Arthur Forbes

Born c. 1631, the son of James Forbes of Blackton, Aberdeenshire, and Margaret (or Magdalene) Fraser of Philorth, daughter of Baron of Philorth; to Scots College, Douai, 10th September 1643 (Figures); to Scots College, Madrid, 10th November 1647 (having completed Syntax); intelligent but obstinate, insisted on enlisting in army, and left College, 10th April 1648; at Scots College, Rome, 12th February 1650 to 3rd February 1651; having returned to Scotland, married in 1671, and became Laird of Balvenie, Banffshire; died, 1695.