Sir Arthur Forbes, 1st Baronet of Castle Forbes, County Longford, Ireland took part in the Scottish Plantation of Ireland, and died in a duel at Hamburg, Germany.
Background
Arthur Forbes was a son of William Forbes of Corsse, by his wife Elizabeth Strachan, a daughter of the Laird of Thornton. Forbes was therefore directly descended from the Patrick Forbes of Corsse, a younger son of James Forbes, 2nd Lord Forbes (died 1476) and his spouse Egidia (born 1450), daughter of William Keith, Earl-Marischal of Scotland.
Career
He settled in Ireland in 1620, and was made by Letters Patent, dated at Dublin, in 1622, a free denizen of that kingdom. In 1626 he is referred to as Captain Arthur Forbes, and on September 29, 1628, he was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia. Having made the discovery that several Royal fishings in the province of Ulster belonged to the Crown, he petitioned the king and an inquiry was thereupon instituted.
Sir Arthur was eventually rewarded by a grant of such proportion of the said fisheries as he thought proper to demand, besides the sum of £3000 from the profits of the remainder.
He had previously obtained extensive territorial possessions from the crown, particularly a grant of various lands in county Longford, in all 1,266 acres (512 km2), which were erected into the manor of Castle Forbes, with the usual manorial privileges. A lieutenant-colonel, he had accompanied his regiment to assist King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, but was killed in a duel at Hamburg in 1632.