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MacRobert
MacRobert or McRobert is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * MacRobert baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ** Sir Alexander MacRobert, 1st Baronet, Scottish self-made millionaire ** Rachel Workman MacRobert, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), Scottish geologist and philanthropist * Alan MacRobert (born 1951), astronomy writer, after whom asteroid 10373 MacRobert is named * Alexander MacRobert (politician) (1873–1930), Scottish lawyer and Unionist politician * Alexander McRobert (Virginia politician), a mayor of Richmond, Virginia in 1789 * Angus MacRobert (born 1968), South African cricketer * Karin McRobert (born 1953), Australian basketball player * Leslie McRobert, a World War I flying ace * Stuart McRobert Stuart McRobert (born 1958 in England) is a writer on strength training, best known as the founder and publisher of '' Hardgainer'' magazine. Biography McRobert started weight training at age 15, and began writing articles on weigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacRobert Baronets
The MacRobert Baronetcy, of Douneside in the County of Aberdeen, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 April 1922 for Alexander MacRobert, a self-made millionaire. He was succeeded by his eldest son Alasdair in June of that year. Tragedy struck the family again when Alasdair was killed in a flying accident in 1938, and the title passed to his younger brother Roderic. In May 1941 Roderic was killed in action whilst flying a Hawker Hurricane fighter in the Middle East, and just over a month later on 30 June 1941, the title became extinct when the youngest brother Iain, was also killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Air Force. Their mother, Rachel, Lady MacRobert (1884–1954), gave £25,000 to purchase a Short Stirling bomber, the aircraft was named ''MacRobert's Reply'' in memory of her three sons. Lady MacRobert believed that her sons had lived up to the family motto ''Virtutis Gloria Merces'' – translated as ''Honour is the Reward of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Alexander MacRobert, 1st Baronet
Sir Alexander MacRobert, 1st Baronet (21 May 1854 – 22 June 1922) was a self-made millionaire from Aberdeen. He came from a working-class background and left school when he was twelve to start his working life sweeping floors in Stoneywood Paper Mill; his education was continued by attending evening classes and he gained several qualifications as his early career progressed. At the beginning of 1884 MacRobert travelled to India to take up employment in a woollen mill in Cawnpore, or Kanpur as it is now known. By 1920 he had built up a portfolio of companies enabling him to found the British India Corporation. He was raised to a baronet at the beginning of 1922, choosing to be named Sir Alexander MacRobert of Cawnpore and Cromar of the County of Aberdeen. Early life MacRobert was born in Aberdeen on 21 May 1854; his father, John, was a farmer from a Drumblade family who had married Helen, a farmer's daughter from Banchory-Devenick. He left school when he was twelve and, like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Workman MacRobert, Lady MacRobert
Rachel, Lady MacRobert, née Workman (23 March 1884 – 1 September 1954) was a geologist, cattle breeder and an active feminist. Born in Massachusetts to an influential family, she was educated in England and Scotland. She was elected to Fellowship of the Geological Society of London, one of the first three women admitted. Her scientific studies included petrology and mineralogy in Sweden and her first academic paper was published in 1911. She married Sir Alexander MacRobert, a wealthy self-made Scottish millionaire, and had three sons with him. He was endowed with a knighthood in 1910 and a baronetcy in 1922 but died later that year. Lady MacRobert's sons all pre-deceased her: the eldest in a flying accident in 1938, and the other two died in action during the Second World War serving with the Royal Air Force. On the death of her husband she became a director of the British India Corporation, the conglomerate he had founded. To commemorate her sons, Rachel paid for a Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
