John Forbes (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Forbes (Royal Navy officer)
British naval commander, born 1714
Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1714
Place of Birth: Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Date of Death: 10-Mar-1796
Profession: politician, naval officer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)
- Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer.
- After taking part in an expedition to Lisbon to support the Portuguese in the face of a Spanish threat, he saw action as captain of the third-rate HMS Norfolk at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession.
- He was one of the few captains who really bore down on the enemy. Forbes went on to serve as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty under successive Governments.
- In that role, he was convinced of the illegality of the sentence of death on Vice-Admiral John Byng and refused to sign Byng's death warrant.
- He also served as Member of Parliament for St Johnstown and then as Member of Parliament for Mullingar in the Parliament of Ireland.
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| Date of birth/death | 15 December 1734 (in Julian calendar) | 15 November 1802 | |
| Location of birth/death | Dalton-in-Furness (then in Lancashire) | Kendal (then in Westmorland) | |
| Work location | London, Kendal | ||
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