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''For other people with the same name, see [[John Robertson]]''.
 
''For other people with the same name, see [[John Robertson]]''.
[[File:John Robertson iii.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Captain John Robertson/Robinson.<br>Photo kindly supplied by [[Gary Robinson]].]]
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'''John Robertson''' (b.[[1841]], Delting, d. 1906-1922) was a farmer, housebuilder and a [[County Council]]lor for [[Whiteness And Weisdale (Constituency)|Whiteness And Weisdale]] between [[1890]] and [[1904]].
Captain '''John Robertson''' or '''Robinson''' (b. 16 August [[1850]], Tingwall, d. 1 November [[1939]], Weisdale) was a merchant seaman and a [[County Council]]lor for [[Whiteness And Weisdale (Constituency)|Whiteness And Weisdale]] between [[1890]] and [[1904]].
 
  
[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I102465&tree=ID1 Bayanne] notes that he was on a ship with another John Robertson and as such decided to change his name to Robinson. All his children took on the Robinson name.
 
 
He is the great-great-grandfather of [[Shetland Islands Council]]lor [[Gary Robinson]].
 
 
==Political Career==
 
==Political Career==
 
*[[County Council Election February 1890]]
 
*[[County Council Election February 1890]]
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I102465&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]
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*[https://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I120463&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page]
  
 
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Revision as of 09:44, 6 January 2025

For other people with the same name, see John Robertson.

John Robertson (b.1841, Delting, d. 1906-1922) was a farmer, housebuilder and a County Councillor for Whiteness And Weisdale between 1890 and 1904.

Political Career

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Zetland County Council
Constituency created Member for
Whiteness and Weisdale

1890-1904
Succeeded by
Peter Anderson
[Expand]Whiteness and Weisdale County Councillors
Councillors John Robertson (1890-1904) • Peter Anderon (1904-1914) • John Henderson (1914-1919) • William Sinclair (1919-1925) • George Leslie (1925-1928) • Laurence Smith (1928-1945) • Anthony Anderson (1945-1970) • John Rae (1970-1973) • John Johnson (1973-1975)