Duncan Forbes of Culloden (politician, born 1644)

Duncan Forbes of Culloden
Commissioner for Nairnshire
In office
1703–1704
MonarchAnne
Preceded byHugh Rose of Kilvarock
Succeeded byJohn Forbes
Commissioner for Inverness-shire
In office
1689–1702
MonarchWilliam II
Preceded byHugh Fraser of Belladrum
Succeeded byAlexander Grant
Commissioner for Nairnshire
In office
1678–1686
Personal details
Born1644
Culloden House, Inverness, Scotland
Died24 June 1704(1704-06-24) (aged 60)
Edinburgh
SpouseMarie Innes (d 1678?)
ChildrenJohn (1673–1734); Jean (ca 1678–?); Margaret; Duncan (1685–1747); four others died young
Parent(s)John Forbes (died ca 1688)
Anna Dunbar (died after 1716)
ResidenceCulloden House
Alma materMarischal College, Aberdeen
University of Bourges
OccupationPolitician
Arms of Forbes of Culloden: Azure on a chevron between three bears’ heads couped argent, muzzled and langued gules, as many unicorns’ heads erased sable.[1]

Duncan Forbes 3rd of Culloden (1644–1704) was a politician and member of the Parliament of Scotland between 1678 and 1704. He was a strong supporter of Whiggism, a political philosophy developed during the 1638 to 1651 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which advocated the supremacy of Parliament over the monarch and opposed Catholicism.

His two sons, John (1673-1734), and Duncan (1685-1747), played prominent roles in suppressing the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745.

  1. ^ Paul, James Balfour (1903). An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of all Arms and Bearings in Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Green & sons. p. 74.