Forbes MacBean (British Army officer, born 1857)

Not to be confused with the general born in 1725, Forbes Macbean.

Forbes MacBean
Macbean in 1917
Born	1857 (1857)
Died	1919 (aged 61–62)
Service / branch	British Army
Rank	Major-general
Commands	Highland Division
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Tirah campaign Second Boer War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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

Military career

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

1. "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 Charles Woollcombe