James Staats Forbes was a Scottish railway engineer, railway administrator and art collector. He was father of the zoologist William Alexander Forbes, and the uncle of the painter Stanhope Alexander Forbes and the railway manager William Forbes.
- Occupation
- civil engineer, railway worker, art collector, engineer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- March 7, 1823
- Died
- April 5, 1904
