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thanks of the Bedford’s commander, Capt. Jas. Walker. He afterwards, in the Vengeur 74, Capt. Tristram Robt. Ricketts, attended the expedition to New Orleans, and, while engaged in the operations against it, was for nine weeks exposed, day and night, in an open boat. During that period he assisted in storming and destroying the guns of a very strong fort on the banks of the Mississippi; and he also, by the capture of an American schooner laden with supplies, which he had the good fortune to accomplish while in command of the Vengeur’s barge, materially hastened the surrender of Fort Bowyer, near the entrance of Mobile Bay, Ever since the paying off of the Vengeur, in Aug. 181.5, Mr. Forbes, owing to the severe hardships he underwent in the service, has been more or less affected with derangement of mind, and he is now confined in Haslar Hospital.
He is married, and has issue.
FORBES. (Ret. Capt., 1844. f-p.„ 19; h-p., 34.)
John Forbes, born 15 March, 1780, at Aberdeen, is son of the late Geo. Forbes, Esq., a merchant of that city, by Jane, daughter of Lumsden, of Alford and Cromar, co. Aberdeen; and brother of the late Capt. David Forbes, E.I.Co.’s Service, Governor of Ternate.
This officer entered the Navy, 6 Feb. 1794, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, in which ship,, bearing successively the flags of Admirals Macbride, Waldegrave, Colpoys, and Lord Keith, he served the whole of his time, and was present at the reduction of Ste. Lucie in 1796, the battle of the Nile in 1798, and in divers operations on the coast of Italy, including the capture of Naples, Genoa, &c. Being confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 25 Dec. 1800, in the Florentine 36, Capt. John Broughton, he assisted at the landing of the troops in Egypt in 1801, and for that service was presented with the Turkish gold medal. From May, 1803, until March, 1806, Mr. Forbes continued to be employed with Captain, afterwards Rear-Admiral Louis, in the Conqueror 74, Leopard 50, and Canopus 80, the last two years as his Flag-Lieutenant; during which period he commanded a squadron of boats in the celebrated Catamaran expedition against the Boulogne flotilla in 1804, was on board the Canopus in the action off St. Domingo 6 Feb. 1806, and came into collision with the batteries at Cadiz. After cruizing for a short period in the Channel, as First of the Acasta 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, he removed, in that capacity, to the Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, under whom he was wounded in the head and body at the passage of the Dardanelles in Feb. 1807.[1] With the latter officer Mr. Forbes afterwards served, until promoted to the rank of Commander, 17 March, 1812, in the San Josef 110, and, for some time as Acting-Captain, in the Antelope 50 – the last two years at Newfoundland, where he officiated as Surrogate and Justice of the Peace. Capt. Forbes’ last appointments were, 16 Dec. 1812, 6 Dec. 1813, and 12 April, 1814, to the Havock 10, Erebus 18, and Harrier of similar force, on the Baltic and Home stations. In the Erebus he conveyed Lord Castlereagb and Count Pozzo di Borgo to Helvoetsluys; and in the Harrier he took part in the grand review at Spithead. He left the latter vessel in July, 1814, and assumed the rank he now holds 26 March, 1844.
Capt. Forbes, who has received a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund in consideration of his wounds, is a member of the Royal Astronomical and Agricultural Societies, and a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant for Berkshire. He married, 22 July, 1814, Letitia Mary, daughter of the late Geo. White, Esq., of Newington House, co. Oxford, and of the Isle of Thanet, by whom he has had issue four eons and three daughters. Of the former, James William, the eldest, died a Lieutenant in the 13th Foot, 29 Jan. 1839. The third, Frederick Edwyn, is a Lieutenant R.N.
FORBES. (Commander, 1842. f-p., 17; h-p., 8.)
Thomas George Forbes entered the Navy, 18 May, 1822, as a Volunteer, on board the Impregnable 104, Capt. Alex. Skene, guard-ship at Plymouth, where he removed, in Jan. 1823, to the Britannia 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Bruce. Between April, 1824, and the year 1829, when he passed his examination, he served,, on the South American. Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Tweed 28, Capt. Fred. Hunn, Spartiate 76, flagship of Sir Geo. Eyre, Doris 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, Briton 46, Capt. Sir Murray Maxwell, Cadmus 10, Capt. Chas. Hallowell, Dartmouth 42, Capt. Thos. Felloweg, Zebra 18, Capt. Popham, and Kent 78, Capt. John Ferris Devonshire. During his attachment to the Dartmouth, Mr. Forbes was present in the battle of Navarin 20 Oct. 1827, and on that occasion was employed in the boats towing the fire-vessels dear of his own frigaite, and also of the, French ships Scipion and Sirène. After officiating for about 18 months as Mate of the Seringapatam 46, Capt. Hon. Wm. Waldegrave, on the South American station, he was there appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 20 Dec. 1830, of the Warspite 76, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Baker, to which ship he was confirmed by commission dated 5 Jan. 1832. His succeeding appointments, we find were, on the same, and on the Home, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations – 20 March, 1832, to the Lightning 18, Capt. Thos. Dickinson – 31 Oct. 1832. to the Malabar 74, Capts. Hon. Josceline Percy and Henry Shovell Marshamr – 28 March, 1836, to the Cornwallis 74, Capts. Robt. Worgan Geo. Festing and Sir Joshua Ricketts Rowley – and, 11 Feb. 1837, to the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag of Sir Robt. Stopford. While in the latter ship, in 1840, Mr. Forbes witnessed the fall of Beyrout, was employed in erecting defences at D’Journi, and assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, and has not since been employed. His last promotion took place 10 Nov. 1842.
FORDER. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 9; h-p., 33.)
George Forder died 9 Dec. 1845, in the 56th year of his age. He was brother of Commander Robt. Forder, R.N. (1821), who died in 1844.
This officer entered the Navy, 24 Feb. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Chichester, guard-ship at St. Helen’s, Capt. Joseph Spear, and, after serving for some time with that officer, and with Capt. Alex. Shippard of the Surinam 18, joined, in March, 1806, the Confiance sloop, Capt. Jas. Lucas Yeo. In August, 1807, we find him officially noticed, and spoken of in the highest manner, for his conduct at the cutting out, by the boats of the latter vessel, of the Spanish privateer El Reitrada of 3 guns and 30 men, under a heavy fire from two strong forts at Guardia, on the coast of Portugal.[2] On 27 of the following October, previously to the departure of the Royal Family for South America, he accompanied Lord Strangford with a flag of truce to Lisbon; after which, while in a prize, he appears to have been taken by some Spanish gun-boats, and detained a prisoner from 13 Feb. to May 1808. He then rejoined the Confiance, and, during the month of Jan. 1809, was twice mentioned for his able support of Capt. Yeo, as that officer’s aide-de-camp, at the storming of the batteries, and throughout the other operations connected with the capture of Cayenne. On 2 June, 1810, Mr. Forder was promoted by Admiral Young, with whom he had been serving for a few months in the Salvador del Mundo, to the rank of Lieutenant, on the latter striking his flag as Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth. Being soon afterwards appointed Second of the Africaine of 48 guns and 235 men, Capt. Robt. Corbett, he sailed for India; on his passage whither, 11 Sept. following, he commanded the boats in a very gallant, although unsuccessful, attempt made to capture a schooner near the Isle of France, on which occasion the British sustained a loss of 2 men
