James Robertson
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James Robertson, Jim Robertson, Jimmy Robertson and Jamie Robertson is a name shared by the following individuals:
Public officials
- James Robertson (loyalist)James Robertson (loyalist)General James Robertson was the civil governor of the Province of New York from 1779 to 1783.-Life:He was born in Newbigging, Fife, Scotland in 1717. He came to the American colonies in 1756 as a Major of the royal American troops...
(1710–1788), Scottish military official; civil governor of the Province of New York (1780–83) - James Robertson, Baron RobertsonJames Robertson, Baron RobertsonJames Patrick Bannerman Robertson, Baron Robertson , was a Scottish judge and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 until 1891 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Robertson....
(1845–1909), Scottish judge and political figure; Solicitor General; Conservative MP (1885–91) - James B. A. RobertsonJames B. A. RobertsonJames Brooks Ayers Robertson , sometimes called J. B. A. Robertson, was an American lawyer who served as the fourth governor of Oklahoma.-Early life:...
(1871–1938), American lawyer and politician (a/k/a JBA Robertson); Democratic governor of Oklahoma (1919–23) - James Wilson RobertsonJames Wilson RobertsonSir James Wilson Robertson, KT, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, Order of the Nile , KStJ was the last British Head of Nigeria.He was educated at Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and Balliol College, Oxford...
(1899–1983), British Colonial Office official; in Sudan (1922–53); last Governor-General of Nigeria (1955–60) - James Robertson (conductor)James Robertson (conductor)James Robertson CBE was an English conductor, best known as musical director of Sadler's Wells Opera.Robertson was born in Liverpool and was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge, before studying music at the Leipzig Conservatory and the Royal College of Music in London...
(1912–1991) English conductor, best known as musical director of Sadler's Wells Opera - James Robertson (judge)James Robertson (judge)James Robertson is a United States federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Robertson graduated from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, and received a B.A. from Princeton University in 1959. He served in the United States...
(born 1938), American jurist; U. S. District Judge for D. C.; issued ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) - Jim Robertson (politician)Jim Robertson (politician)James Murray "Jim" Robertson is a former Australian politician. He was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1986, representing Gillen until 1983 and Araluen thereafter.-References:...
(born 1945), MLA from 1974 to 1986, Northern Territory Attorney General and Minister for Community Development - James Robertson (Jamaican politician)James Robertson (Jamaican politician)Dr. 'James Robertson is a Jamaican politician. He has been the Minister of Mining and Energy in Jamaica since March 2009.-References:...
(born June 9, 1966)
Sports personalities
- "Jim RobertsonJim RobertsonAlfred James Robertson was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1956 to 1957 for the Philadelphia Athletics and Kansas City Athletics.Prior to playing professionally, he attended Bradley University....
" (Alfred James Robertson), American baseball player - James Robertson (cricketer)James Robertson (cricketer)James Robertson was a Scottish cricketer.Robertson was born in Wardieburn, Edinburgh and edcuated at Edinburgh Academy. He failed to win a blue at Oxford...
(1850–1927), Scottish right-arm fast round-arm bowler; right-handed batter; played 1878–91 - Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1880)Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1880)James "Jimmy" Robertson was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right.Born in Glasgow, he moved to England to join Crewe Alexandra, then playing in the Birmingham & District League, where he made his name as a goal-poacher...
(1880–unknown), Scottish football inside-right who played from 1901 to 1915 - Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1910)Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1910)James E. "Jimmy" Robertson was a Scottish professional footballer who won two caps for the Scotland national football team...
, Scottish international football centre-forward who played from 1928 to 1938 - James Robertson (footballer)James Robertson (footballer)James W. Robertson is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger.-Career:Robertson joined Arsenal in 1948, making one appearance for them in the 1951-52 season. He later played for Brentford, before playing non-league football with Gravesend & Northfleet.-References:...
, Scottish footballer active in the 1950s for Arsenal and Brentford - Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1944), Scottish footballer, known as "The Flying Scotsman"; a right winger who played from 1964 into the late 1970s
- Jimmy Robertson (footballer born 1955), Scottish footballer who played on the left wing for Motherwell, Stranraer, Queen of the South, Morton and Clydebank from 1977 until 1993
- James Robertson (soccer)James Robertson (soccer)James Mearns Robertson was a U.S. soccer full back who played the first two U.S. national team games in 1916.In 1916, Robertson was with Brooklyn Celtic of the New York Amateur Association Football League when he was called up to the national team. From at least 1918 to at least 1920, he played...
