Ian Robertson (British Army officer)

Ian Robertson
Ian Robertson
Born	17 July 1913; Richmond, London
Died	10 January 2010
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major General
Commands held	2nd Bn, Seaforth Highlanders; 1st Bn, Seaforth Highlanders; 127 (East Lancashire) Infantry Brigade; School of Infantry; 51st (Highland) Division
Battles/wars	Second World War; Aden Emergency
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath; Member of the Order of the British Empire

Major General Ian Argyll Robertson of Brackla CB, MBE (17 July 1913 – 10 January 2010) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford, Robertson was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders on 13 July 1934.[1] He served, on a temporary basis, as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders during the Italian campaign of the Second World War and then took part in the Normandy landings in June 1944 and subsequent campaign in North West Europe.[2]

After the war he became commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders in 1954 and saw action during the Aden Emergency.[2] He went on to be commander of 127 (East Lancashire) Infantry Brigade in August 1959, commandant of the School of Infantry at Warminster in August 1963 and General Officer Commanding 51st (Highland) Division in April 1964.[3] After that he became Director of Equipment Policy at the Ministry of Defence in March 1966 before retiring in 1968.[2]

He lived at Brackla, not far from Cawdor, and was granted the lairdly title "of Brackla" by the Court of the Lord Lyon on recording arms in 1961.[4]

In retirement he was Vice-Lord Lieutenant of the Highland Region from 1980 until 1988.[2]

In 1939, he married Marjorie Duncan; they had two daughters.[2]

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"No. 34069". The London Gazette. 13 July 1934. p. 4522.
"Obituary: Major-General Ian Robertson of Brackla". The Telegraph. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 20 June 2020.
"Obituary: Major-General Ian Robertson of Brackla". The Scotsman. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

Military offices
Preceded by Derek Lang	GOC 51st (Highland) Division 1964–1966	Succeeded by Edward Maitland-Makgill-Crichton

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