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Irish painter

Stanhope Alexander ForbesRA (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was an Irish artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters.

He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.^[1]

Personal life

Forbes was born in Dublin, the son of Juliette de Guise Forbes, a French woman, and William Forbes, an English railway manager, who was later transferred to London.

He had an older brother, Sir William Forbes, who was a railway manager for the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.^[2][3][4]

He was married in the summer of 1889 to fellow painter Elizabeth Armstrong at Newlyn's St Peter's Church.

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Their first home was at the "Cliffs Castle" cottage, which overlooked the sea.^[5] They had a son named Alexander (usually known as Alec), born 26 May 1893. The couple had a home built for the family in Higher Faughan, Penzance.

Elizabeth died in 1912.^[2]