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Mr Argyll Robertson, The Depot, Seaforth Highlanders, Fort George. Ian Argyll Robertson was born on 17th July 1913 at Richmond, Surrey, and educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford, before being commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders. Posted as adjutant of the regimental depot at Fort George in April 1939, he escaped the fate of many of his regimental contemporaries who were made prisoners of war at St Val?ry in the following year. During the Second World War he proved a capable leader and an excellent trainer of troops in the 51st (Highland) Division, serving in the North African and Sicily campaigns of 1942 and 1943 as a company commander in the 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, as a temporary commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, and as brigade major of the 152 (Seaforth and Cameron) Brigade. After attending staff college at Haifa, he was posted as brigade major to 231 (Malta) Brigade of the 50th Division, one of the assault brigades in the Normandy invasion of June 1944. In the postwar years he filled a wide range of appointments: AAG at HQ 15 Corps in Malaya and Java; service with 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders at the start of the Malayan emergency; a student at the Joint Services Staff College course; commanding officer of the regimental depot at Fort George; and GSO1 of the 51st (Highland) Division TA at Perth. In 1954 he returned to the 1st Battalion as commanding officer. It was based in the Canal Zone of Egypt and, in June 1955, its main body was moved at short notice by air to Aden for what was expected to be an operational tour of a few weeks to assist the Aden Protectorate Levies in the troublesome Western Aden protectorate. In fact, the battalion remained in the region for five months. After commanding the support weapons wing at the School of Infantry, Netheravon, he took command of 127 (East Lancashire) Infantry Brigade (TA). A spell at the National Defence College, New Delhi, was followed in 1963 by a move to the School of Infantry, Warminster, as commandant. From 1964 to 1966 he commanded the 51st (Highland) Division (TA) before moving to the MoD as director of equipment policy. He retired from the Army in 1968 aged 55. As a younger man Robertson played cricket for the Army and golf for the Highland Brigade. He also had a keen interest in carpentry, painting and music. For many years he was the representative in Scotland for Messrs Spink & Son. During his retirement he was a Deputy Lieutenant and, from 1980 until 1988, Vice-Lord Lieutenant, Highland Region (Nairn). He was appointed MBE in 1947 and CB in 1968. Ian Robertson died on 10th January 2010. He married, in 1939, Marjorie Duncan, who survived him with their two daughters. See also ref: H-0305a-f.
Reference: 32057a
Mr Argyll Robertson, The Depot...
Unidentified painting, under the name Biscoe. #
Reference: 47790a
Unidentified painting, under t...
Gerald Laing, Castle, Conon Bridge. Gerald Ogilvie Laing (1936-2011) was a British pop artist and sculptor. In February 2014, Laing's Brigitte Bardot painting from 1963 work sold for ?902,500 in an auction at Christie's in London, a record sum for the artist.
Reference: H-0299
Gerald Laing, Castle, Conon Br...
Mrs Egerton. Painting by Keith Henderson (see H-0243). Copy made in October 1941.
Reference: 36717
Mrs Egerton. Painting by Keith...
Mrs Baird. Painting by Keith Henderson (see H-0243).
Reference: 36695b
Mrs Baird. Painting by Keith H...
Mrs Baird. Painting by Keith Henderson (see H-0243). Words beneath the painting read: 'When fitting these two pictures into their mounts, cover as little at the top as possible. The left bottom corners are shown in each case. The rest follows automatically.' (See also 36695b and 36717).
Reference: 36695a
Mrs Baird. Painting by Keith H...
Mrs Burton Mackenzie of Kilcoy Castle, Ross-shire. The Kilcoy estates passed through the male line of the Mackenzies of Kilcoy until the death in 1883 of Sir Evan Mackenzie, 2nd Baronet, when they were inherited by his eldest daughter, Isabella Jane. She had been born in Australia and had married Colonel John Edward Burton (1835-1901) on 30th March 1869. The castle was restored from a ruinous condition in about 1891.
Reference: 31951
Mrs Burton Mackenzie of Kilcoy...
Lt.Col Donald Dickson Farmer (1877-1956), Queen's Cameron Highlanders. The Cameron Highlanders, The Depot. One of four VC winners re-copied for a composite picture in January 1929. He joined the Cameron Highlanders in March 1892, and served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan Campaign, 1898, and was present at the battles of Atbara and Khartoum. Farmer was a sergeant during the Second Boer War when he won the VC on 13th December 1900 at Nooitgedacht, South Africa. His citation reads: During the attack on General Clements Camp at Nooitgedacht, on the 13th December, 1900, Lieutenant Sandilands, Cameron Highlanders, with fifteen men, went to the assistance of a picquet which was heavily engaged, most of the men having been killed or wounded. The enemy, who were hidden by trees, opened fire on the party at a range of about 20 yards, killing two and wounding five, including Lieutenant Sandilands. Sergeant Farmer at once went to the Officer, who was perfectly helpless, and carried him away under a very heavy and close fire to a place of comparative safety, after which he returned to the firing line and was eventually taken prisoner. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Regimental Museum of Queen's Own Highlanders, Fort George.
Reference: H-0203
Lt.Col Donald Dickson Farmer (...
Painting of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, Heavy Marching Order, escorting prisoners - Canada, c1840. Presented by Lt.Col A.N.E Browne, late Highland Light Infantry, 1927.
Reference: 30378c
Painting of the 71st Highland ...
The Hon. George Mackenzie. He was a son of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromarty and raised the 2nd Battalion of the 73rd Highlanders in 1778. He died unmarried in 1787 while in command of the 71st Highlanders. Photo of painting taken in March 1935.
Reference: 30378b
The Hon. George Mackenzie. He ...
Maj.Gen John Mackenzie, Lord McLeod (1727-1789). He was a son of George Mackenzie, 3rd Earl of Cromarty and raised the 73rd Highlanders in 1777. Photo of painting taken in March 1935.
Reference: 30378a
Maj.Gen John Mackenzie, Lord M...
Captain George Mackay Sutherland (1798-1847). Original painted c1830 and held by The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Reference: 29868
Captain George Mackay Sutherla...