Clan Forbes

For ships, see List of ships named Clan Forbes.

Forbes
Foirbeis
MottoGrace, me guide.[1]
War cry"Lonach" (a hill in Strath Don).[2]
Profile
Plant badgeBroom.[2]
Pipe musicMarch "Cath Ghlinn Eurainn" ("The Battle of Glen Eurann").[2]
Chief
Lord Malcolm Nigel Forbes
23rd Lord Forbes
SeatCastle Forbes
Historic seatCulloden House
Allied clans
Rival clans
A Victorian-era illustration of a Clan Forbes Chief by R. R. McIan from The Clans of the Scottish Highlands published in 1845.

Clan Forbes is a Highland Scottish clan from Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  1. ^ a b George Way; Romilly Squire, Collins clans & tartans (London: HarperCollins, 2000) [page needed] ISBN 0-00-472501-8
  2. ^ a b c The Scottish clans and their tartans (Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1900) access link Page 22