Sir Charles Forbes, 1st Baronet

As a member of the House of Commons he enjoyed the respect of all parties, for his love of justice, kindly feeling, and plain, straightforward honesty.

During the debates in the former session he spoke of the measure as "the vile Reform Bill, that hideous monster, the most frightful that ever showed its face in that house".

From his long residence in the East, he knew the people intimately, and he spent a large portion of his fortune in their midst.

One of his last acts was the appropriation of a very large sum of money to procure for the inhabitants of Bengal a plentiful supply of pure water in all seasons.

When he left India he was presented by the natives with a magnificent service of plate, and twenty-seven years after his departure from Bombay the sum of £9,000 was subscribed for the erection of a statue to his honour.

It was the first instance on record of the people of India raising a statue to any one unconnected with the civil or military service of the country.

On the death of his uncle in 1821, Forbes succeeded to the entailed estates of the Forbeses of Newe, and was created a baronet by patent in 1823.

Their daughter, Elizabeth, married General, Lord James Hay, second son of the seventh Marquess of Tweeddale.