Rab Brougham Bruce Lockhart (December 1, 1916 - May 1, 1990, Burneside

Burneside

Burneside is a small village in South Lakeland in Cumbria, England. It is located to the north of Kendal and to the south east of Staveley, on the River Kent, just upstream from the confluence of the River Sprint...

, Cumberland

Cumberland

Cumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....

) was a Scottish rugby union player, who gained three caps for Scotland, and who played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...

 and London Scottish FC.

He was capped three times for between 1937-1939. He also played for London Scottish RFC.

He also played for the Scotland national cricket team.

Personal life and Family

Rab came from the wealthy and well known Bruce Lockhart family. His father was
John Bruce-Lockhart

John Bruce-Lockhart

John Harold Bruce-Lockhart was a Scottish cricketer and schoolmaster from the famous Bruce-Lockhart family. His son Logie played Rugby Union for Scotland, while his brother Robert was a footballer. He was also the grandfather of Sandy and great-grandfather of Dugald Bruce Lockhart.-Early life:A...

 (also a dual rugby-cricket international for Scotland), and he was the brother of Logie Bruce Lockhart

Logie Bruce Lockhart

Logie Bruce Lockhart MA , is a British writer and journalist, formerly a Scottish international rugby union footballer and headmaster of Gresham's School.-Background:...

 also a Scottish rugby internationalist.

His uncle was Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart

R. H. Bruce Lockhart

Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart KCMG , was a journalist, author, secret agent, British diplomat in Moscow and Prague, and footballer...

, a noted footballer, spy and journalist. Sir Robert's son, Robin Bruce Lockhart

Robin Bruce Lockhart

Robin Bruce Lockhart was a British author.The son of the British spy R. H. Bruce Lockhart, he wrote the 1967 book Ace of Spies about the super-spy Sidney Reilly, which was made into a 1983 television miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill...

 was the author of Reilly, Ace of Spies

Reilly, Ace of Spies

Reilly, Ace of Spies is a 1983 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Sidney Reilly, a Russian Jew who became one of the greatest spies to ever work for the British. Among his exploits in the early 20th century were the infiltration of the German General Staff in 1917 and a near-overthrow of...

. He was also related to Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart

Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart

Alexander John Bruce-Lockhart, Baron Bruce-Lockhart, OBE , commonly known as Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, was a British Conservative politician and a senior figure in English local government. He was the leader of Kent County Council and then Chairman of the Local Government Association...

.

He attended Sedbergh School

Sedbergh School

Sedbergh School is a boarding school in Sedbergh, Cumbria, for boys and girls aged 13 to 18. Nestled in the Howgill Fells, it is known for sporting sides, such as its Rugby Union 1st XV.-Background:...

 and in later life was headmaster of Loretto School

Loretto School

Loretto School is an independent school in Scotland, founded in 1827. The campus occupies in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh.-History:Loretto was founded by the Reverend Thomas Langhorne in 1827. Langhorne came from Crosby Ravensworth, near Kirkby Stephen. The school was later taken over by his son,...

from 1960 to 1976.

External links

• player profile on scrum.com