Hercules Robertson, Lord Benholme
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Hercules James Robertson, Lord Benholme (13 October 1795 – 15 September 1874) was a Scottish judge. He became a Senator of the College of Justice in 1853.
Life
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Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of George Robertson – Scott and his wife Isabella Scott.{{cite book | last = Dod | first = Robert P. | title = The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland | year = 1860 | publisher = Whitaker and Co. | location = London | pages = 114 }}
Robertson was educated at the High School and then studied law at the University of Edinburgh. He was called to the Scottish bar in 1817. 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.{{cite book | last = Anderson | first = William | title = The Scottish Nation | publisher = A. Fullarton & Co. | location = Edinburgh | volume = III | year = 1863 | pages = 412 }}
He lived with his family at 76 Great King Street, a very large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1857-8
He died in Edinburgh on 15 September 1874.
Family
On 7 July 1829, he married Ann Wilhelmina Hope (died 1842), the daughter of Charles Hope, Lord Granton. They had four sons and two daughters.{{cite book | last = Watt | first = James Crabb | title = John Inglis, Lord Justice-General of Scotland: A Memoir | url = https://archive.org/details/johninglislordj00unkngoog | publisher = W. Green & Sons | year = 1893 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/johninglislordj00unkngoog/page/n509 489] }}{{cite book | last = Debrett | first = John | title = Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench | publisher = Dean & Son | location = London | year = 1870 | editor = Robert Henry Mair | pages = 428–429 }}
His son David Robertson became a minister and married Eleanor Charlotte Dalrymple-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p40606.htm#i406054|website=thepeerage.com|title=Person Page|accessdate=4 March 2018}}
His son George Robertson (1830–1896) became a civil engineer in charge of the expansion of Leith Docks. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1866 to 1868.
Arms
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|escutcheon = Argent three lions' heads erased Gules within a bordure of the second charged with six fleur-de-lys of the first.
|crest = A lion's head erased Gules langued Azure.
|motto = Me Fortem Reddit Deus{{cite book|title=Debrett's Judicial Bench |date=1869}}}}
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Category:Lawyers from Edinburgh