Divie Robertson

London wine & spirit merchant, brother-in-law of John Gladstone (q.v.) who married Divie's sister Anne and brother of Colin Robertson (q.v.).

1. Divie Robertson of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, married Jane Rowland, daughter of Edward and Jane Rowland of Garthen Lodge, Ruabon, in Ruabon, Denbighshire on 18/07/1800.

2. In 1841 Divie Robertson aged 70 merchant born S [= Scotland] was living in Bedford Square with Jane Robertson aged 45 (born Wales).  Buried All Souls Kensal Green 21/05/1850 aged 83.  Son Divie was baptised 1825: when he died [as the Rev. Divie Robertson of Henfield Sussex] in 1894 he left £107,130 15s 7d.

3. Will of Divie Robertson of Bedford Square proved 11/06/1850. In the will Divie Robertson left annuities of £50 p.a. to his sister Johanna and niece Jane Catherine Robertson (daughter of his late brother Colin Robertson); £10 p.a. to his (retired) cellarman John Heath. The will detailed the provision Divie Robertson had made for his son Edward Lovett Robertson on his marriage to Augusta Ellis (a £100 p.a. annuity to her in her widowhood and £3000 to buy him a commission in the Dragoons), provided for his daughter Jane Tyler, and left his residual estate to his sons Andrew, Edward Lovett and Divie. In a codicil of 19/02/1850 he incorporated the settlement he had made on the marriage of his son Rev. Divie Robertson.

We are grateful to David Barker for assistance in compiling this entry.

1. Ancestry.com, Denbighshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1994 [database online]; will of Edward Rowland, PROB 11/1574/44.

2. 1841 census online; Ancestry.com, London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980 [database online]; Ancestry.com, London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 [database online]; National Probate Calendar 1894.

3. PROB 11/2115/147.