Captain Robert Bennet Forbes (September 18, 1804 - November 23, 1889), was a sea-captain, China merchant, ship-owner, and writer. He was born in Jamaica Plain near Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Ralph Bennet and Margaret (Perkins) Forbes, and brother of John Murray Forbes. As a member of the Forbes family of Boston, much of his wealth was derived from the opium and China trade of the 19th century. Indeed, he played a prominent role in the outbreak of the Opium War. Despite the ethical problems of dealing in Opium, he was known to engage in humanitarian activities, such as commandeering the U.S.S. Jamestown to send food to Irish famine sufferers in 1847. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts, USA Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Suffolk County Settled 1630 Incorporated (city) 1822 Government  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area  - City  89. ... John Murray Forbes John Murray Forbes (February 23, 1813 - October 12, 1898), one of three brothers sent by their uncle to Canton, amassed a fortune in the opium trade and China trade during the Opium Wars. ... This article is about the Forbes family related to US Senator John Kerry. ... This article does not adequately cite its references. ... There were two Opium Wars between Britain and China. ... Starvation during the famine The Irish Potato Famine, also called The Great Famine or The Great Hunger (Irish: An Gorta Mór), is the name given to a famine which struck Ireland between 1846 and 1849. ...

His writings, most of them pamphlets, include:

• Remarks on China and the China Trade (1844)
• The Voyage of the Jamestown, etc. (1874)
• An Appeal to Merchants and Ship Owners, on the Subject of Seamen (1854)
• On the Establishment of a Line of Mail Steamers . . . to China (1855)
• Remarks on Ocean Steam Navigation (1855)
• Remarks on Magnetism and Local Attraction (1875)
• The Forbes Rig (1862)
• Means for Making the Highways of the Ocean more Safe (1867)
• Personal Reminiscences (1876; 3rd ed., 1892)
• The Lifeboat and other Life-saving Inventions (1880)
• New Rig for Steamers (1883)
• Notes on Navigation (1884)
• Loss of Life and Property in the Fisheries (1884)
• Notes on Ships of the Past (1888)

He built for his mother a Greek Revival mansion in Milton, Massachusetts, designed by Isaiah Rogers (1833), that is now the Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House Museum. Jamestown is the name of several places: // Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario This livly city has approximitly 9,725,800,981. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with magnet. ... Severn class lifeboat in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. ... Personal residence of Catherine the Great Greek Revival was a style of classical architecture which became fashionable in Europe in the 18th century, and in the United Kingdom and United States in the early 19th century. ... Milton is a suburban Boston town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Isaiah Rogers (1800—1869), born in Massachusetts, was a prominent American architect of national reputation who practiced in Mobile, Alabama, Boston, Massachusetts, New York City, and Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House The parlor The Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House, also known as the R. B. Forbes House, is a house museum located at 215 Adams Street, Milton, Massachusetts. ...

External links

• Website of the Captain Forbes House Museum