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
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