Robertson graduated B.A. at
Trinity College, Dublin in 1889. He became inspector of schools in the
Gold Coast in 1898. He took other posts there as his career developed. In 1915 Robertson was transferred to
Gibraltar, where he was Colonial Secretary; and he was moved in 1917 to
Malta, serving to 1925 as Lieutenant Governor. There he warned against a rise in the bread price in 1919, ahead of riots. Robertson died in Gibraltar. ==Family==