- Knighted in 1913.
- Died on the same day as his good friend Alex Scott-Gatty.
- He was considered one of the finest actors of his time.
- George Bernard Shaw wrote the role of Caesar in "Caesar and Cleopatra" specifically for him.
- He was considered the finest Hamlet of the nineteenth century even though he was forty-four years old when he first played the role.
- Father: art critic John Forbes-Robertson (1822-1903); Mother: Frances Cott.
- His Hamlet was very highly regarded by famous Irish playwright-critic George Bernard Shaw, who considered Robertson's portrayal the closest to what Shakespeare actually intended.
- Brother-in-law of actress Maxine Elliott.
- Four daughters with Gertrude Elliott; they were, at the time of his death: Jean Forbes-Robertson, Diana Forbes-Robertson (Mrs. Vincent Sheean), Mrs. Maxine Miles, and Chloe Forbes-Robertson. He was also grandfather of Joanna Van Gyseghem (Jean's daughter).
- Brother of actress Frances (1866-1956) and fellow actors, Ian Forbes-Robertson (1859-1936), Norman Forbes and John Kelt.
- Uncle of Frank Forbes-Robertson and great-uncle of Meriel Forbes.
- Although claimed elsewhere, he was not the father of John Forbes-Robertson. (No doubt they were related as Lord Johnston was one of twelve children.).
- On 26 November 1908 he chaired the inaugural meeting of the Actresses' Franchise League at the Criterion Restaurant in Piccadilly Circus, London. The first president of the league was Dame Madge Kendal and his wife Gertrude Elliott became the second president a year later. Forbes-Robertson was a regular speaker at events in support of suffrage.
- He and actress Beatrice Campbell enjoyed a brief affair during the time she starred with him in a series of Shakespearean plays in the mid-1890s.
- He was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, London on 9 November. Memorial services were held at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London.
- Forbes-Robertson was also a talented painter who did a portrait of his mentor Samuel Phelps that currently hangs in the Garrick Club in London.
- Forbes-Robertson acted in plays with the actress Mary Anderson in the 1880s. He became smitten with her, fell in love with her and asked her hand in marriage. She kindly turned him down though they remained friends.
- His daughter Jean Forbes-Robertson became an accomplished actress. Through Jean he is the grandfather of actress Joanna Van Gyseghem.
- A statue of Forbes-Robertson by Brenda Putnam (1932) can be found at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C.
- His literary works include The Life and Life-Work of Samuel Phelps (actor and theatre manager) as well as his own autobiography A Player Under Three Reigns (1925).
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