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 1901–4, Earl, 1901, and K.G.: he was also made G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., K.P., P.C, D.C.L. Oxford, LL.D. of Dublin, Cambridge and Edinburgh: received the freedom of several cities: wrote Rise of Wellington, and Forty-one Years in India.

ROBERTS, SIR HENRY GEE (1800–1860)

Maj-General: born July 18, 1800: son of William Roberts M.B. of Gloucester, and grandson of W. Roberts: President of Magdalen College. Cambridge; entered the E. I. Co.'s Bombay military service, 1818: Captain, 1824: commanded Cutch Irregular Horse, 1825: and employed politically as Assistant to the Resident: commanded a regiment of IrregularCavalry in Gujarat, till 1841: Lt-Colonel in the Sind campaign, 1843, commanding at Sukkur: denuded himself of troops there, in order to reinforce Sir C. Napier for Miani, which the latter fully acknowledged as contributing greatly to his success: Resident in Cutch: described in 1851, by Sir C. Napier, as the best officer in the Bombay Army, and perhaps in India, of his rank: and, later, as "capable of commanding any Army in the field": in the mutiny, commanded the N. Division of the Bombay Army and in 1858 the Raj-putana Field Force: took Kotah by assault, March, 1858, and 75 guns: defeated Tantia Topi on several occasions, at Sanganir, at Kankrauli, on the Banas, etc.: commanded in Gujarat: Maj-General: K.C.B., 1859: retired, 1859: died Oct. 6, 1860.

ROBERTS, JOHN BLESSINGTON (1819–1880)

Born July 17, 1819: went to India as a private soldier in 1840: joined the Bengal Sappers and Miners: and the Police as a Deputy Superintendent in 1849: rose to be Deputy Commissioner of Police in Calcutta, 1856–63: J.P.: Presidency Magistrate, 1862–71: Coroner of Calcutta: Superintendent of Stamps and Stationery, 1871–80: for many years, as Member of the Corporation of Calcutta, took an independent line: on behalf of the public interests, gaining the title of "Tribune of the people": died May 5, 1880.

ROBERTSON, ARCHIBALD (? –1847)

Entered the Bombay N.I., 1801: commanded a local corps in Gujarat, 1803: in the operations in Kattiawar in 1807–9: Collr-Magte. of Khandesh, 1823–6: Resident at Satara, 1827: Colonel, 1829: retired, 1831: Maj-General, 1837: Director of the E. I. Co.: died June 9, 1847.

ROBERTSON, CHARLES (1833–1898)

I.C.S: born at Aberdeen, Sep. 18, 1833: son of Charles Robertson, iron-monger there: educated at the Grammar School, Marischal College and University, Aberdeen: M.A. with special honours, 1853: taught in England: passed fifth in the first open competition for the I.C.S: went to the N.W.P. in 1856: became Junior Secretary to the N.W.P. Government, 1867, and Secretary to that Government and Oudh, 1877–82: retired 1883–4, on account of his wife's health: served in Edinburgh: resumed his classical studies: became a leading spirit of the Hellenic Society under Blackie: founded, with £8,ooo, a Fellowship in Classics, Mental Science and Philosophy at Aberdeen University, in memory of his brother Professor George Croom Robertson, editor of Mind—a Fellowship designed to stimulate the higher study of the subjects named: died March 24, 1898.

ROBERTSON, SIR DONALD (1847–)

Born June 24, 1847: Lt-Colonel: son of Col. J. S. Robertson educated at Cheltenham, Bonn and Radley: entered the Army, 1865, and civil employment in Madras, 869: served as Political Officer in Central India, Rajputana, Hyderabad, Rewah, Gwalior: Resident in Mysore, 1896–1903: C.S.I., 1899: K.C.S.I., 1903.

ROBERTSON, SIR GEORGE SCOTT (1852–)

Born Oct. 22, 1852: son of Thomas J. Robertson: educated at Westminster Hospital: entered the Indian medical service, 1878: served in Afghan campaign, 1879–80: employed under the Indian Foreign Office from June, 1888: British Agent at Gilgit: travelled in Kafiristan, 1890–1: Chief Political Officer of the Hunza-Nagar expedition, 1891–2: Political Mission to Chitral, 1893: besieged and severely