Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge

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Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC (22 July 1896–29 April 1974) was a British Army General.

Robertson was the eldest son of FM Sir William Robertson, Bt. and was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Military Academy. He served during World War I, was mentioned in despatches and later served in Waziristan from 1923-24. In 1934, he retired from the army as a Major but was later re-employed during World War II to serve as FM Alexander's Chief Administration Officer in Italy from 1944-45. He was restored to the Active List in 1945 as a Major General and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming a Lieutenant General later that year and a General in 1946. From 1945-49, he was the British member and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Control Council and was based at the High Commission in Berlin from 1949-50, before becoming Commander-in-Chief of Middle East Land Forces and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1950-53. From 1949-52, Robertson was an aide-de-camp to King George VI and raised to the Peerage in 1961 as Baron Robertson of Oakridge, of Oakridge, County Gloucester.

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• Burke's Peerage & Gentry
• WW2 service record