William Charles Fleming Robertson
Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson KCMG (1867– 27 June 1937[1]) was an acting governor of the Gold Coast in 1914, and a British colonial administrator, Governor of Barbados from 1925 to 1932.[2]
Life
Robertson graduated B.A. at Trinity College, Dublin in 1889.[3] He became inspector of schools in the Gold Coast in 1898.[4] He took other posts there as his career developed.[2] In 1914 he was acting governor of the Gold Coast.[5]
In 1915 Robertson was transferred to Gibraltar, where he was Colonial Secretary; and he was moved in 1917 to Malta, serving to 1925 as Lieutenant Governor.[2][6] There he warned against a rise in the bread price in 1919, ahead of riots.[7]
Robertson died in Gibraltar.[8]
Family
Robertson married in 1909 Elizabeth Dora Whelan, daughter of the Rev. Ernest Whelan, of Kilbride, County Wicklow.[9][10] Robertson was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.[11] Lady Robertson lived in a Hampton Court Palace apartment from 1947 to 1974.[6] Their daughter Beatrice May (died 2010 at age 93) married J. A. G. Gribble of the Lancashire Fusiliers.[12][13]
Notes
- ^ Profile of Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson
- ^ a b c Hill, Robert A.; Garvey, Marcus (1991-05-21). The Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers, Vol. VII: November 1927-August 1940. University of California Press. pp. 275 note 45. ISBN 9780520072084. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Calendar". Internet Archive. Dublin: University Press. May 1904. p. 301. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ Office, Great Britain. Colonial (1906). The Colonial Office List for ...: 1907. Harrison. p. 670.
- ^ Strachan, Hew (2004-10-14). The First World War in Africa. OUP Oxford. p. 15. ISBN 9780199257287. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ a b Grace & Favour: A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950 (PDF) at p. 102
- ^ Galizia, Paul Caruana (2016-12-20). The Economy of Modern Malta: From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 93. ISBN 9781137565983. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ The Crown Colonist. Crown Colonist. 1937. p. 409.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1973. p. 2430.
- ^ Kelly's (1969). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
- ^ Northern Whig. 29 June 1937.
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(help) - ^ Chronicle. 1941. p. 235.
- ^ "Gribble - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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