James Robertson-Walker

1850 - 1927  (76 years)

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

  
  

  Father	Murdoch Robertson,   b. Abt 1810, Scotland
  Mother	Anne Higgin
  Family ID	F518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Frances “Lillie” Burton,   b. 1863, Hamilton, ONT d. 11 Mar 1939, Hurlington, London, ENG (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	17 Aug 1914	St Mary Abbotts, Kensington, London
  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.