Forbes MacBean (British Army officer, born 1857)

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]