Background
GRANARD, Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes was born on September 17, 1874. Son of 7th Earl and Honourable Frances Mary Petre, daughter of 12th Baron Petre. Succeeded father 1889.
GRANARD, Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes was born on September 17, 1874. Son of 7th Earl and Honourable Frances Mary Petre, daughter of 12th Baron Petre. Succeeded father 1889.
Beaumont; Oratory School.
Formerly Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Aide-de-camp to Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland (Earl Cadogan). Lieutenant, Scots Guards, 1899.
Captain, 1905; served South African War, 1900-1902 (Queen’s medal, 3 clasps, King’s medal, 2 clasps). Special Ambassador to announce the Accession of King George V. at the Courts of Lisbon, Madrid, The Hague, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Christiania, 1910. Right Honourable Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, Justice of the Peace, D.L. Company Longford; P.C.; Baronet 1628; Viscount Granard and Baron Claneliugh, 1675; Baron Granard (United Kingdom), 1806; Lord-in-Waiting to His Majesty, and Minister assisting Postmaster-General; Master of the Horse, 1907; Lieutenant-Colonel commanding 8th City of London Regiment (Post-Office Rities); Grand Cross of Order of Charles III. of Spain, and Companion of Spanish Order of Military Merit; Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia, 1st Class; Grand Cross of the Order of Isabel the Catholic of Spain; Grand Cross of the Order of Christ of Portugal, and of the Polar Star of Sweden.
Clubs: Guards’, Turf.
Spouse 1909, Beatrice,daughter of Ogden Mills of Staatsburg, Dutchess County, U.S.A. Heir: Honourable Donald A. Forbes.