots Guard in France, and 3. Patrick, the Black Baillie ofl Inverurie, and ancester of Forbes of Foveran.

Source: THE HOUSE OF FORBES, Edited by Alistair & HenriettaTayler, Aberdeen, 1937, p. 403.

I. Duncan Forbes, born 1572, Provost of Inverness, bought the Bucht about 1626, Culloden from the Laird of Mackintosh in 1638, and Ferintosh in 1653.

He married Janet, eldest daughter of James Forbes of Corsindae,

by whom he had three sons:

1. John, 2. James of Caithness, and 3. Duncan of Assynt;

and two daughters:

4. Elizabeth, married william Baillie of dunain, Inverness-shire, and 5. Anna, married (1) Ewan Macpherson of cluny, and (2) Alex. Mackintosh of Connage.

Duncan died 14 October 1654, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John Forbes of Culloden

Source: THE HOUSE OF FORBES, Edited by Alistair & HenriettaTayler, Aberdeen, 1937, p. 403.