Robert Nesbitt (other)
Robert Nesbitt may refer to: * Robert Nesbitt (theatre director) (1906–1995), English theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario * Robert Nesbitt (solicitor) (1868–1944), British solicitor and Unionist politician * Robert Taylor Nesbitt (1843–1913), American politician in Georgia * Robert H. Nesbitt (1883–1966), Australian trade commissioner to New Zealand * Robert "Rab" C. Nesbitt, the lead character in the Scottish comedy series ''Rab C. Nesbitt ''Rab C. Nesbitt'' is a Scottish comedy series which began in 1988. Produced by BBC Scotland, it stars Gregor Fisher as an alcoholic Glaswegian who seeks unemployment as a lifestyle choice. Rab C. Nesbitt was originally a recurring character i ...

Robert Nesbitt (theatre Director)
Robert Nesbitt (11 January 1906 - 3 January 1995) was a theatre director, theatrical producer and impresario, particularly known for staging 25 instances of the Royal Variety Show. Nesbitt was born on 11 January 1906 in London, England. He was the Royal Variety Show's stage director in 1945, 1946, 1958 and 1961; and its producer from 1962 until 1976 and again in 1978. He staged and co-wrote the 1952 hit musical ''The Glorious Days'' starring Anna Neagle. He once rejected an audition by Julie Andrews, but on the grounds of her age (she was only twelve at the time) rather than a deficiency of talent. He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme ''Desert Island Discs ''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a " castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usu ...'' on 27 January 1973. He died on 3 January 1995. Refere ...
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Robert Nesbitt (solicitor)
Robert Chancellor Nesbitt (17 November 1868 – 27 January 1944) was a distinguished solicitor in the City of London, and a Unionist politician and member of legal, financial and Church of England bodies in the early 20th century. Nesbitt was born to Robert Henry Nesbitt, and Emma Chancellor. As a youth, Nesbitt was a noted cyclist, riding with the Bath Road Club. His records included London to Bath and back, 16hr 10min, on 1 August 1891, and 155.5 miles on the North Roads in 12 hours, on 2 August 1890, as well as a podium finish in the 100 mile Bath Road Club road race. Nesbitt became an advocate on the Shanghai Bar, and from 1909 to 1926 was a member of the Council of the Law Society. From 1920 to 1922 sat on the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Supreme Court Fees and on Circuit arrangements, and in 1921 he was chairman of the Special Training Grants Committee of the Ministry of Labour. He was also a director of the Union Bank of Australia, chairman of the National Mutual L ...
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Robert Taylor Nesbitt
Robert Taylor Nesbitt (1843 – February 13, 1913) served as a Georgia State Senator from Cobb County as well as the first elected Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture from 1890–1898. Biography Nesbitt was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1843 to Martha Deloney Berrien Nesbitt Duncan (1820–1896) and Hugh O'Keefe Nesbitt, who were married in 1839. The wedding took place in the Athens, Georgia, home of Martha's Berrian's stepfather, Robert Taylor Grady, a Greek Revival mansion known as the Taylor-Grady Home and now designated as a National Historic Landmark. In 1865, after four years of service in the Confederate Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ..., Colonel Nesbitt married Rebecca Lanier Saffold (1845–1937), daughter of Colonel W.O. Saffold, in Madison, G ...
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Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ...
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