Duncan Forbes, 3rd of Culloden
Scottish politician
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- Duncan Forbes 3rd of Culloden (1644–1704) was a politician and member of the Parliament of Scotland between 1678 and 1704.
- Two of his sons, John (1673–1734), and Duncan (1685–1747), played prominent roles in dealing with the Jacobite rising of 1715 and its aftermath; Duncan also played a similar role in respect of the rising of 1745.
- He had six siblings, David (b.
- 1656), John (1658–1707), Jean (1659 – after 1693), Naomi (b.
- In 1668, he married Mary Innes, daughter of Sir Robert, 2nd Baron Innes (1619–89), who built Innes House, near Elgin.
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WikipediaDuncan Forbes 3rd of Culloden (1644–1704) was a politician and member of the Parliament of Scotland between 1678 and 1704. He was a strong supporter of Whiggism, a political philosophy developed during the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which advocated the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch and opposed Catholicism.
Two of his sons, John (1673–1734), and Duncan (1685–1747), played prominent roles in dealing with the Jacobite rising of 1715 and its aftermath; Duncan also played a similar role in respect of the rising of 1745.
Duncan Forbes was born in 1644 during the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, eldest son of John Forbes (1609–1687), 2nd of Culloden near Inverness, and his wife Anna Dunbar (died after 1716). He had six siblings, David (b. 1644), Jonathan (b. 1656), John (1658–1707), Jean (1659 – after 1693), Naomi (b. 1662) and Alexander (d. 1769).
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