Rob Lockhart: Difference between revisions

Lockhart was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. His mother was Florence Stuart Macgregor, while other ancestors included Bruces, Hamiltons, Cummings, Wallaces and Douglases. His brother, the diplomat and writer [[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]], claimed that "There is no drop of English blood in my veins."<ref>[[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]], ''My Scottish Youth'' (B&W Publishing, Edinburgh, 1993), {{ISBN|1 873631 26 X}}, pp 313–353</ref> Another brother, [[John Bruce Lockhart|J. H. Bruce Lockhart]], was headmaster of [[Sedbergh School]], while his nephews [[Rab Bruce Lockhart]] and [[Logie Bruce Lockhart]] went on to become headmasters of [[Loretto School|Loretto]] and [[Gresham's School|Gresham's]]. Another nephew, [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], was an intelligence officer. He married Margaret Amy Campbell on 2 September 1918 in Mussorie, India. They had one daughter, Mary Mavora Lockhart, who was born in 1919 and a son, Norman Neil Campbell Lockhart, who was born in 1925. Norman Lockhart went on to serve in the Seaforth Highlanders in World War Two and the Malayan Emergency. The same regiment as the uncle he was named after and Rob Lockhart's favourite brother, Norman Douglas Steward Bruce Lockhart, who was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915.