Brig.
George
Henry
Robertson
Born in Demerara, British Guiana
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Newcomen) Robertson
— married
23 Oct 1844 in Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland
Descendants 
Father of
Anne Florence Robertson, Amy Kathleen Robertson, Beverley Newcomen Robertson, Emilie Constance (Robertson) Abercrombie and George Henry Cromwell Robertson
Died
at age 49
in Aden, Bombay Presidency, India
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jan 2019
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Biography
George was a son of James Robertson, registrar of slaves in Demerara, and his wife Maria Catherine Johanna; he was baptized at St George, Demerara, on 10 Aug. 1813. He died nine days after his 49th birthday and was buried at The Point, Aden, on 11 Jan. 1862.
He was an officer in the 25th Bombay Native Infantry. Aden was then part of the Bombay Presidency.
Sources
- India Office file L/Mil/12/71/37 (his military career)
- marriage announced in Freeman's Journal 24 Oct. 1844 and The Times on the 30th
- brief obituary in Gentleman's Magazine March 1862
- Frederic Boase: Modern English Biography (Netherton & Worth, Truro, 1901)
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