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| − | John Murray Forbes and Robert Bennet Forbes worked for Perkins & Co. in its China trade. While the former's main job was to secure quality tea for export, that latter was more intimately involved in the importing size of the business and | + | [[John Murray Forbes]] and [[Robert Bennet Forbes]] worked for Perkins & Co. in its China trade. While the former's main job was to secure quality tea for export, that latter was more intimately involved in the importing size of the business and the opium trade. Their father, [[Ralph Forbes]], had married into the [[Perkins family]]. It was the brothers' activities in the [[1830s]] and [[1840s]] that led to the Forbes family's accumulated wealth. The most notable family member on the contemporary scene is US Secretary of State [[John Forbes Kerry]]. The Forbes legacy in the [[China opium trade]] lived on in the Museum of the American China Trade in Milton, Massachusetts, which was housed in Robert Bennet Forbes' 1883 Greek Revival-style home. That museum merged with the Peabody Essex Museum in 1984, leaving what is now known as the Captain Forbes House Museum.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220517005119/https://www.alternet.org/2015/06/5-elite-families-fortunes-opium-trade/</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 18 April 2023
 Forbes family  (Family, Boston Brahmins)    | |
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 In the mid-1960s Henry Forbes turned his family’s Greek Revival mansion in Milton into what is now the Forbes House Museum. | |
| Membership |  John Forbes Kerry |
| Wealthy, established American family. Once involved in the drug trade.[1][2] | |
The Forbes family is one of the components of the Boston Brahmins, a wealthy extended American family long prominent in Boston, Massachusetts. The family's fortune originates from trading opium and tea between North America and China in the 19th century plus other investments in the same period.[3]
Drug trade
John Murray Forbes and Robert Bennet Forbes worked for Perkins & Co. in its China trade. While the former's main job was to secure quality tea for export, that latter was more intimately involved in the importing size of the business and the opium trade. Their father, Ralph Forbes, had married into the Perkins family. It was the brothers' activities in the 1830s and 1840s that led to the Forbes family's accumulated wealth. The most notable family member on the contemporary scene is US Secretary of State John Forbes Kerry. The Forbes legacy in the China opium trade lived on in the Museum of the American China Trade in Milton, Massachusetts, which was housed in Robert Bennet Forbes' 1883 Greek Revival-style home. That museum merged with the Peabody Essex Museum in 1984, leaving what is now known as the Captain Forbes House Museum.[4]
Known member
All 1 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| John Kerry | US Skull and Bones DSO, in Jeffrey Epstein's Black book ... |
References
- ↑ https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2012/09/02/henry-ashton-crosby-forbes-founded-milton-museum-showcase-asian-export-art/2M4YciJ9dfRpuDGCcTEDCP/story.html
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Robert_Bennet_Forbes_House
- ↑ http://archive.today/2022.12.28-012420/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_family
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220517005119/https://www.alternet.org/2015/06/5-elite-families-fortunes-opium-trade/
