James Robertson, Baron Robertson

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Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
Personal details
Born
James Patrick Bannerman Robertson

James Patrick Bannerman Robertson, Baron Robertson,

FRSE (19 August 1845 – 1 February 1909), was a Scottish judge and Conservative
politician.

Life

Robertson was born in the manse at Forteviot, the son of Helen Bannerman, daughter of Rev. J. Bannerman of Cargill, Perthshire and Rev. Robert John Robertson, minister of Forteviot, Perthshire.

He was educated at the

Queen's Counsel in 1885. [1]

Robertson stood unsuccessfully for parliament at

Privy Counsellor in the same year. He carried the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889.[1]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1886. His proposers were John McLaren, Lord McLaren, Alexander Forbes Irvine, Peter Guthrie Tait and Sir William Turner. In 1890 the University of Edinburgh awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD).[2]

Robertson gave up his seat when he was appointed

County of Perth.[3] He was Rector of the University of Edinburgh in 1893 and was also Chairman of the Irish University Commission. At this time he lived at 19 Drumsheugh Gardens in Edinburgh's West End.[4]

In 1899, he was a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.[1] He was a Trustee of the Board of Manufactures in Scotland, from which he resigned in 1899.[5]

In later life he retired to live in Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire.[1]

He died on 1 February 1909 at

Cap Martin on the south coast of France near Monaco, aged 74. He is buried in Elmstead in Kent.[2]

Family

Robertson married Philadelphia Mary Lucy Fraser, daughter of W. N. Fraser of Tornaveen, Aberdeenshire in 1872. They had one daughter and two sons.[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of James Robertson, Baron Robertson
Crest
A dexter arm erect Proper charged with an Ermine spot the hand holding an Imperial crown also Proper.
Escutcheon
Gules a fess Ermine between two wolves' heads erased in chief and a banner displayed in base Argent thereon a canton Azure charged with a saltire of the third.
Supporters
On either side a wolf Argent charged on the shoulder with a thistle and standing on a fasces both Proper.
Motto
Virtutis Gloria Merces (Glory Is The Recompense of Valour)[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ormond 1912.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ^ "No. 27135". The London Gazette. 14 November 1899. p. 6814.
  4. ^ Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1897
  5. ^ "No. 27165". The London Gazette. 16 February 1900. p. 1076.
  6. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 1903.

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