INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, 1915.
Robertson.
C.P. 1902-6; President. Assam Labour Commission, 1906; Secretary, Government of India, Commerce Department, 1907: Member of Governor-General’s Council, 1910; proceeded on Special duty to South Africa, to represent the views of the Government of India on the question of Indians in South Africa, 1914: LL.D. (Aberdeen); m. Charlotte, d. of W. Young, 1893. Address: Nagpur, C.P. Club: East India United Service.
Robertson, Lt.-Col. Charles Lawndale, C.M.G., R.E., Offg. Superintendent, Survey of India, Shillong, Assam; joined service, 1894; transferred to the Civil Department, 1 894. Address: Shillong, Assam, India.
Robertson, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Donald, C.S.I. (1899), K.C.S.I. (1903), Indian Army; e.s. of late Col. J. K. Robertson; b. 1847; educ: Cheltenham College, and Radley College; joined service in the R.N.B. (now 21st) Scots Fusiliers, 1865; m. Agnes, d. of Archdeacon Gorton, 1870; for sometime served with the Madras Cavalry; transferred to Civil Dept. 1869; served in the Central Provinces as Assistant Conimissioner, 1869-72; Political Officer, Central India, and Rajputana. 1872-78; Cantonment Magistrate, Hyderabad (D) 1877-1881; administered the State of Rewa, 1888-94; Resident, Gwalior, 1894-96; Resident in Mysore, and Commissioner of Coorg, 1896-1908. Recreations: riding, shooting, and rowing. Address: c/o H.S. King & Co. 9 Pall Mall, S.W. Club: Naval and Military.
Robertson, Sir Frederick Alexander, Kt. (1913); Bar-at-Law, I.C.S.; educ: King’s College, London; passed I.C.S. 1874; joined service and arrived in India as Settlement Officer and Assistant Commissioner, in the Punjab, 1876; on special duty in connection with Settlement operations in Maler Kotla, 1888; Director, Land Records and Agriculture, 1889; Divisional Judge, 1896; Temporary Additional Judge, Chief Court, Punjab, 1902; confirmed, 1904. Publications: Customary Law of Rawalpindi district; also reports on the revised Settlement, and Forest Settlement of that District. Address: 1, Eaton Terrace S.W.
Robertson, Frederick Ewart, I.E. (1892); s. of Frederick Robertson; b. 1847; educ: privately; served in P.W.D. India, 1868-89; formerly President, Egyptian Railway Board; Partner, Messrs. Robertson and Rendal, Consulting Engineers, S.W.; m. Jade Isabella. d. of M. Ramsay, 1879. Address: 32, Courtfield Gardens, S.W.
Robertson, Sir George Scott, C.S.I. (1892); K.C.S.I. (1895); b. 1852; s. of Thomas J. Robertson; educ: at Westminster Hospital; entered the Indian Medical Service, 1878; served in Afghan Campaign, 1879-80; employed under the Indian Foreign Office from June 1888; British Agent at Gilgit; travelled in Kafiristan, 1890-91; Chief Political Officer, Hunza-Nagar Expedition, 1891-92; Political Mission to Chitral, 1893; Administrator of Chitral, 1895; Unsuccessfully contested Stirlingshire, 1900; M.P. for Beresford, 1906; married twice. Publication: The Kafirs of the Hindukush; Chitral, the story of a Minor Siege; etc.
