Robertson, Walter James ♂

Education

Student United College Eng. Lit.; Gk. 1; Lat. 1; Math. 1 1887-1888 Gk. 2; Lat. 2; Math. 2 1888-1889 N. Phil.; Log.; Gk. 3; Lat. 3; Educ. 1889-1890 M. Phil. & Pol. Econ.; Adv. Met.; Gk. 3. Foundation bursar, 1886. M.A. 16.4.1891.

Birth/childhood

Born 27.9.1869 son of Walter Wood Robertson, architect, H.M. surveyor for Scotland and Alice Nesbitt Alcorne.

Attended Royal High School, Edinburgh.

Career

Also at Edinburgh University - LL.B. 1895.

Called to the Bar 1895. Advocate depute to Edinburgh Corporation. Sheriff Substitute Kilmarnock 1922-1925. Sheriff Substitute Lanarkshire at Glasgow 1925 - 14.12.1942 (died). [Lawyer]

Death

[Died 14.12.1942.]

Sources

• UYUC400:2 & 5.11.1886
• F.J. Grant, The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 (Edinburgh, 1944) (SRS145).
• Edinburgh University Journal 12 p113
• Scotsman 15.12.1942 p4
• Deaths Reg. Glasgow Hillhead 1942/1098