Charles Robertson (Norwegian politician)

Charles Robertson (1875–1958) was the Norwegian Minister of Trade 1926–1928 and part of Lykke's Cabinet.[2]

Charles Robertson
Minister of Trade
In office
5 March 1926 – 28 January 1928
Prime MinisterIvar Lykke
Preceded byLars Olai Meling
Succeeded byAnton Ludvig Alvestad
Mayor of Hammerfest
In office
1 January 1924 – 31 December 1925
Preceded bySigurd M. Eriksen
Succeeded bySigurd M. Eriksen
Personal details
Born(1875-08-23)23 August 1875
Fuglenes, Hammerfest, Sweden-Norway[1]
Died31 October 1958(1958-10-31) (aged 83)
Political partyConservative
SpouseGudrun Brandt-Rantzau (m. 1899)
Children4
Parent(s)Nicolai George Robertson
Anna Albrethson[1]

He was the son of merchant Nicolai George Robertson and his wife Anna Albrethson. His father's family came from Scotland to Hammerfest with his grandfather Charles Robertson the Elder in 1827. The family business G. Robertson traded in salted fish, stockfish, shark fishing and seal hunting. They had a number of branches and fishing villages along the Finnmark coast.[3]

On 24 May 1899 he married his cousin Gudrun Brandt-Rantzau, daughter of district physician Johannes Brandt-Rantzau and Nicoline Cecilie Mathea Robertson.[4] His sister Anna Robertson married Attorney General and later Minister of State Andreas Urbye. His niece Gudrun Martius, married the diplomat Johan Georg Alexius Ræder.

Charles Robertson had four children: George Robertson (born 1900), Dorohea Robertson (born 1904), Ole Robertson (born 1905) and Charles Robertson (born 1911).[5]

Charlesbreen, a glacier in Svalbard is named after him.[6]

Ancestors

On his father's side Charles is a descendant of many Scottish clan chiefs, lairds, earls, (and other Scottish nobility) such as Sir John Maclean, 4th Baronet of Duart and Morvern, Colin Cam Mackenzie, 11th Laird of Kintail and William Graham, 3rd Earl of Menteith. James II of Scotland is Charles' 13×-great-grandfather. On his mother's side he is a descendant of Jens Holmboe and a part of the Holmboe family.[7]

References
  1. "Charles Robertson". Norsk senter for forskningsdata (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  2. "Charles Robertson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. "Charles Robertson". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  4. "Slekt skal følge slekters gang" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  5. "Slekt skal følge slekters gang" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. "Charlesbreen". Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  7. "Charles Robertson". Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2020.


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