“All That Glisters is Not Gold”. Sir John Forbes (1787–1861): A West Indian Enigma

1 Shakespeare W . The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene VII.

2 Greenhill WA Forbes John Sir (1781–1861). In: Stephen L Lee S , eds. Dictionary of National Biography. London: Oxford University Press for Spottiswoode & Co, 1967–8: vol. 7, pp. 405–7.

3 Parkes EA . Memoir of Sir John Forbes, kt Reprinted by permission from the January Number, 1862, of the British & Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review (for private circulation). By EA Parkes, with preface by Alexander C Forbes. London: Savill & Edwards, 1862: 7–70.

4 Parkes, Edmund Alexander (1819–1876) (op. cit. ref. 2): vol.15, pp. 294–6.

5 Parkes EA (op. cit. ref. 3): 8–9.

6 Cormack AA . Two royal physicians: Sir James Clark, bart., 1788–1870, Sir John Forbes, 1787–1861: schoolmates at Fordyce Academy. Reprint from the Banffshire Journal, 26 June 1965: 1–46.

7 Personal communication, Mrs M I Anderson-Smith, Associate Curator, Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Library, Aberdeen.

8 Parkes EA (op. cit. ref. 3): 12.

9 Napier JKL Charles Sir (1786–1860) (op. cit. ref. 2): vol. 14, pp. 38–9.

10 James W . Colonial expeditions — West Indies (1810). In: The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV, 1859. London: R Bentley 1859: vol. 5, pp. 190–1.

11 Ibid.: 69.

12 Ibid.: 71.

13 Ibid.: 18–22.

14 Ibid.: 20.

15 Public Records Office. ADM 104/30: John Forbes, 509.

16 James W (op. cit. ref. 10): 21.

17 Lyon D . The Napoleonic War 1802–1815, 74 gun third rates. In: The Sailing Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy -Built, Purchased and Captured, 1688–1855. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1993: vol. 7, pp. 270.

18 James W (op. cit. ref. 10): 190.

19 Ibid.: 22.

20 Public Records Office. ADM 51/1999: Captain's log, Castor, 17 April 1809.

21 Public Records Office. ADM 37/1905: Muster/pay book, Castor, 1 March-30 April 1809.

22 Public Records Office. ADM /2664: Captain's log, Pompée, 18 April 1809.

23 Public Records Office. ADM 51/2605: Captain's log, Netley, 10 May 1810.

25 Lyon D (op. cit. ref. 17): vol. 7, p. 279.