Baron Robertson of Oakridge, of
Oakridge in the
County of Gloucester, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five Peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union 1800, Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the ...
. It was created on 29 June 1961 for the military commander
Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet. He had previously served as Military Governor of the British Zone in occupied Germany from 1947 to 1949. The Robertson baronetcy, of
Welbourn in the
County of Lincoln
Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...
, was created in the
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain.
Baronetage of England (1611–1705)
James I of E ...
on 4 October 1919
for his father, Field Marshal
Sir William Robertson,
Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1915 to 1918. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009.
Robertson baronets, of Beaconsfield (1919)
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Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933)
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Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd Baronet (1896–1974) (created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961)
Barons Robertson of Oakridge (1961)
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Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1896–1974)
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William Ronald Robertson, 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1930–2009)
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William Brian Elworthy Robertson, 3rd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (b. 1975)
There is no heir to the titles.
Notes
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
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1919 establishments in the United Kingdom
1961 establishments in the United Kingdom
Noble titles created in 1961
Baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom