summing up he neglected to mention her denial of a police claim that she had admitted to mercy killing during an interview. McTavish was convicted but Robertson's omission was used as the basis for an appeal the following year and McTavish's sentence was overturned. Further positions Robertson was also chairman of the Scottish Joint Council for Teachers' Salaries (1965–1981); an assessor on University of Edinburgh Court (1967–1981); chairman of the Edinburgh Centre for Rural Economy (1967–1985); chairman of the Centre of Tropical Veterinary Medicine; and chairman of the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council (1977–1986). The first Scottish judge to be a member of the International Union of Judges, he served for 13 years (1974–1987). He was on the board of governors of Merchiston Castle School 1954-2005 and was chairman 1970–1996. Robertson also received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1988 He played golf into his eighties, particularly at Muirfield where he was captain from 1970 to 1972. He died on 21 July 2005 at the age of 92. Family His brother was James Wilson Robertson, the last British Governor-General of Nigeria, while his daughter Sally married businessman Nick Kuenssberg. His grandchildren include Laura Kuenssberg, the BBC political editor from 2015 to 2022, David Kuenssberg who is executive director of finance and resources at Brighton and Hove City Council, and Joanna Kuenssberg, who is a diplomat and served as the British High Commissioner to Mozambique from 2014 until 2018. References 1912 births 2005 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British Army personnel of World War II People educated at Merchiston Castle School Royal Scots officers Senators of the College of Justice Members of the Faculty of Advocates Lawyers from Edinburgh Scottish solicitors Scottish King's Counsel 20th-century King's Counsel