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]
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]
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]
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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]
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]
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]
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