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James Robertson-Walker

Male 1850 - 1927  (76 years)


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  • Name James Robertson-Walker 
    Birth 10 Nov 1850  Wardieburn, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 May 1927  Distington, Cumberland, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1950  Family Tree | Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2013 

    Father Murdoch Robertson,   b. Abt 1810, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Anne Higgin 
    Family ID F518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Frances “Lillie” Burton,   b. 1863, Hamilton, ONT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1939, Hurlington, London, ENG Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 17 Aug 1914  St Mary Abbotts, Kensington, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2011 

  • Notes 
    • Inherited the estate of his Aunt Walker of Gilgarran in 1892 when he took on the name Robertson-Walker like his uncle.
      Born James Robertson, he took the additional surname Walker on inheriting Gilgarran estate in Cumberland in 1891, soon after his first wife Emily's death. For many years he played cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club, where he was known as "Jumping Jimmy" due to the jump he always made during his bowling run up.
      21 York House, Kensington, London

      ROBERTSON (-WALKER), James.
      Amateur.
      Born at Wardieburn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 10th November 1850.
      Died at Kensington, London, 21st March 1927.
      He was the son of Murdo Robertson, and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy 1866-69, and went up to Worcester College, Oxford, where he gained his B.A. He did not play in any first-class cricket while at University. Between 1877 and 1892 he played in 156 first-class matches, 102 being for Middlesex and most of the others for MCC., of which club he became a member of the Committee in 1894. In 1893 he succeeded to the estate of Gilgarren, Distington, Cumberland, and took on the additional name of WALKER.
      He could not be found in the 1881 Census.