John Forbes (1801–1840)

John Forbes (1801–1840) was a British director of the East India Company and Member of Parliament.

[1] When John turned 21, a party was held, and a cairn made on Lonach Hill in the Strathdon area in 1822, to celebrate.

His father Charles, a baronet from 1823, became Member of Parliament in 1818 for Malmesbury, a constituency controlled by Joseph Pitt.

For the 1826 general election, Sir Charles bought the second seat in the two-member constituency from Pitt, for John Forbes.

[5] Forbes did not speak in Parliament, but generally supported the Liverpool ministry and its Tory successors.