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'''Colin Gurden Forbes Adam''' [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India|CSI]] [[Deputy Lieutenant|DL]] (18 December 1889 &ndash; 12 November 1982) was a British civil servant in the [[Indian Civil Service]].<ref name="Who's Who">ADAM, Colin Gurdon Forbes’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U161342, accessed 28 December 2012]</ref><br />
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Adam was the youngest son of [[Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Baronet]]. His older brothers were General [[Sir Ronald Forbes Adam, 2nd Baronet]] GCB DSO OBE and [[Eric Forbes Adam]] CMG. He was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]], [[Cambridge University|Cambridge]]. During the First World War he served as an officer with the [[Indian Expeditionary Force]] to Mesopotamia and Palestine.<br />
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In 1920 Adam married The Hon. Irene Constance Lawley, only child of [[Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock]]; they had three sons and a daughter:<br />
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* Virginia Mary Forbes Adam (1922-2012), married [[Hugo Charteris]] MC.<br />
* The Rev. Sir Stephen Timothy Beilby Forbes Adam, 4th Baronet (1923-2019)<br />
* Desmond Francis Forbes Adam (1926-1958)<br />
* Nigel Colin Forbes Adam (1930-2022)<br />
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Adam was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Star of India]] in 1924.<ref>London Gazette 1st January 1924, page 4 - Colin Gurdon Adam, Esq., Indian Civil Service, Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Bombay.</ref><br />
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In 1948 Adam published ''Life of Lord Lloyd'', a biography of [[George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd]].<br />
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Adam was a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] of Kingston-upon-Hull from 1958–1966.<br />
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