James Grant Forbes

James Grant Forbes

James Grant Forbes (Shanghai, October 22, 1879 – Paris, April 24, 1955 ["New York Times" 1955 Ap 26, 29:2] ) was an American businessman, a member of the Forbes family, son of Francis Blackwell Forbes and wife Isabel Clark and brother of William Hathaway Forbes.

James Grant Forbes was born in Shanghai, China, where the Forbes family of Boston amassed a fortune from the opium trade and merchant banking after the Opium Wars. He went to school in England and graduated from Harvard University.

Forbes was a successful international lawyer and banker. He married at 10 Walnut St., Boston, Massachusetts on November 28, 1906 Margaret Tyndal Winthrop (Massachusetts, February 23, 1880 – Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Brittany, July 7, 1970 ["New York Times" 1970 Jl 9, 37:6] ), who came from a family with deep roots in Massachusetts history going back to John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, daughter of Robert Charles Winthrop, Jr. (Boston, Massachusetts, December 7, 1834 – Boston, Massachusetts, June 5, 1905) and wife (m. June 1, 1869) Elizabeth Mason (Massachusetts, October 1, 1844 – Boston, Massachusetts, April 22, 1924) and paternal granddaughter of Robert Charles Winthrop and wife Elizabeth Cabot Blanchard. The couple lived in the United States for the early years of their marriage, but after the birth of their third child they moved to Europe and made Paris, France their home.

During World War I, and after having had several more children, they moved to England, where they rented Barrow Green Court. Margaret had two English governesses to help bring up her 13 children.

Forbes and wife had:
* James Forbes
* Jock Forbes
* Griselda Forbes
* Angela Forbes
* Eileen Forbes
* Monica Forbes
* Rosemary Isabel Forbes (1913-2002), married to Richard John Kerry, parents of United States Senator 2004 U.S. Presidential candidate Democrat John Kerry (D-MA)
* Alastair Cameron Forbes (1918-2005), a journalist
* Ian Forbes
* Iris Forbes, married to Terence Armstrong (1920-1996)
* Fiona Forbes, married to Alain-Gauthier Lévy Lalonde, parents of the 1981 French Presidential candidate Green and onetime Minister of the Environment Brice Lalonde

References

External links

* [http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html The Ancestors of Senator John Forbes Kerry (b. 1943)]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • James Alexander Forbes (1805-1881) — James Alexander Forbes (January 6 1805 – May 6 1881 [cite web | url=http://historylosgatos.org/cdm4/item viewer.php?CISOROOT=/Forbes CISOPTR=18 CISOBOX=1 REC=2 | title=Forbes mill | work=Hooked on Los Gatos | publisher=Los Gatos Public Library |… …   Wikipedia

  • James Grant (British Army officer) — James Grant, Laird of Ballindalloch (1720 1806) was a major general in the British Army during the American Revolutionary War. He served as Governor of East Florida from 1763 to 1771.Early careerGrant was born on the family estate of… …   Wikipedia

  • James Grant — (1720 1806) fue un general del ejército británico que luchó en las Guerras Franco india y de Independencia de Estados Unidos. Fue gobernador de la Florida española entre 1763 y 1771, cuando ésta estuvo en manos inglesas. Contenido 1 Primeros años …   Wikipedia Español

  • James Forbes — may refer to: * Reverend James A. Forbes, Jr. (b. 1935), Senior Minister of New York s Riverside Church * James Forbes (artist) (1749 ndash;1819), British artist * James Forbes (screenwriter) (1871 ndash;1938), Canadian American movie… …   Wikipedia

  • James Forbes (screenwriter) — James Grant Forbes (September 2, 1871 ndash; May 26, 1938) was a Canadian playwright who worked as a Hollywood movie screenwriter.Writer filmography1930s 1920s 1910s *Bachelor s Affairs (1932) (play Precious) *Inspiration (1931) (adaptation)… …   Wikipedia

  • Forbes family — Infobox Family colour = powderblue name = Forbes crest = caption = ethnicity = Scottish American region = New England, United States early forms = origin = United States members = John Murray Forbes, John Kerry otherfamilies = Kerry family… …   Wikipedia

  • Forbes — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Prénom 2 Patronyme 3 Presse …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Forbes (disambiguation) — The name Forbes may refer to many things:Peopleurname* Clan Forbes, a Scottish clan. * Forbes family, an extended American family known for involvement in Chinese mercantile trade and its entrepreneurial and political members. * Alex Forbes, a… …   Wikipedia

  • Forbes, James — (1871 1938)    James Grant Forbes was born in Salem, Ontario, Canada. He began as a drama critic for the Pittsburgh Dispatch, then joined the New York Herald. He held various positions in theatre management and as a press agent, while… …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

  • James Burnett, Lord Monboddo — James Burnet redirects here. For the Scottish painter, see James M. Burnet. Lord Monboddo, pencil sketch by John Brown, circa 1777 James Burnett, Lord Monboddo (25 October 1714 – 26 May 1799) was a Scottish judge, scholar of linguistic evolution …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”