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5 unusual facts about Duncan Forbes


Duncan Forbes

Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden (1685–1747), his son, Scottish politician and judge

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Duncan Forbes of Culloden (1644–1704), Scottish politician and supporter of the House of Hanover

Duncan Forbes, Lord Culloden

A statue by Louis-François Roubiliac was raised to him in the parliament house at Edinburgh.

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Soon after his return he married Mary, daughter of Hugh Rose, twelfth baron of Kilravock, near Culloden.

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As lord advocate he had been engaged in 1728 in the prosecution of James Carnegie of Finhaven, who had been grossly insulted during one of the usual convivial parties at a funeral by a Mr. Bridgeton, and, trying to stab Bridgeton, had killed Lord Strathmore.



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