Baron Robertson of Oakridge, of
Oakridge in the
County of Gloucester
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The county town is the city of Glouce ...
, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1961 for the military commander
Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet. He had previously served as Military Governor of the British Zone in occupied Germany from 1947 to 1949. The Robertson baronetcy, of
Welbourn
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in the
County of Lincoln
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, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 4 October 1919
for his father, Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1915 to 1918. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009.
Robertson baronets, of Beaconsfield (1919)
*Sir William Robertson, 1st Baronet, Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933)
*Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd Baronet (1896–1974) (created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961)
Barons Robertson of Oakridge (1961)
*Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1896–1974)
*Ronald Robertson, 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge, William Ronald Robertson, 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1930–2009)
*William Robertson, 3rd Baron Robertson of Oakridge, William Brian Elworthy Robertson, 3rd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (b. 1975)
There is no heir to the titles.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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1919 establishments in the United Kingdom
1961 establishments in the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1961
Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Robertson Baronets, of Beaconsfield,