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ROBERTSON, HENRY FREDERICK; b.; in school lists 1801.

Robertson, Guy Bernhard, son of the Rt. Hon. John Mackinnon Robertson, P.C., M.P., of Westerham, Kent, by Maude, daughter of Charles Mosher, of Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.; b. Nov. 2, 1896; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (H); left Easter 1910; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. R.F.A. Dec. 15, 1917; wounded at Delville Wood Sept. 15, 1916, and gassed Aug. 1917.

Robertson, Douglas Hartridge, son of Frank Robertson of Sydenham, Kent; b. 28 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left July 1928.

Robertson, Donald Struan, son of Henry Robert Robertson, of Primrose Hill, artist, by Agnes Lucy, second daughter of Benjamin Brecknell Turner, of Tulse Hill; b. June 28, 1885; adm. as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); Mure Scholar 1902; elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with senior Samwaies) July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; 1st class Classical Tripos, pt. 1, 1906; 1st class, pt. 2, 1908; B.A. 1908; M.A. 1911; Fellow 1909; Stewart of Rannoch, Greek and Latin, Scholar 1905; Members' Prize for Latin Essay 1906; Pitt Scholar 1907; Charles Oldham Classical Scholar 1908; 1st Chancellor's Classical Medal 1908; Waddington Scholar 1910; Lecturer in Classics at Trin. Coll. since 1913; Capt. A.S.C. May 28, 1915; Major 1917; served in France July 1915 - March 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. Nov. 7, 1917; a Governor of the School Nov. 19, 1925-52; Vice-Master, Trin. Coll. Camb. since 1948; Regius Professor of Greek 1928-50; Hon. A.R.I.B.A. 1932; Hon. D.Phil. Athens 1937; F.B.A. 1940; Hon. D.Litt. Durham 1946; Hon. Ll.D. Glasgow 1950; m. 1st Dec. 16, 1909, Petica Coursolles, daughter of Major Charles Jones, R.A., of Jesmond Hill, Pangbourne, Berks; 2nd Aug. 23, 1956, Margaret Ann, widow of George Anthony Cary, and daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps, G.C.M.G., of Marlborough, Wilts; d, Oct. 5, 1961.

ROBERTSON, CHARLES NICE, son of Charles Robertson, tutor to Prince Michael Gortchakov, and Sarah, dau. of William Waynman, Nottingham, lace manufacturer; b. 2 Feb 1810; adm. 3 Feb 1824 (Singleton's); left Christmas 1824; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Nov 1835.

Robertson, Charles Albert Amherst, brother of William Strowan Amherst Robertson (q.v.); b. June 8, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1916; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1916; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 1, 1917; Lieut. Nov. 1, 1918; Capt. Nov. 11, 1925; served in Flanders and at Arras; Asst. Adjt. Jan. 3, 1918, until wounded May 14, 1918, near Arras; Croix de Guerre Nov. 6, 1917; Major May 20, 1933; retired Dec. 1938; re-employed in Great War II; Bgde. Major 35th Inf. Bgde. T.A.; France April to June 1940; Bgde. Major 36th. Inf. Bgde. T.A. Aug. 1940 to Jan. 1941; G.S.O. 2 H.Q. Western Command Jan. 1941 to Sept. 1945; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1945; farmed in Angus 1947-54; m. 1st Aug. 12, 1929, Joan Seymour, daughter of A. H. Campbell, of Toronto, Canada; 2nd Aug. 28, 1940, Ivy Delphina, daughter of Alex­ander Dewar, M.D., of Montreal; d. 30 Aug. 1984.

ROBERTSON, ABRAHAM, son of Abraham Robertson, Duns, Berwickshire; b. 4 Nov 1751; at school under Markham (DNB); kept a school at Ryle, Northumberland, and afterwards at Duns; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Dec 1775; BA 1779; MA 1782; BD and DD 1807; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1782; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1778, priest 10 Jun 1781 (both Oxford); Chaplain, Christ Church; Vicar of Ravensthorpe, Northants, 13 Feb 1789-97; FRS 21 May 1795; Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford Univ. 1797-1810, Savilian Professor of Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer from 1810; made calculations for Lord Grenville’s system of finance 1807; drew up the tables for Spencer Perceval’s system of increasing the sinking fund by granting life annuities on government security 1808; author, Sectionum Conicarum Libri VII, 1792, and other works; m. c. 1790 --- Bacon, Drayton, Berks.; d. 4 Dec 1826. DNB.

ROBERTS, WILLIAM HENRY; b.; at school 1793.