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'''Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CIE|DL}} (17 June 1846 – 22 December 1926) was a British banker who made his fortune in [[British India]]. He was President of the [[Bank of Bombay]].<ref name="Who's Who">'ADAM, Sir Frank Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U192597, accessed 28 Dec 2012]</ref> | '''Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|CB|CIE|DL}} (17 June 1846 – 22 December 1926) was a British banker who made his fortune in [[British India]]. He was President of the [[Bank of Bombay]].<ref name="Who's Who">'ADAM, Sir Frank Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U192597, accessed 28 Dec 2012]</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:01, 31 July 2023
Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet CB, CIE, DL (17 June 1846 – 22 December 1926) was a British banker who made his fortune in British India. He was President of the Bank of Bombay.[1]
He was educated at Loretto School.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1888,[2] and (Knight Bachelor) in 1890.[3] Appointed a deputy lieutenant of Lancashire on 26 April 1904,[4] Forbes was created Baronet of Hankelow Court, Chester in 1917[5] and appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.[6]
He married Rose Frances, daughter of Charles Gordon Kemball, a judge of the High Court of Bombay. They had three sons and a daughter:[7]
- Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet GCB, DSO, OBE (1885–1982), British army general.
- Eric Forbes Adam CMG (1888–1925), diplomat
- Colin Gurden Forbes Adam CSI (1889–1982), civil servant
- Hetty Reay Clifford Forbes Adam MBE (1896–1970).
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 'ADAM, Sir Frank Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012
- ↑ "No. 25772". The London Gazette. 3 January 1888. p. 15.
- ↑ "No. 26048". The London Gazette. 6 May 1890. p. 2613.
- ↑ "No. 27671". The London Gazette. 29 April 1904. p. 2770.
- ↑ "No. 30017". The London Gazette. 13 April 1917. p. 3493.
- ↑ "No. 31379". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 May 1919. p. 7046.
- ↑ "Burke's Peerage – Preview Family Record". Burkespeerage.com. 12 February 1920. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
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