Frank Forbes Adam

Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet CB, CIE, DL (17 June 1846 – 22 December 1926) was a British banker who made his fortune in British India. He was President of the Bank of Bombay.^[1]

He was educated at Loretto School.

He was created a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in 1888,^[2] knighted (Knight Bachelor) in 1890,^[3] created Baronet of Hankelow Court, Sussex in 1917^[4] and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1919.^[5]

He married Rose Frances, daughter of Charles Gordon Kemball, a Judge High Court, Bombay. They had three sons and a daughter:^[6]

• Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet GCB, DSO, OBE (1885–1982), British army general.
• Eric Forbes Adam CMG (1888–1925), diplomat
• Colin Gurden Forbes Adam CSI (1889–1982), civil servant
• Hetty Reay Clifford Forbes Adam MBE (1896–1970).

References

1. 'ADAM, Sir Frank Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Dec 2012
2. The London Gazette: no. 25772. p. 15. 3 January 1888. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
3. The London Gazette: no. 26048. p. 2613. 6 May 1890. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
4. The London Gazette: no. 30017. p. 3493. 13 April 1917. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7046. 30 May 1919. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
6. "Burke's Peerage – Preview Family Record". Burkespeerage.com. 1920-02-12. Retrieved 2012-12-28.