Background
He was the youngest son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet.
He was the youngest son of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet.
He was educated at Eton and King"s College, Cambridge.
During the First World War he served as an officer with the Indian Expeditionary Force to Mesopotamia and Palestine. Virginia Mary Forbes Adam (since 1922), married Hugo Charteris Military Cross. The Review Sir Stephen Timothy Beilby Forbes Adam, 4th Baronet (since 1923)
Desmond Francis Forbes Adam (1926-1958)
Nigel Colin Forbes Adam (since 1930)
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India in 1924.
In 1948 he published Life of Lord Lloyd, a biography of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd.
He was a Deputy Lieutenant of Kingston-upon-Hull from 1958–1966.