wrote in his defence, and was present at his trial at Edinburgh. Forbes was a good scholar, a scientific theologian and a devoted worker, and was much loved. He died at Dundee on 8 October 1875. Forbes' younger brother George Hay Forbes was also a member of the Episcopalian clergy, patristics scholar and editor. Bishop Forbes' correspondence is held by Archive Services at the University of Dundee as part of the Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts Collection. This collection includes correspondence with E. B. Pusey and William Gladstone. St Drostan's Episcopal Church in Tarfside, Glen Esk, was built in 1879 in memory of Bishop Forbes. Principal works A Short Explanation of the Nicene Creed (1852) An Explanation of the Thirty-nine Articles (2 vols, 1867 and 1868) Commentary on the Seven Penitential Psalms (1847) Commentary on the Canticles (1853) References Secondary sources Mackey, Bishop Forbes, a Memoir External links Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury The Scottish Communion Office Done into Greek (1865) Catalogue of Correspondence of Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin and George Frederick Boyle held at the University of Dundee 1817 births 1875 deaths Anglican saints Scottish Episcopal theologians Bishops of Brechin (Episcopalian) Clergy from Edinburgh People educated at Edinburgh Academy People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Anglo-Catholic bishops 19th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops 19th-century Christian saints Scottish Anglo-Catholics Scottish Calvinist and Reformed theologians Anglo-Catholic theologians 19th-century Anglican theologians