Hercules Robertson, Lord Benholme


Hercules James Robertson, Lord Benholme was a Scottish judge. He became a Senator of the College of Justice in 1853.

Life

Born in Edinburgh, he was the son of George Robertson - Scott and his wife Isabella Scott.
Robertson was educated at the High School and then studied Law at the University of Edinburgh. He was called to the Scottish bar in 1817. Robertson was Sheriff of Renfrewshire in 1842 and was appointed a Lord of Session assuming the judicial title Lord Benholme, after his mother's family seat.
He lived with his family at 76 Great King Street, a very large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.
He died in Edinburgh on 15 September 1874.

Family

On 7 July 1829, he married Ann Wilhelmina Hope, the youngest daughter of Charles Hope, Lord Granton. They had four sons and two daughters.
His son David Robertson became a minister and married Eleanor Charlotte Dalrymple-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran.
His son George Robertson became a civil engineer in charge of the expansion of Leith Docks. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and President of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts from 1866 to 1868.