Roberton
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Roberton may refer to:
- Roberton, Scottish BordersRoberton, Scottish BordersRoberton is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B711 and near to the A7, five miles from Hawick, 22 miles from Galashiels, and 23 miles from Langholm...
, a village in the Scottish Borders, close to Hawick - Roberton, LanarkshireRoberton, LanarkshireRoberton is a Scottish village in Lanarkshire.-Origins:The origins of the town of Roberton are intertwined with those of the Robertons of that Ilk, Earnock, Bedlay and Lauchope....
- James RobertonJames RobertonJames Roberton, Lord Bedlay was a Scottish advocate and judge. He was born to Archibald Roberton of Stainhall, youngest son of John Roberton 9th Laird of Earnock, and Elizabeth Baillie, daughter of Robert Baillie of Jerviston. He inherited Bedlay Castle from his father, who bought it from James,...
, Lord Bedlay, Scottish advocate and judge - John Roberton (1776)John Roberton (1776)John Roberton was a Scottish physician and social reformer. A radical and fringe figure in the medical profession, he is best remembered for advocating the founding of a medical police to promote health and social welfare and for authoring a book that became the centre of a notorious legal...
, Physician and social reformer - John Roberton (1797)John Roberton (1797)John Roberton was a Scottish physician and social reformer. He was a pioneer of modern obstetrics and of evidence based medicine, and influential in the intellectual life of Victorian Manchester.-Life:...
, Obstetrician and social refomer - Hugh S. RobertonHugh S. RobertonSir Hugh S. Roberton was a Scottish composer and Britain`s leading choral-master.Roberton was born in Glasgow, where, in 1906, he founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. For five years before that it was the Toynbee Musical Association. A perfectionist, he expected the highest standards of performance...
, Scottish composer and founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir; - Hugh RobertonHugh RobertonHugh Stevenson Roberton was an Australian politician.Roberton was born in Glasgow, Scotland, son of Sir Hugh Roberton, a Scottish composer and founder of the Glasgow Orpheus Choir. He was educated at the West of Scotland Agricultural College and Glasgow University and emigrated to Australia in...
, Hugh's son, Australian MP and foundation member for the National Party of Australia - Dylan RobertonDylan RobertonDylan Roberton is an Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was selected with the 49th selection in the 2009 AFL National Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup....
, an AFLAustralian Football LeagueThe Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
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