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unusual facts about William Forbes-Sempill, 17th Lord Sempill



Baron Caryll of Durford

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

Robert Gordon of Straloch

The younger son of Sir John Gordon of Pitlurg, Knt, (died 1600) by his spouse Isabel, daughter of William Forbes, 7th Lord Forbes, Robert Gordon was educated at the Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, of which he was the first graduate, and afterwards at the University of Paris.

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.

Sir James Hunter Blair, 1st Baronet

Born John Hunter, the son of an Ayr merchant, he became a banker in the banking company of Sir William Forbes, and acquired the estate of Robertland.

Taft Commission

William Forbes, later Governor General of the Philippines, wrote that he could not remember any instance where a commissioner protested because he could not understand an issue on linguistic grounds.

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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