Charles Hay Forbes
The name Charles Hay Forbes is not the first name listed on the monument.
The monument is in St John interior interior monuments, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.
There are 52 other graves within this cemetery that are listed within the GPR database.
No date of death is recorded against Charles Hay Forbes entry on the monument.
Charles Hay Forbes age is given as 53.
Charles Hay Forbes is listed on the GPR grave numbered 255753.
Charles Hay Forbes is listed as the brother of George Forbes on the grave monument.
Charles Hay Forbes has the record number 549240 within the GPR person name database table.
Charles Hay Forbes family name was Hay (to see all the others with the same family name, just click the name ).
The record was added to the GPR on 30 September 2012
There is one image available for the monument listing Charles Hay Forbes (see grave detail page).
The follow note is stored against Charles Hay Forbes record:
Third son. Became a banker in Edinburgh 1830-38; then in Glasgow 1838-44. Returned to Edinburgh 1844-46. Lived in Rugby; Warwickshire; 1848-53. Returned again to Edinburgh in 1853 and purchased Canaan Park; off the Grange Loan (now part of Atlie Ainslie Hospital.) Married 5th July 1833 to his cousin; 3rd daughter of the 15th chief of Glengarry. Her uncle; Col. James MacDonnell; was famous for his exploit in closing the gates at the farmhouse at Hougoument; when the French had almost burst into the yard; at the Battle of Waterloo; in 1815. They were the parents of 4 sons and 5 daughters. The eldest son inherited his uncle's baronetcy whilst living in New Zealand; where his descendants still live. Charles died 5th November; at Canaan Park and is interred in South Burial Ground. Window was erected to the memory of Charles by his wife and seven surviving children in July 1860