The Forbes baronetcy, of Pitsligo and Monymusk in the County of Aberdeen, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 30 March 1626 for William Forbes, with remainder to heirs male whatsoever.
The 8th Baronet assumed the additional surname and arms of Hepburn.
He was the heir general of the last Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (his ancestor, the 4th Baronet, having married Hon.
His only child, Harriet Williamina, married Charles Henry Rolle Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton.
On the Baronet's death in 1828 the Forbes of Pitsligo estates passed to his daughter and son-in-law (see the Baron Clinton).