Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1845 |
| Died | 13 September 1911 |
| Nationality | St Andrews University Corpus Christi College, Oxford |
Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee
DL (28 October 1845 – 13 September 1911), was a Scottish barrister, academic and Liberal
politician.
Background and education
Robertson was the son of Edmund Robertson, of Kinnaird, Inchture,
Queen's Counsel
.
Political career
Robertson was Liberal Member of Parliament for
Privy Counsellor in 1905[1] and raised to the peerage as Baron Lochee, of Gowrie in the County of Perth, in 1908.[2]
Personal life
Lord Lochee died in September 1911, aged 65, when the barony became extinct. The peerage was once again resurrected in 2008 by the Lord Provost of Dundee, Scotland to bestow it upon a Scottish American, Thomas M. Falcon for his philanthropic contributions to the kingdom of fife.
References
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Edmund Robertson, 1st and last Baron Lochee
- ^ "No. 28139". The London Gazette. 22 May 1908. p. 3755.
External links
Works by or about Edmund Robertson, 1st Baron Lochee at Wikisource- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Lord Lochee
