John Forbes (rugby union)

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| name = John Forbes

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| full_name = John Lockhart Forbes

| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|04|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|02|10|1883|04|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| occupation = Seedsman

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| position = Three–quarter

| repyears1 = 1905–06

| repteam1 = {{nrut|Scotland}}

| repcaps1 = 3

| reppoints1 = 0

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John Lockhart Forbes (11 April 1883 – 10 February 1967) was a Scottish international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Obituary |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19670211/150/0007 |work=The Scotsman |date=11 February 1967}}

Based in Edinburgh, Forbes was a Watsonians three–quarter and represented Edinburgh District. He gained three Scotland caps, debuting against Wales during the 1905 Home Nations. After his debut match, Forbes was replaced in the XV by Alec Boswell Timms, but returned to make a further two appearances in 1906.{{cite news |title=Re-Patched Rugby Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/790799051 |work=Daily Record |date=9 February 1905}}

Forbes spent his entire working life with seed company Stewart & Co, which he became chairman of in 1940. He was vice president of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and received the Scottish Horticultural Medal when he retired.{{cite news |title=Society's medals for services to Scottish horticulture |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19660113/133/0006 |work=The Scotsman |date=13 January 1966}}