Robert Meldrum
{{Short description|Scottish rugby union player}}
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| birth_name = Robert Marr Meldrum
| birth_date = c. 1890
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
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| position = Forward
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| amatyears2 = 1911
| amatteam1 = Royal HSFP
| amatteam2 = Dental Students
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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union
| term_start = 1955
| term_end = 1956
| predecessor = John Bannerman
| successor = Max Simmers
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| order = 69th
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Lt. Col. Robert Meldrum was a Scottish rugby union player. He became the 69th President of the Scottish Rugby Union.{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf |title=Scottish Rugby Record |publisher=s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com |date=2019 |accessdate=2020-04-04}}
Rugby Union career
=Amateur career=
Meldrum played for Royal HSFP.{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1911-12-22 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19111222/073/0004 | access-date=2020-04-04}}{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1912-10-18 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19121018/072/0003 | access-date=2020-04-04}}{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1911-11-04 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002446/19111104/443/0066 | access-date=2020-04-04}}
While a dental student he turned out for a Dental Students XV.{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1911-11-17 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19111117/078/0004 | access-date=2020-04-04}}
A broken ankle put paid to his season in 1911-12.{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1912-09-18 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000893/19120918/180/0008 | access-date=2020-04-04}}
=Provincial career=
Meldrum did not get a full cap for Edinburgh District. He did come close in 1911. Glasgow and Edinburgh each organised 'A' and 'B' sides to try and get their selection right for the famous inter-city match. The Edinburgh sides were not deemed 'A' and 'B' but instead Stripes and Plain colours. Meldrum was found in the 'Plain colours' side. The trial matches were held on 22 November 1911 at Hamilton Crescent.{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1911-11-17 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19111117/077/0003 | access-date=2020-04-04}}
Meldrum was not included in the line-up for the 1911 inter-city match. Either he failed to impress at the trial or the broken ankle injury he sustained that season ruled him out of selection.
=Administrative career=
From 1929 to 1936 he was President of Royal HSFP.{{cite web|url=http://www.royalhigh.co.uk/Club%20Officials%20V3.jpg |title=Photo |publisher=www.royalhigh.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-04-04}}
He was on the committee of the Scottish Rugby Union from 1939.{{cite web| author=The British Newspaper Archive | title=Register | website=British Newspaper Archive | date=1939-02-02 | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19390202/179/0009 | access-date=2020-04-04}}
He became the 69th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1955 to 1956.
Military career
In the First World War, Meldrum started in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Captain.{{cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1121420?descriptiontype=Full&ref=WO+339/67584 |title=Captain Robert Marr MELDRUM Royal Army Medical Corps. | The National Archives |publisher=Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-04-04}} He later transferred to the Honourable Artillery Company where he became a Lieutanent Colonel.{{cite web| title=View Free Records with a Free Account | website=Ancestry® | url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A001072-00620?pid=3804507&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1262%26h%3D3804507%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DHqZ121%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=HqZ121&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true | access-date=2020-04-04}}
Dentistry career
Meldrum became a dentist. He graduated with a LDS and a Doctorate.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p51559.htm#c515581.1 |title=Person Page |publisher=Thepeerage.com |date= |accessdate=2020-04-04}}
Family
He was the son of George Alexander Meldrum and Jessie Brown Marr. His daughter Aileen married the Honorable Robert Montieth of Tullibole Castle.{{cite web |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/30825113/download-bannockburn-community-website|title=Blackburn News|date=2009 |website=www.yumpu.com |format=PDF|access-date=2020-04-04}}