Baron Robertson of Oakridge

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Baron Robertson of Oakridge, of Oakridge in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1961 for Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, a noted military commander. He had previously served as Military Governor of the British Zone in occupied Germany from 1947 to 1949. The Baronetcy, of Welbourne, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919 for his father, Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1915 to 1918. As of 2007 the titles are held by the first Baron's son, the second Baron.

[edit] Robertson Baronets, of Beaconsfield (1919)

• Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860-1933)
• Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd Baronet (1896-1974) (created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961)

[edit] Barons Robertson of Oakridge (1961)

• Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1896-1974)
• William Ronald Robertson, 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (b. 1930)

[edit] References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page