Sir george forbes, third Earl of Granard, the father of the Honourable John Forbes, was a flag officer in his Majesty's service. He entered into the navy very early in life; was promoted to the command of the Lynn, on the 16th of July, 1706; was appointed to the Sunderland, of 60 guns, in 1708; and, afterwards, he commanded the Greenwich, of the same force. In 1726, he commanded the Canterbury, also of 60 guns, one of the squadron employed on the Mediterranean station, under Admiral Hopson, to whom he was captain, and subsequently under Sir Charles Wager, who succeeded that officer in the command. The events of the temporary war which broke out about that period were, comparatively, unimportant; but it fell to the lot of Lord Forbes, to give the first proof of the actual commencement of hostilities; and, in the trivial occurrences of the time, he had the satisfaction of being engaged as much as any of his contemporaries, on the same station.—The contest terminated in June, 1727; but Lord Forbes did not return to England till April, 1728.