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Alexander Forbes Group Holdings, commonly referred to as Alexforbes is a diversified financial services organisation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company is headquartered in Johannesburg , South Africa , with a presence in two other countries on the African continent : Namibia and Botswana and in the Channel Islands through an offshore Jersey operation.
Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448), also feudal baron of Forbes, was a Scottish nobleman. Life. He was the eldest son of Sir John de Forbes (died ...
Arms of the Lord Forbes of Pitsligo: Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Azure, three bears’ heads couped argent, muzzled gules; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, three fraises argent. [1]He was the only son of Alexander Forbes, 3rd Lord Forbes of Pitsligo, by Lady Sophia Erskine, third daughter of John, 21st and 4th Earl of Mar, and was born 22 May 1678.
Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes (died 1491), was the eldest son of William, 3rd Lord Forbes, and succeeded his father in or before 1483.. The gift of the fine payable to the crown on his marriage was acquired by Margaret, Lady Dirleton, who wished him to marry her own daughter, Margaret Ker.
Alexander Kinloch Forbes (1821–1865), British administrator in India, writer; Alexander Forbes (explorer) (1778–1862), Scottish explorer; Alexander F. I. Forbes (1871–1959), South African astronomer; Alexander Forbes (neurophysiologist) (1882–1965), American neurophysiologist and medical school professor
Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes of Pitsligo. Lord Forbes of Pitsligo was a title in the Peerage of Scotland.It was created on 24 June 1633 for Alexander Forbes.He was a descendant of Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (see the Lord Forbes).
Sir John Forbes's son, Alexander Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes fought at the Battle of Harlaw in 1411, in support of Alexander Stewart, Earl of Mar. [12] Alexander had safe conduct from Henry V of England to visit his king, James I of Scotland at Rouen in 1421 and was allowed as his escort to bring forty Pikeman and other followers, up to one hundred men. [13]
Lord Forbes is the senior Lordship of Parliament in the Peerage of Scotland.. The title was created sometime after 1436 for Alexander de Forbes, feudal baron of Forbes. The precise date of the creation is not known, but in a Precept dated July 12, 1442, he is already styled Lord Forbes.