Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson
Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson (1794–1855) was a Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice.
Life
Born in
Robertston was commonly called by the diminutive "Peter", and was known as a wit. He was present at the theatrical fund dinner in Edinburgh on 23 Feb. 1827, when
In January 1838 Robertson defended the Glasgow cotton-spinners before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh. On 29 November 1842 he was chosen Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.[1]
Robertson was appointed an
He died suddenly, from apoplexy, at his house at 32 Drummond Place, Edinburgh,[2] on 10 January 1855, aged 60. He was buried in the burial vault of Robert Pont in St Cuthbert's churchyard at the west end of Princes Street,[3] on the 15th of the same month.
A marble tablet was erected to his memory in St Giles' Cathedral.[1]
Works
Lockhart made several rhyming epitaphs on Scott, and wrote a vivid description of his mock-heroic speech at the
- Leaves from a Journal [Edinburgh], 1844, privately printed.
- Leaves from a Journal and other Fragments in Verse, London, 1845, including most of the previous.
- Gleams of Thought reflected from the Writings of Milton; Sonnets, and other Poems, Edinburgh, 1847.
- Sonnets, reflective and descriptive, and other Poems, Edinburgh, 1849.
- Sonnets, reflective and descriptive, Second Series, Edinburgh, 1854.
His speeches in the Stewarton case (1842) and the Strathbogie case (1843) were printed.[1]
Family
Robertson married, on 8 April 1819, Mary Cameron, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Ross, D.D., minister of Kilmonivaig, Inverness-shire, by whom he had several children. His second son, Major-general Patrick Robertson-Ross, C.B., died at Boulogne on 23 July 1883, having assumed the additional surname of Ross on inheriting the property of his uncle, Lieutenant-general Hugh Ross of Glenmoidart, Inverness-shire, in 1865.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1852-53
- ^ Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland: The Grampian Society, 1871
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Robertson, Patrick". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.