Frank Forbes Adam
Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet CB, CIE, DL (17 June 1846 – 22 December 1926) was a British banker who made his fortune in British India. He was President of the Bank of Bombay.[1]
He was educated at Loretto School.
He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1888,[2] knighted (Knight Bachelor) in 1890,[3] created Baronet of Hankelow Court, Sussex in 1917[4] and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.[5]
He married Rose Frances, daughter of Charles Gordon Kemball, a Judge High Court, Bombay. They had three sons and a daughter:[6]
- Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet GCB, DSO, OBE (1885–1982), British army general.
- Eric Forbes Adam CMG (1888–1925), diplomat
- Colin Gurden Forbes Adam CSI (1889–1982), civil servant
- Hetty Reay Clifford Forbes Adam MBE (1896–1970).
References
- ^ 'ADAM, Sir Frank Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012
- ^ "No. 25772". The London Gazette. 3 January 1888.
- ^ "No. 26048". The London Gazette. 6 May 1890.
- ^ "No. 30017". The London Gazette. 13 April 1917.
- ^ "No. 31379". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 30 May 1919. - ^ "Burke's Peerage – Preview Family Record". Burkespeerage.com. 1920-02-12. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
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