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

  1. ^ Profile of Sir William Charles Fleming Robertson
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Calendar". Internet Archive. Dublin: University Press. May 1904. p. 301. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ^ Office, Great Britain. Colonial (1906). The Colonial Office List for ...: 1907. Harrison. p. 670.
  5. ^ Strachan, Hew (2004-10-14). The First World War in Africa. OUP Oxford. p. 15. ISBN 9780199257287. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b Grace & Favour: A handbook of who lived where in Hampton Court Palace 1750 to 1950 (PDF) at p. 102
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ The Crown Colonist. Crown Colonist. 1937. p. 409.
  9. ^ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. 1973. p. 2430.
  10. ^ Kelly's (1969). Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. Kelly's Directories. p. 1685.
  11. ^ Northern Whig. 29 June 1937. ((cite news)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Chronicle. 1941. p. 235.
  13. ^ "Gribble - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
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