Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Forbes, Sir John
Forbes, Sir John, M.D. Edinburgh 1817, fellow College Physicians, created D.C.L. 21 July, 1852, F.R.S., physician extraordinary to the Prince Consort, and physician to the royal household, knighted 8 Aug., 1853, assistant-surgeon R.N. 1807, founded the British and Foreign Medical Review 1836 (4th son of Alexander Forbes, of Enzie, Banffshire), born at Cattelbrae 18 Oct., 1787, died 13 Nov., 1861. See Gent.'s Mag., 1862, i. 226.