• Source: T. S. Robertson-Aikman

      • Lt.-Col. Thomas Stokes George Hughes Robertson-Aikman (25 February 1860 – 18 April 1948) was a Scottish soldier and curler.


      Early life


      Robertson-Aikman was educated at the Eton College and the Brasenose College, Oxford.


      Soldier


      Robertson-Aikman joined the 1st battalion, Royal Lanark Militia, in 1880. The following year the militia regiment was merged with the Highland Light Infantry (HLI). He commanded the 4th battalion HLI 1900–12, and during World War I, he commanded a district of the Royal Defence Corps. He was appointed CB in the 1923 King's Birthday Honours.


      Curler


      Robertson-Aikman was non-playing captain of the British curling team which won the gold medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix (France). Other team members were Laurence Jackson, Robin Welsh, William K. Jackson, Thomas Murray, John McLeod, William Brown and D. G. Astley. Sweden and France won the silver and bronze medals respectively.


      See also


      Curling at the 1924 Winter Olympics


      References


      AIKMAN, Col Thomas S. G. H. Robertson-, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)


      External links


      T. Aikman at Olympics.com
      Nick Kingsley (3 August 2013). "Landed families of Britain and Ireland: Robertson-Aikman of Ross House". landedfamilies.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

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