William Robertson, Lord Robertson

His grandfather at the time of his birth was minister of Greyfriars Kirkyard and the extended family all lived together in Edinburgh.

[1] He was admitted to the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1775 and in 1779 became Procurator to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

[2] In 1805 he was elected a Senator of the College of Justice in succession to David Ross, Lord Ankerville.

[4] Through the marriages of his sister he was brother-in-law to both Patrick Brydone and John Russell, co-founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

He was sculpted in office by John Henning and painted in 1805 by Sir Henry Raeburn.