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George Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard

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George Arthur Hastings Forbes, 7th Earl of Granard KP (5 August 1833 – 25 August 1889), styled Viscount Forbes from 1836 to 1837, was an Irish peer and soldier.

Background and education

He was the son of Major-General George Forbes, Viscount Forbes, and his wife, the Viscountess Forbes (née Frances Mary Territt); he succeeded his grandfather as Earl of Granard in 1837. He was educated at Eton.

Military career

Granard became the lieutenant-colonel commandant of the 9th Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and was appointed honorary colonel of the Westmeath Militia on 29 May 1878.[1] He was made a Knight of St Patrick in 1857.

Granard was President of the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1875 until his death, and was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great. He was also a member of the Senate of the Royal University of Ireland. Lord and Lady Granard converted to Roman Catholicism in 1869.[2]

Family

By his first marriage to Jane Colclough Morgan on 2 June 1858, Granard had two daughters:

  • Lady Adelaide Jane Frances Forbes (21 Aug 1860 – 18 November 1942), married Lord Maurice FitzGerald.
  • Lady Sophia Maria Elizabeth Forbes (21 Jan 1862 – 7 November 1942), married Sir Henry Grattan-Bellew, 3rd Baronet.

By his second marriage to the Honourable Frances Mary Petre, daughter of William Petre, 12th Baron Petre, on 4 September 1873, he had eight children:

  • Lady Margaret Mary Theresa Forbes (died 19 May 1965), married Capt. Hon. George Savile, son of John Savile, 4th Earl of Mexborough
  • Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (1874–1948)
  • Hon. Fergus Reginald George Forbes (20 January 1876 – 18 February 1876)
  • Capt. Hon. Reginald George Benedict Forbes (25 June 1877 – 20 May 1908)
  • Lady Eva Mary Margaret Forbes (25 June 1877 – 1968)
  • Col. Hon. Donald Alexander Forbes (3 September 1880 – 2 August 1938), married Mary Doreen Lawson and had issue
  • Lt.-Col. Hon. Bertram Aloysius Forbes (26 May 1882 – 5 August 1960)
  • Capt. Hon. Fergus George Arthur Forbes (26 May 1882 – 23 August 1914), killed in World War I

References

  • "thePeerage.com". Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  1. ^ "No. 24587". The London Gazette. 28 May 1878. p. 3303.
  2. ^ Gorman, Converts to Rome; 1899, 4th edition.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Leitrim
1856–1872 		Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Earl of Granard
1837–1889 		Succeeded by
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