Alexander Cunningham Robertson
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General Alexander Cunningham Robertson FRSE CB (1816–1884) was a 19th British general and amateur poet.{{Cite web | url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C13292855 | title=Name: Alexander Cunningham Robertson. Regiment: 34th Regiment. Date of Service: 1837 }}
Life
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He was born in Edinburgh on 8 February 1816 the son of Major David Robertson, of the Royal Marines living at Albanty Row.Edinburgh Post Office directory 1816 He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh.
Training as a soldier he first joined the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain in 1834. In 1837 he moved as an Ensign to the British Army in the 34th Regiment. In the 1840s he was serving in Canada and appears to have kept a diary.Carl Benn's Stories of Canada's Past 2, by Carl Benn He was promoted to Captain of the 34th Foot Regiment in 1846.London Gazette April 1846 In 1846 he transferred to the 8th Regiment rising to Lt Colonel by 1865 and then rosing to the rank of General.
He retired to Edinburgh living at 86 Great King Street in the Second New town.Edinburgh Post Office directory 1878
In 1879 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were David Stevenson, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Robertson and John Muir.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
He died in Liverpool on 2 December 1884.
Family
In 1853 he married Mary Anne Jean Manson in London.
Publications
- The Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso (1853)
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Category:Military personnel from Edinburgh
Category:British Army generals
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Category:34th Regiment of Foot officers
Category:King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers
Category:British Auxiliary Legion personnel
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