{"product_id":"lang-syne-scottish-clan-crest-tartan-information-history-fact-book-forbes","title":"Scottish Clan Book - Forbes","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eWith their name derived from the Gaelic forba, meaning a field or district and also found in the landscape in the form of the Braes of Forbes, Clan Forbes thrived for centuries throughout western Aberdeenshire. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eThe distant ancestor of the clan was the warrior Oconachan, who reputedly killed a bear that had devoured nine maidens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eThe Braes of Forbes had been the bear’s main hunting ground, and Oconachan accordingly took this territory as his own. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eOconachan’s descendants prospered as they acquired high honours and distinction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eJohn de Forbes fought at the side of the warrior King Robert the Bruce during the Wars of Independence while, during the time of the 1745 Jacobite Rising, Duncan Forbes of Culloden was the Hanoverian government’s main representative in Scotland and was later appointed Lord President of the Court of Session. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eChronicled here are the stirring lives and times of proud bearers of the Forbes name. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\t\u003cspan style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14px;\"\u003eBook Dimensions 10 × 0.4 × 14.5 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Lang Syne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39332534845633,"sku":"LangSyne_ClanBook_SCO_Forbes","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/8364\/6825\/products\/6036400cc282a.jpg?v=1614947890","url":"https:\/\/www.kiltswihae.co.uk\/products\/lang-syne-scottish-clan-crest-tartan-information-history-fact-book-forbes","provider":"Kilts Wi Hae Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}