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Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson (1794–1855) was a Scottish judge. ==Life== Born in Edinburgh on 17 February 1794, he was the second son of James Robertson, writer to the signet (died 15 April 1820) and Mary Saunders. He was educated at Edinburgh high school, and was called to the Scottish bar on 27 May 1815, along with his friend John Wilson. He soon obtained a practice, both in the Court of Session and before the General Assembly. Robertston was commonly called by the diminutive "Peter", and was known as a wit. He was present at the theatrical fund dinner in Edinburgh on 23 Feb. 1827, when Sir Walter Scott acknowledged the authorship of the Waverley novels; owing to the rotundity of his figure, Scott named him "Peter o' the Painch" for his rotund figure. In the 1830s Lord Robertson is listed as living at 9 Charlotte Square.〔http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83401515&mode=transcription〕 In January 1838 Robertson defended the Glasgow cotton-spinners before the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh. On 29 November 1842 he was chosen Dean of the Faculty of Advocates.〔 Robertson was appointed an ordinary lord of session in the place of Lord Meadowbank in November 1843, and took his seat on the bench as Lord Robertson. In 1848 he was elected by the students Lord Rector of Marischal College and University of Aberdeen, and received the degree of LL.D. He died suddenly, from apoplexy, at his house in Drummond Place, Edinburgh, on 10 January 1855, aged 60. He was buried in West Church burying-ground, Edinburgh, on the 15th of the same month. A marble tablet was erected to his memory in St Giles' Cathedral.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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