Forbes MacBean (British Army officer, born 1857)

Major-General Forbes MacBean CB CVO (1857–1919) was a British Army officer.

Forbes MacBean
Macbean in 1917
Born1857 (1857)
Died1919 (aged 61–62)
Service / branch British Army
RankMajor-general
CommandsHighland Division
Battles / wars
Awards

Military career

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Born the son of Colonel Forbes MacBean and educated at Uppingham School, MacBean was commissioned into the Gordon Highlanders in 1876.[1] After taking part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, he was mentioned in dispatches for his actions in taking the heights of Dargai in 1897 during the Tirah campaign.[2]

MacBean also served in the Second Boer War in 1899.[1] John Stirling recorded in his book 'Our Regiments in South Africa 1899–1902' that The Gordons were led by Lieut.-Colonel Burney and by Colonel Forbes Macbean, who has perhaps seen more hard fighting than any officer now alive and with his regiment.[3]

He went on to be General Officer Commanding Highland Division in April 1908 and commander of the 21st Bareilly Brigade in India in September 1911 before retiring in January 1915.[4]

He was Aide-de-camp to the King Edward VII from 1907 to 1911.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "MacBean, Major-General Forbes" . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Vol. 14.1. 1915. p. 254.
  2. ^ "No. 26943". The London Gazette. 1 March 1898. p. 1263.
  3. ^ Stirling, John (1903). Our Regiments in South Africa 1899–1902. Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84734-065-8.
  4. ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 19 June 2020.
Military offices
New title GOC Highland Division
1908–1911
Succeeded by