Colonel Oswald Boyd Forbes CBE ED (10 August 1887 – 26 March 1960) was a tea- broker, military officer and politician in Colonial Ceylon. [1]
Oswald Boyd Forbes was born 10 August 1887 at Bishop's House, Colpetty, the third son of James Forbes (1851 - 1939) and Caroline née Delmege. [2] His older brother, Charles Morton, was a Royal Navy officer, achieving the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in 1940. Oswald received his education at Haileybury College between 1901 and 1906. [3]
In 1909 he joined his father's firm, Forbes and Walker Ltd (a merchant brokerage house), after business training in an accountants' office and in the Hong Kong Bank, London. [2] Forbes was a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and served as its president in 1948. [4] In 1923 he was made a partner in Forbes and Walker remaining with the company until his retirement as senior partner in 1946. [2] [5]
Forbes served as the inaugural Secretary of the Ceylon Cricket Association following its formation in 1922, [6] [7] later serving as the Association's president in 1928. [8]
In 1957 he was appointed as a member of the Parliament of Ceylon, [9] replacing Reginald Percy Gaddum. [10]
He was a member of the Ceylon Defence Force and served as the commanding officer of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery. [11] [12] In 1937 Forbes attended the Coronation of King George VI, as one of the official representatives of the Ceylon Defence Force, for which he received the Coronation Medal. [13]
Forbes married Gladys Irene née Copland Mackie on 19 November 1919 [14] at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Edinburgh. [15]
He was appointed Commander of the British Empire in 1941. [16] [17]
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