The Earl of Granard | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 19 November 1992 –11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 9th Earl of Granard |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [lower-alpha 1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes 15 March 1957 |
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Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes, 10th Earl of Granard (born 15 March 1957), is an Irish peer.
Lord Granard was born as Peter Arthur Edward Hastings Forbes on 15 March 1957. He was the only son of the Hon. John Forbes (1920–1982), a F/Lt. of the Royal Air Force, and the former Joan Smith. He has three older sisters, Susan Forbes, Patricia Moira Forbes and Caroline Mary Forbes. [1] [2]
His paternal grandparents were the 8th Earl of Granard [3] and Beatrice, Countess of Granard (née Mills), an American socialite who was the daughter of Ogden Mills and a descendant of the Livingston and the Schuyler families of New York. [4] On his father's side, he had two aunts, Eileen, Lady Bute, of Scotland, and Moira, Countess Rossi, of Switzerland. [5] His mother was the third daughter of A. Edward Smith of Sherlockstown House in County Kildare. [1]
Lord Granard was educated at Eton College. [1]
Upon the death of his uncle, the 9th Earl of Granard, who died on 21 November 1992 without male issue, he succeeded as the 10th Earl of Granard, 10th Viscount Granard, 10th Baron Clanehugh, 5th Baron Granard of Castle Donington, and 11th Baronet Forbes of Castle Forbes. [5] [6]
On 1 September 1980, Lord Granard married Nora Anne Mitchell, a daughter of Robert Mitchell of Portarlington, County Laois. Together, they are the parents of four children: [7]
The family seat is Castle Forbes, near Newtownforbes, the largest estate in County Longford. [8] [9]
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