Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes

Who was Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes?

Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes was a Scottish peer. He was the son of James Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes and Elizabeth Hunter. He served as one of the youngest officers, of the line during the Battle of Waterloo as a member of the Coldstream Guards. Soon after the war he built the new Forbes Castle, in Alford, Aberdeenshire, in 1815.

His first wife was Horatia Shaw, she was the 7th dau. of Sir Gregory Shaw, 5th Bart. born & Theodsia Margaret Monson, born. They married on 31 January 1825. They had three children:

Hon. Horace Courtenay Gammel Forbes, 19th Lord Forbes

Hon. Charles Murray Hay Forbes,

Hon. Atholl Monson Forbes, 20th Lord Forbes,

Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, second wife was Louisa Ormond; she was the second daughter of James Ormond of Abingdon. Berks. & Elizabeth Gordon. Louisa Ormond and Walter Forbes, 18th Lord Forbes, married on 4 April 1864. They had two children.

Hon. Walter Robert Drummond Forbes, J.P. Aberdeen. He married Eveline Louisa Michell, daughter of Fredrick Cooper Farwell.