William Cameron Forbes
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William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959), was governor-general of the Philippines and an investment banker.
He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes, president of the Bell Telephone Company, and of Edith Emerson, a daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
US Ambassador to Japan, 1930-1932
He died unmarried.
| Preceded by: Newton W. Gilbert | Governor-General of the Philippines 1908-1913 | Succeeded by: Francis Burton Harrison
His papers are in the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Copies of his annotated journal are at the Library of Congress and the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. His autobiography, Fuddlehead by Fuddlehead (1935), is at the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. He wrote the following books and articles:
Forbes's Philippine career is analyzed in the following sources:
Forbes's ambassadorship to Japan is discussed here:
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