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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.

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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

Roberts, Stuart Kenyon, son of T. A. Roberts, of Bloomsbury; b. March 2, 1875; adm. Jan. 13, 1887 (H); left March 1893; d. Aug. 28, 1897.