Rosemary Forbes Kerry - Definition and Overview

Rosemary Forbes Kerry (October 27, 1913 - November 14, 2002), born Rosemary Isabel Forbes in Paris, was a daughter of James Grant Forbes of the Forbes family of China and Boston.

She married Richard John Kerry and was the mother of John Forbes Kerry, the 2004 candidate for President of the United States. They met when Kerry took a sculpture class at the resort of Saint-Briac, where the Forbes family built the family estate.

During her lifetime, she was the beneficiary of Forbes family trusts which her son John Kerry inherited and of which he is now the beneficiary.

Rosemary was also the mother of Cameron Kerry, who is a Boston lawyer and adjunct law professor at Suffolk Law School, and two daughters, Diane and Peggy.

External link

• AP report about John Kerry's inheritance (http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:ePD2IDOyoWwJ:www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5880038.htm+%22Rosemary+Forbes+Kerry%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)