Robertson, Edmund [Daniel] [Lord Lochee of Gowrie]

Education

Student United College 1863-1864 Gk. Jun.; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1864-1865 Log.; Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1865-1866 Math. 3; M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Eng. Lit.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3 1866-1867 N. Phil.; Chem.; Gk. 3. Foundation bursar, 1863. Ramsay bursar, 1863. Gray prize, 1866, 1867. Carstairs prize, 1866. Rector’s prize, 1866, 1867. Disorderly conduct in N. Phil. class 1867. M.A. 11.4.1869.

LL.D. 20.2.1886.

Birth/childhood

Born 28.10.1846 eldest son of Edmund Robertson, Kinnaird and Elizabeth Sharp.

Career

Also at Oxford University - B.A. 1870, M.A. 1874.

Barrister 1871. [Lawyer]

Member of Parliament [M.P.]for Dundee 1885 - 1908. Civil Lord of the Admiralty 1892-1895. Created Lord Lochee of Gowrie in 1908. [Politician]

Publications

Death

Died at Canterbury 13.9.1911.

Sources

  • UYUC400:2.11.1863, 3.12.1863, 27.3. & 9.4.1867, 21.11.1867
  • UYUY452/18/463, 469, 476, 520, 562
  • J. Foster, Men at the Bar (London. 1885)
  • Dundee Y’bk 1911 p75 - 77
  • Foster
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