Sir John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, 8th Baronet, ofMonymusk, ofFettercairn and Pitsligo,FRSE (1804–1866) was a Scottish baronet, landowner, advocate and agriculturalist. His name sometimes appears asHepburn-Forbes.
He was born inDean House in western Edinburgh on 25 September 1804 the son of Williamina Belches Stuart of Invermay and Sir William Forbes of Monymusk and Pitsligo, 7th baronet. His younger brothers includedJames David Forbes. He studied law at theUniversity of Edinburgh, and qualified as an advocate in 1826.
When his father died in 1828 he became 8th baronet, and took over the family home at 86 George Street.[1] His country estate was atFettercairn.
In 1833 he was elected a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh his proposer beingThomas Charles Hope.[2]
He died in London on 28 May 1866. Due to the lack of male heir the baronetcy passed to his nephew, William Stuart Forbes (1835–1906), son of Charles Hay Forbes, thereafter being titled as 9th baronet.[citation needed]
In 1834 he married Lady Harriet Louisa Anne Kerr (d.1884), daughter ofWilliam Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. They had one daughter, Harriet Williamina Hepburn-Forbes (1835–1869), who was the mother ofCharles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton.[citation needed]
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| Preceded by William Forbes | Baronet (of Monymusk) 1828–1866 | Succeeded by William Forbes |