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2 unusual facts about John Forbes-Sempill, 18th Lord Sempill


Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet

John Forbes-Sempill, the new Lord Sempill and Baronet, was a landowner and soldier who had served with the Lovat Scouts and then the Black Watch in the South African War.

At birth, he was christened "Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill", and officially registered as the youngest daughter of Lord Sempill.


Baron Caryll of Durford

The widowed Lady Caryll married secondly, Francis Sempill, 2nd Jacobite Lord Sempill.

Forbes Avenue

It has a length of about ten miles (16 km) and is named for John Forbes (1707–1759), whose expedition recaptured Fort Duquesne and who renamed the place Pittsburgh in 1758.

Island magazine

But, reflecting the national character of the magazine, contributors during this period included Les Murray, Christopher Koch, Dorothy Green, Humphrey McQueen, Donald Horne, Frank Moorhouse, Gwen Harwood, Bernard Smith, Hugh Stretton, Tim Winton, Olga Masters, Marion Halligan, John Forbes, Judith Beveridge, Geoff Page and Peter Porter.

John Forbes-Robertson

Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937), British stage actor, noted as Hamlet

Nina Foxx

She has also penned two stage plays including original music with collaborator John Forbes.

William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill

William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill (20 May 1836 – 21 July 1905), born William Forbes, was a Scottish peer, the 17th Lord Sempill and 8th Baronet of Craigievar.

William Sempill, 2nd Lord Sempill

After William Sempill's death, she married John Campbell of Skipnish, their daughter Jean was an ancestor of the Marquis of Bute.


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