FORBES, Duncan 3rd of Culloden, MP, Genealogist ^{1 2 3}

   Another name for Duncan was FORBES, Duncan fiar of Culloden.⁴

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  General Notes:

"Duncan Forbes of Culloden was educated at Bourges and became provost of, and later MP for, Inverness. Because of his opposition to the succession of James VII and II, his estates at Culloden and Ferintosh were harried by Jacobite soldiers under Viscount Dundee in 1688. As recompense, the Scottish Parliament exempted him from paying duty on the whisky he distilled. He was a keen genealogist and published The Familie of Innes for his wife, Mary, who was from that family. In his Plan for Preserving Peace of the Highlands he recognized the need for the integration of the people of the Highlands into British society in order to prevent them being used as a tool of the exiled Stuart dynasty. His son, also Duncan, continued to pursue his father's ideas. He was also an MP for Inverness and rose to become Lord Advocate. He proposed the establishment of Highland regiments and was personally responsible for ensuring that many of the most powerful highland chiefs did not join Charles Edward's campaign in 1745. The younger Duncan, however, became unpopular for his appeals for lenient treatment of the rebels."

from Scotland's People




"Duncan Forbes, 3rd of Culloden, was a great genealogist, and undertook to write the history of the Innes family, that of his wife, in order, as it was said, to show the ' proud Kers,' to whom the Inneses succeeded, that the latter family was as ancient as their own. "

from House of Forbes ⁵

Duncan married Mary INNES, daughter of Sir Robert INNES 21st of that Ilk, 2nd Baronet and Jean ROSS, in 1668.¹ (Mary INNES was born about 1649.)

  Marriage Notes:

"Duncan Forbes of Culloden married Mary Innes, daughter of Sir Robert Innes of that ilk, and by her had two sons, John and Duncan .... and seven daughters; the eldest, Jean, married to Sir Harry Innes of that ilk ... "

from Family of Forbes




"Duncan (Forbes), M.P., married in 1668 Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Innes of Innes, and by her had two sons and seven daughters :

John, his heir, and Duncan, the famous Lord President.

Jean, married Sir Harry Innes of Innes. Anna, married Peter Forbes, of Phyline, Assynt. Mary, married Robert Urquhart of Burdsyards. Margaret, married George Munro of Newmore. Isabel, married Fraser of Auchnagairn. Naomi, married Dr. Alexander Paterson of Inverness. Grizel, married David Ross of Kindeace. He died in 1704, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John."

from House of Forbes ¹