{{short description|Extinct baronetcy in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} [[File:The grave of Sir James Forrest, Greyfriars Kirkyard.jpg|thumb|260px|The grave of Sir James Forrest, Greyfriars Kirkyard]]
The '''Forrest Baronetcy''', of Comiston (a suburb of Edinburgh) in the County of Midlothian, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=19631 |date=3 July 1838 |page=1488}}</ref> It was created on 7 August 1838 for James Forrest, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1928.
==Forrest baronets, of Comiston (1838)== [[File:The graves of Sir William Forrest and Sir James Forrest, Dean Cemetery.jpg|thumb|260px|The graves of Sir William Forrest and Sir James Forrest, Dean Cemetery]] *Sir James Forrest, 1st Baronet (1780–1860),<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |page=237 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/237/mode/1up}}</ref> advocate (1803) and Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1837–43) (after whom Forrest Road was named) *Sir John Forrest, 2nd Baronet (1817–1883)<ref name="Foster"/> *Sir William Forrest, 3rd Baronet (1823–1894)<ref>{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets |date=1888 |publisher=Dean & Son |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnaIMbumv8MC&pg=RA1-PA209 |language=en}}</ref> *Sir James Forrest, 4th Baronet (1853–1899)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Forrest, Sir James|id=U186072}}</ref> *Sir William Charles Forrest, 5th Baronet (1857–1928)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Forrest, Sir (William) Charles|id=U196511}}</ref>
==Memorials==
A marble bust of Sir James Forrest (1780–1860) by Peter Slater is held in New College, Edinburgh.<ref>http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/wp/00/WP000421.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925183932/http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/wp/00/WP000421.pdf |date=25 September 2021 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
Forrest Road in Edinburgh was named during his time as Lord Provost.
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