Hercules Robertson, Lord Benholme

Hercules James Robertson, Lord Benholme (13 October 1795 – 15 September 1874)[1] was a Scottish judge.

Life

Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of George Robertson-Smith and his wife Isabelle Smith.[2] Robertson was educated at the Royal High School (Edinburgh) and went then to the University of Edinburgh.[2] He was called to the Scottish bar in 1817.[2] Robertson was Sheriff of Renfrewshire in 1842 and was appointed a Lord of Session assuming the judicial title Lord Benholme, after his mother's family seat.[3]

On 7 July 1829, he married Ann Wilhelmina, the youngest daughter of Charles Hope, Lord Granton.[4] Robertson had by her, who died in 1842, four sons and two daughters.[4] He survived his wife until 1874.[1]

He lived with his family at 76 Great King Street, a very large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Watt, James Crabb (1893). John Inglis, Lord Justice-General of Scotland: A Memoir. W. Green & Sons. p. 489.
  2. 1 2 3 Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 114.
  3. ↑ Anderson, William (1863). The Scottish Nation. vol. III. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. p. 412.
  4. 1 2 Debrett, John (1870). Robert Henry Mair, ed. Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. London: Dean & Son. pp. 428–429.
  5. ↑ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1857-8


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