Appointed 1st June, 1816.
James, Lord Forbes, was appointed ensign in the Second Foot Guards, in 1781. In 1793 he served in Flanders, under His Royal Highness the Duke of York, and commanded a company at the battle of Famars. He served at the siege of Valenciennes, and led a portion of his regiment at the storm of the outworks. He was engaged at the re-capture of the post of Lincelles, where the Foot Guards distinguished themselves; also served at the siege of Dunkirk. In 1794 he served at the actions of Vaux, Cateau, Tournay, and Mouvaux,—at the defence of Nimeguen and Fort St. André, and in the retreat through Holland to Germany. After the action of Lincelles, in 1793, he was promoted to the rank of captain and lieut.-colonel, in succession to Lieut.-Colonel Bosville, who was killed on that occasion. In 1796, he obtained the rank of colonel; and in 1799 he served in the expedition to the Helder, and was present at every action of that short campaign in Holland, excepting one. In 1802 Lord Forbes was promoted to the rank of major-general, and nominated to the command of the troops stationed at Ashford, in Kent, and subsequently of the garrison at Dover, and he occasionally commanded the Kent District in the absence of Lieut.-General Sir David Dundas and of Lord Ludlow. He was appointed second in command of the troops stationed on the island of Sicily, in 1808, and promoted to the rank of lieut.-general. On his return to England in 1811, he was placed on the Staff of Ireland.
Lord Forbes was elected one of the representative peers of Scotland, in 1806, and held that distinguished situation many years. The colonelcy of the Third Garrison Battalion was conferred upon his Lordship in 1806; he was removed to the Ninety-fourth regiment in 1808, to the Fifty-fourth in 1809, and to the ROYAL NORTH BRITISH FUSILIERS in 1816: in 1819 he was promoted to the rank of general. He died in 1843.
The Right Honorable Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.B., G.C.M.G.
Appointed 31st May, 1843.
APPENDIX.
List of Battles, Sieges, &c., in the Netherlands, during the reign of King William III., from 1689 to the Peace of Ryswick in 1697.