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1606196The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915) — Robertson, John HerbertC. Hayavadana Rao


Robertson, John Herbert, Collector, Magistrate, and Additional Sessions Judge, Ootacamund; b. at Etah, N.-W. Provinces, India, 1868; educ: privately in Scotland and at Highgate School, and Balliol College, Oxford; joined I.C.S. in Madras, 1899; Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Salem; acted in the same capacity in various other places; Special Assistant Collector, Magistrate and Government Agent, Godavari, 1896; acted in the same capacity in other places; Offg. Additional Sessions Judge, 1899; Offg. District and Sessions Judge, 1900; Magistrate and Collector, South Canara, 1904-6; appointed as Collector, Magistrate and Additional Sessions Judge, Ootacamund, 1907; President, Nilgiri Agri-Horticultural and Game Societies; Vice-Chairman, Ootacamund Lawrence Asylum, Address: Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, India.