Baron Robertson of Oakridge
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
. It was created in 1961 for the military commander Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet
Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge
General Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC , known as Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, from 1933 to 1961, was a British Army General....
. He had previously served as Military Governor of the British Zone in occupied Germany from 1947 to 1949. The Robertson Baronetcy, of Welbourne, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1919 for his father, Field Marshal Sir William Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1915 to 1918. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 2009.
Robertson Baronets, of Beaconsfield (1919)
- Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet (1860–1933)
- Sir Brian Hubert Robertson, 2nd BaronetBrian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of OakridgeGeneral Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC , known as Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, from 1933 to 1961, was a British Army General....
(1896–1974) (created Baron Robertson of Oakridge in 1961)
Barons Robertson of Oakridge (1961)
- Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of OakridgeBrian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of OakridgeGeneral Brian Hubert Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge, GCB, GBE, KCMG, KCVO, DSO, MC , known as Sir Brian Robertson, 2nd Baronet, from 1933 to 1961, was a British Army General....
(1896–1974) - William Ronald Robertson, 2nd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1930–2009)
- William Brian Elworthy Robertson, 3rd Baron Robertson of Oakridge (b. 1975)