Frederick Robb

Robb was born in St George Hanover Square, London, the son of Capt. John Robb, Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, and Mary Ann Boulton, daughter of manufacturer Matthew Robinson Boulton. He was educated at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge,{{acad|id= RB876FS|name=Robb, Frederick Spencer Wilson}} and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/edward-walford/the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla/page-306-the-county-families-of-the-united-kingdom-or-royal-manual-of-the-titled-and-un-fla.shtml The county families of the United Kingdom or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, by Edward Walford, Page 306]{{cite book |title= Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page=2893 |ref=Burke }}

Robb was commissioned into the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in August 1880.[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ROBB.shtml Sir Frederick Spencer Wilson Robb] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives{{London Gazette|issue=24872|page=4366|date=10 August 1880}}

He became adjutant of his regiment in 1890 before going on to be a brigade major at Aldershot in 1892. Appointed a staff captain in the intelligence division at army headquarters in 1895, he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in 1896.

Robb took part in the Nile expedition in 1898, and was then placed on half-pay{{London Gazette|issue=27017|page=6237|date=25 October 1898}} and promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 November 1898. In early 1902 he became Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters, with the substantive rank of colonel dated 1 January 1902.{{London Gazette| issue=27427 |page=2693 |date=22 April 1902}} For his service in organizing troops during the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, he was invested as a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) two days after the ceremony, on 11 August 1902.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court Circular|date=12 August 1902 |page=8 |issue=36844}}{{London Gazette| issue=27467 |pages=5461–5462 |date=22 August 1902}} He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade,{{London Gazette|issue=27859|page=8646|date=1 December 1905}} as well as the Colchester Garrison, and was placed in charge of Administration at Aldershot Command in February 1910, taking ovrr from Major General Henry Merrick Lawson.{{London Gazette|issue=28337|page=949|date=8 February 1910}} He became Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1914.

Robb served in World War I, was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 5 August 1914,{{London Gazette|issue=28873|page=6499|date=18 August 1914}} and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in February 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29074|page=1686|date=16 February 1915|supp=y}} He served as Military Secretary and was then placed in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1916, in succession to Major-General Richard M. Ruck.{{London Gazette|issue= 29625|date=16 June 1916|page=5984}} He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in June 1919{{London Gazette|issue=31395|page=7425|date=6 June 1919}} retired that year.

Robb was also Colonel of the Durham Light Infantry from January 1923{{London Gazette|issue=32794|page=995|date=9 February 1923}} to 1928.

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