Robertson, Laurence Grant, brother of William Alexander Robertson (q.v.); b. May 5, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left April 1895; a chartered accountant on the District Audit Staff of the Local Government Board; 2nd Lieut. Army Ordnance Dept. Feb. 7, 1915, at­tached King's Own Scottish Borderers July 1915; killed in action at Delville Wood in the Battle of the Somme, France, July 30, 1916; unm.

Robertson, Norman Cairns, brother of William Alexander Robertson (q.v.); b. Jan. 9, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (H); left April 1894; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. 1914; Capt. 2nd Batt. Hants Regt. Feb. 20, 1915; taken prisoner near Monchy, April 23, 1917; d. in a German military hospital at Hanover, June 20, 1917.

ROBERTSON, PATRICK MACGREGOR, eldest son of Daniel Robertson, London, and Helen Maclachlan (IGI); b. 16 Nov 1830; adm. 18 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); QS 1845; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 may 1849, scholar 1850, matr. 1849, but did not graduate; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1854; equity draftsman and conveyancer; d. 6 Nov 1857.

Robertson, Reginald James, brother of William Alexander Robertson (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1873; adm. Jan. 14, 1886 (H); left July 1891; d. June 1, 1936.

Robertson, William Alexander, eldest son of William Robertson, of Westminster, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Grant, of Edinburgh; b. Aug. 2, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1889; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1 1, 1889; scholar 1892; B.A. 1893; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 18, 1901; North-Eastern Circuit; edited the 2nd and 3rd editions of Macnamara's Law of Carriers of Merchandise and Passengers by Land, and other works; d. May 7, 1937, by his will bequesthed £800 to the school for the foundation of prizes.

Robertson, William Strowan Amherst, son of William Robertson, of Ealing, by Lucy Anne, daughter of Charles Thomas Amherst, of Ealing; b. Oct. 16, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (H); left July 1913; Queen's Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1916; Winchester Reading Prize 1916; Lecturer, St. Paul's Coll., Calcutta, 1916-9; ordained deacon 1921, priest 1922 (Newcastle); Curate of St. George's, Cullercoats, Northumberland, 1921-4; assist. secretary, Student Christian Movement, 1924; mission priest at Poona 1928-30 Vicar of St. Ives, Hunts 1931-7; examining chaplain to the Bishop of Worcester 1941; Chaplain of the Friary of St. Francis, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, 1945-51; Warden of the Brotherhood of Holy Cross, Peckham, 1951-55; Guardian of the Society of St. Francis; d. Nov. 23, 1955.

Robertson-Scott, Charles Arthur, son of Major-Gen. Sir Charles Henry Scott, K.C.B., of Wadhurst, Sussex, by Frances Catherine, daughter of Gen. John Gustavus Halliday, Madras Infantry; b. Sept. 14, 1880; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1894; H.M.S. Britannia; Naval Cadet July 15, 1894; Midshipman July 15, 1896; Sub-Lieut. Jan. 15, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 31, 1901; Commander June 30, 1914; Capt. June 30, 1920; served in the North Sea and with the Dover Patrol in Great War I; Rear-Admiral and placed on the retired list Oct. 12, 1932; assumed the additional surname of Robertson; m. March 12, 1910, Olive Eleanor, daughter of Walter Edward Archer, C.B., of Chelsea; d. Feb., 1942.

ROBERTYSON, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Robey, Edward George Haydon, son of Sir George Robey, C.B.E., of St. Jolms Wood, actor, by his first wife Ethel Haydon; b. March 26, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (G); left July 1918; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric.; B.A. 1924; LL.B. 1924; called to the bar at the Inner Temple June 24, 1925; senior legal asst., Director of Public Prosecutions; apptd. to Attorney-General's Executive for prosecution of the Major War Criminals at Nuremburg, 1945; Metropolitan Magistrate 1954; now Judge, City Court Bench; m. Sept. 9, 1942, Denise, daughter of Denis Williams, of Virginia Water, Surrey; d. 5 Mar. 1983.

Robie, Edward Adams, son of Edward Hodges Robie of Riverdale, NY, USA, and Agnes Purcell, d. of Joseph Parks, of Elk Rapids, MI, USA; b. 4 July 1919; adm. from Phillips Academy, USA Sept. 1937 (B); left July 1938; Princeton Univ., NJ, USA, BA 1941; USN Air Corps in WW2, DFC (three stars); Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of USA 1953, sen. vice-pres. 1970-9; pres. and COO, Merrill Lynch Relocation Management 1982-5; member exec. board, CARE 1979-96, chair 1986-9; m. 11 Dec. 1948 Jacqueline Mae, d. of John W. Ingram of Richmond, VA, USA; d. 11 July 2005.