George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard PC (2 April 1740 – 15 April 1780) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
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Early life
Forbes was born on 2 April 1740. He was the only son of Lt.-Gen. George Forbes, 4th Earl of Granard and the former Letitia Davys (died 1778), who were first cousins (their mothers were sisters).
His paternal grandparents were George Forbes, 3rd Earl of Granard and the Hon. Mary (née Stewart) Preston (widow of Phineas Preston and eldest daughter of William Stewart, 1st Viscount Mountjoy). His mother was the daughter of Arthur Davys and Hon. Catherine Stewart (second daughter of the 1st Viscount Mountjoy). His paternal uncle was Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes, the father of his cousins, Katherine Wellesley-Pole, Countess of Mornington (wife of William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington) and Maria Villiers, Countess of Clarendon (wife of John Villiers, 3rd Earl of Clarendon).
Career
Between 1762 and 1768 he sat in the Irish House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for St Johnstown.
On 16 October 1769 Forbes succeeded to his father's earldom and assumed his seat in the Irish House of Lords. From 1769 to his death he served as Custos Rotulorum of Longford. In 1771, he was made a privy councillor of Ireland.