Hercules Robertson, Lord Benholme

Hercules James Robertson, Lord Benholme (13 October 1795 – 15 September 1874)[1] was a Scottish judge.

[2] Robertson was educated at the High School and then studied law at the University of Edinburgh.

[3] He lived with his family at 76 Great King Street, a very large Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.

[1][5] His son David Robertson became a minister and married Eleanor Charlotte Dalrymple-Fergusson, daughter of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet of Kilkerran.

[6] His son George Robertson (1830–1896) became a civil engineer in charge of the expansion of Leith Docks.