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Arthur Forbes, 9th Laird of Culloden DL FRSE (1819-1879) was a noted Scottish landowner and amateur botanist.[1] He was Deputy Lieutenant of Nairn and Ross. He was a descendant of Duncan Forbes of Culloden. LifeHe was born at Douglas on the Isle of Man on 25 January 1819 the son of Duncan George Forbes of Culloden (1781-1840) and his wife, Sarak Walker (d.1838). He was educated at Aberdeen and then Cambridge University.[2] In 1843 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer was John Cockburn.[3] He died at Aldershot on 16 March 1879.[2] FamilyIn 1849 he married Sarah Georgina Warrand (d.1879). References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://herbariaunited.org/collector/10728/|title=botanist: Arthur Forbes (1819 - 1879)|website=herbariaunited.org}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forbes, Arthur}}{{Scotland-botanist-stub}}2. ^1 Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists, Ray Desmond 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}} 9 : 1819 births|1879 deaths|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Alumni of the University of Cambridge|Scottish botanists|Lairds|Scottish landowners|People from Douglas, Isle of Man|Alumni of the University of Aberdeen |
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