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Name	Sir Francis Forbes
Born	1784 Bermuda
Died	8 November, 1841 (aged ~ 57) Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	American Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
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Passenger Ship *	Guildford (1824) (passenger)
Occupation *	chief justice (1824-1837) New South Wales, Australia judge (1824-1837) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1824-1837) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1837)
Key Events *	Molesworth committee on transportation (UK, 1837) (witness)
Legacies *	Forbes (NSW) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Sydney Free Public Grammar School (committee chair, 1825) Sydney College (laid foundation stone, 1830) Sydney College (chair of trustees, 1835)
Workplaces *	Supreme Court of NSW (chief justice, 1824-1837)

* Dates are approximate