Alexander Forbes may refer to:
Scottish noblemen
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Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes
Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448), also Prescriptive barony, feudal baron of Forbes Castle, Forbes, was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman.
Life
He was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes (died 1405), Sheriff-substitute, Sheriff-d ...
(died 1448), Scottish baron
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Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes (died 1491), Scottish baron
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Alexander Forbes, 10th Lord Forbes (died 1672), Scottish baron, the 10th
Lord Forbes
Lord Forbes is the senior Lordship of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland.
The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal baron of Forbes. The precise date of the creation is not known, but in a Precept dated July 1 ...
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Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678–1762), Scottish philosopher and Jacobite
Other people
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Alexander Forbes (bishop of Aberdeen) (1564–1617), bishop of Aberdeen
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Alexander Forbes (bishop of Brechin)
Alexander Penrose Forbes (16 June 18178 October 1875) was a Scottish Anglican divine, Episcopalian divine. A leading cleric in the Scottish Episcopal Church, he was Bishop of Brechin from 1847 until his death in 1875.
Biography
Forbes was born ...
(1817–1875), Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Brechin
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Alexander Kinloch Forbes
Alexander Kinloch Forbes (7 July 1821 – 31 August 1865) was a colonial administrator in British India.
Early life
Forbes was born in London on 7 July 1821 to John Forbes-Mitchell (1786-1822) of Thainston and Ann Powell (m. 1809 d. 1861). He was ...
(1821–1865), British administrator in India, writer
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Alexander Forbes (explorer) (1778–1862), Scottish explorer
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Alexander F. I. Forbes (1871–1959), South African astronomer
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Alexander Forbes (neurophysiologist) (1882–1965), American neurophysiologist and medical school professor
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Alex Forbes (1925–2014), Scottish football player (Arsenal, Scotland)
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Alex S. Forbes (fl. 1928–1935), Scottish football player
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Jim Forbes (Australian politician)
Alexander James de Burgh Forbes, (16 December 1923 – 10 August 2019), often known as A. J. Forbes, was an Australian politician. He served in the House of Representatives from 1956 to 1975 as a member of the Liberal Party, representing the D ...
(Alexander James Forbes, 1923–2019), Australian soldier and politician
Businesses
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Alexander Forbes Group Holdings
Alexforbes (officially Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Limited) is a South African diversified financial services organization.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, the company has a presence outside of South Africa, in Namibia, Botswana, and in the ...
, a financial services group with its head office in South Africa
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