, American football (soccer) player; a full back defender who played from the early 1910s to at least 1920 - Jimmy Robertson (snooker player)Jimmy Robertson (snooker player)Jimmy "Robbo" Robertson is an English professional snooker player.He was on the main tour for 2002/2003 where he was the youngest player on the tour...
- ames Patrick Robertson (unemployed)
Music industry artists
- James Robertson (guitarist), member of Boy (Canadian band)
- Jamie RobertsonJamie RobertsonJamie Robertson is a film score composer from England.Born in Essex Jamie studied music from a very young age. With a theatrical background from just 10 He grew up knowing his love of music was to aim for film, TV and Radio....
(born 1981), English composer of film scores who is also a music producer and sound designer - Texas Jim Robertson (1909-1966), country singer from Texas
Others
- James Robertson (British Army officer) (1717–1888), British general and colonial governor
- James Robertson (explorer) (1742–1814), American explorer with Daniel Boone in 1759; general under George Washington 1790–96, co-founder of Nashville, Tennessee
- James Robertson (botanist), Scottish botanist from Edinburgh who, on 17 August 1771, completed the first recorded ascent of Ben NevisBen NevisBen Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. It is located at the western end of the Grampian Mountains in the Lochaber area of the Scottish Highlands, close to the town of Fort William....
- James Robertson (monk) (1758–1820), Scottish Benedictine monk who, in 1808, served as British secret agent against Napoleon
- James Burton RobertsonJames Burton RobertsonJames Burton Robertson was a historian. The son of Thomas Robertson, a landed proprietor in Grenada, West Indies, where he spent his boyhood. In 1809 his mother brought him to England, and placed him at St. Edmund's College, Old Hall , where he remained for nine years...
(1800–1877), British historian - James Robertson (photographer)James Robertson (photographer)James Robertson was an English photographer and gem and coin engraver who worked in the Mediterranean region, the Crimea and possibly India. He was one of the first war photographers....
(1813–1888), English pioneering photographer; documented the Crimean War and Ottoman Empire - James Robertson (grocer), Scottish grocer who, in 1864, originated Golden Shred Marmalade, a leading producer of jam/marmalade
- James A. Robertson (1873–1939), American academic historian, librarian and archivist; noted historiographer of the Philippines and Latin America
- James Peter RobertsonJames Peter RobertsonJames Peter Robertson VC was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
(1883–1917), Canadian soldier, a private, who posthumously received the Victoria Cross for heroism in World War I - Jim Robertson (British Army officer)Jim Robertson (British Army officer)Major-General James Alexander Rowland Robertson CB CBE DSO & bar was a British Army officer who commanded 17th Gurkha Division.-Military career:...
(1910–2004), British major-general - James Robertson (psychoanalyst)James Robertson (psychoanalyst)James Robertson was a psychiatric social worker and psychoanalyst based at the Tavistock Clinic and Institute, London from 1948 until 1976.' was a remarkable person who achieved great things...
(1911–1988), Scottish psychiatric social worker and researcher; at London's Tavistock Clinic (1948–76) - James Robertson (Trotskyist)James Robertson (Trotskyist)James Robertson is National Chairman of the Spartacist League of the United States, which is a section of the International Communist League , an international organization of small Trotskyist groups...
(born 1928), American radical leader; Communist/Trotskyist activist since 1946 - James Robertson (activist)James Robertson (activist)James Robertson , a British-born political and economic thinker and activist, became an independent writer and speaker in 1974 after an early career as a British civil servant....
(born 1928), British writer/speaker; independent theorist of economic structures within social/spiritual values - James I. Robertson, Jr.James I. Robertson, Jr.Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., is a noted scholar on the American Civil War and a professor at Virginia Tech.-Early life and academic career:...
(born 1930), American Civil War scholar and Virginia Tech history professor - James Robertson (novelist)James Robertson (novelist)James Robertson is a Scottish writer who grew up in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire. He is the author of several short story and poetry collections, and has published three novels: The Fanatic, Joseph Knight, The Testament of Gideon Mack, and And the Land Lay Still. The Testament of Gideon Mack was...
(born 1958), Scottish novelist whose The Testament of Gideon Mack was proposed for 2006 Man Booker Prize
See also
- James Robertson JusticeJames Robertson JusticeJames Robertson Justice was a popular British character actor in British films of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.-Biography:...
(1907–1975), Scottish actor and University of Edinburgh rector; born in London; in films and TV from 1944 - Robertson (disambiguation)