James Forbes ( 1749 - 1819 )

Birth: London, England (1749) Death: Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany (01 August 1819) Career: Went to Bombay as a writer in the HEIC (1765); Private Secretary to Col. Keating and accompanied the expedition to assist Regoba, regarded as rightful Pescwar of Mahrattas (1775); Collector and Resident at Dubhoy (1780); left India (1784); imprisoned in France (released 1804); published "Letters from France" (1806) and "Oriental memoirs" (1813-1815) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 24/03/1803.