Arthur Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard
The Earl of Granard | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 1992 – 21 November 1992 | |
| Preceded by | The 8th Earl of Granard |
| Succeeded by | The 10th Earl of Granard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Arthur Patrick Hastings Forbes 10 April 1915 |
| Died | 21 November 1992 (aged 77) |
| Parents | |
Arthur Patrick Hastings Forbes, 9th Earl of Granard, AFC (10 April 1915 – 21 November 1992), was a British peer.
Early life
Born on 10 April 1915,[1] he was the son of Bernard Forbes, 8th Earl of Granard (1874–1948), and Beatrice (née Mills) Forbes, Countess of Granard (1883–1972), an American socialite who was the daughter of Ogden Mills and a descendant of the Livingston and the Schuyler families from New York. He had one younger brother, the Hon. John Forbes, and two sisters, Eileen, Lady Bute, of Scotland, and Moira, Countess Rossi, of Switzerland.[2]
He was educated at
Career
Early in the
From 1972 to 1990, he was a director of Texaco. Lord Granard also served as a director for other companies, including the Nabisco Group Ltd. and Martini & Rossi.[2]
Personal life
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Lord Granard was married to Marie-Madeleine Eugenie, Princess of Faucigny Lucinge, (d. 1990). She was the daughter of Jean Maurel and the first wife of Prince Humbert de Faucigny-Lucinge (a brother of
- Lady Moira Forbes (b. 1951), who married Prince Charles-Antoine Lamoral de Ligne-La Trémoïlle, son of Prince Jean Charles Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle, in February 1971. They divorced in 1975 and she married, secondly, José de Guerrico Casado-Sastre in 1978.
- Lady Georgina Forbes (b. 1952), an owner of international showjumping horses.[7]
The Earl of Granard died at his home in Morges, Switzerland, in 1992 at age 77.[2] As he had no sons, his nephew Peter inherited the title and continues to be the holder.[6]
References
- ^ ISSN 0262-4923.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sir Arthur Forbes, Earl of Granard, 77". The New York Times. 21 November 1992.
- ^ "Air Attachés to Embassies and Legations at Foreign Courts". The Air Force List. December 1939. p. 71. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ^ "Air Attachés to Embassies and Legations at Foreign Courts". The Air Force List. May 1941. p. 71. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via National Library of Scotland.
- ISBN 9780905702162.
- ^ ISBN 9780312046408.
- ^ Lowes, Tony (28 November 2016). "Castle foreboding Scottish Woodlands ravages Castleforbes woodlands in Longford, with impunity from ineffectual Forest Services, Parks and Wildlife Service and government". Village Magazine. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
