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British soldier and diplomat
Robert Arbuthnot (c. 1761 – February 1809) was a British soldier turned diplomat who served between 1801 and 1806 as the Chief Secretary of Ceylon (as
Robert_Arbuthnot_(Ceylon)
Topics referred to by the same term
Robert Arbuthnot of Haddo (1728–1803), trustee of Board of Manufactures Robert Arbuthnot (Ceylon) (c. 1761–1809), British soldier and diplomat Robert
Robert_Arbuthnot
British Army general
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Arbuthnot, KCB (19 November 1773 – 6 May 1853) was a British military commander during the Napoleonic Wars. He was a general
Robert Arbuthnot (British Army officer)
Robert_Arbuthnot_(British_Army_officer)
Scottish minister, hymn-writer and poet
a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert Arbuthnot (Ceylon), Henry Mackenzie, and Andrew Dalzell. He died in Midmar on 17
John_Ogilvie_(poet)
Britain. Clarendon Press. pp. 224–. ISBN 978-0-19-820727-6. Alexander John Arbuthnot (1896). "Ramsay, James Andrew Broun" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary
Susan Broun-Ramsay, Marchioness of Dalhousie
Susan_Broun-Ramsay,_Marchioness_of_Dalhousie
with all hands. She was carrying as a passenger Robert Arbuthnot, the former Chief Secretary in Ceylon. Winfield (2008), p. 371. Hepper (1994), p. 128
HMS_Viper_(1807)
WWII battle in Ceylon between Britain and Japan
The Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942) was an air attack on Trincomalee, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) during the Indian Ocean raid (31 March – 10 April
Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942)
Air_raid_on_Ceylon_(9_April_1942)
British businessman and legislator (1826–1913)
9 December 1858, Arbuthnot married Mary Helen Anstruther, the eldest daughter of Philip Anstruther, the Colonial Secretary of Ceylon. They lived at Plawhatch
William_Reierson_Arbuthnot
Royal Navy officer (1841–1920)
know he has in mind to do". John Arbuthnot Fisher was born on 25 January 1841 on the Wavendon Estate at Ramboda in Ceylon. He was the eldest of eleven children
John_Fisher,_1st_Baron_Fisher
British civil servant
Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850. Netherton and Worth. p. 961. Arbuthnot, Alexander John (1894). "Morehead, William Ambrose" . In Lee, Sidney (ed
William_Ambrose_Morehead
Fictional island states in Gulliver's Travels
and fled to France in 1715, where he remained until 1723. In 1728, John Arbuthnot wrote An account of the state of learning in the empire of Lilliput: Together
Lilliput_and_Blefuscu
Governor of Ceylon
officer who served in the Peninsular War, and was acting Governor of British Ceylon in 1831. He entered the British Army as an ensign in the 28th Foot in 1794
John Wilson (British Army officer, died 1856)
John_Wilson_(British_Army_officer,_died_1856)
1942 raid of Allied shipping by the Imperial Japanese Navy
(Operation C, the Third Mobile Operation in the Indian Ocean and the Battle of Ceylon in Japanese) was a sortie of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March
Indian_Ocean_raid
Irish politician and traveller (1804–1869)
William Arbuthnot of Ardmore, County Armagh. He was educated at the Belfast Academy and at Trinity College. With his college friend, Robert James Tennent
James_Emerson_Tennent
Commander of the British Army in Ceylon until World War II
General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (also known as Commander of Troops or Officer Commanding His/Her Majesties Troops, Ceylon) was the designation of the
General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
General_Officer_Commanding,_Ceylon
Stewart-Mackenzie executive council was 2nd executive council of British Ceylon. The government was led by Governor James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie. Cabinet
Stewart-Mackenzie executive council of Ceylon
Stewart-Mackenzie_executive_council_of_Ceylon
Government post in British colony (1798–1946)
chief secretary of Ceylon, was the chairman and one of three officers of state of the Board of Ministers of the State Council of Ceylon from 1932 to 1947
Chief_Secretary_of_Ceylon
British Army infantry regiment
Gen. Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane, KCB, GCH 1837–1857: Gen. Sir Charles Bulkeley Egerton, GCMG, KCH 1857–1864: Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot 1864–1870:
89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot
89th_(Princess_Victoria's)_Regiment_of_Foot
English naval officer and administrator in Ceylon (1765–1847)
(1790–1796) and public servant, serving as the third Colonial Secretary of Ceylon (1806–1833). John Rodney was born on 10 May 1765 the third son of Admiral
John_Rodney_(of_Armsworth)
Military unit
Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Reynell, 6th Baronet, KCB 1848–1849: Lt-Gen. Sir Thomas Arbuthnot, KCB 1849–1857: Gen. Sir James Macdonell, GCB, KCH 1857–1863: Gen. Sir
71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot
71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot
by-ways of the history of Bombay City, Bombay: The Times Press, 1917 Arbuthnot, Sir A. J. Dictionary of National Biography (2nd edition). Vol. I., pp
John_Archibald_Ballard
Women's tennis tournament series
– Sydney, (1) Jane Corder – Hexham, (1) Alice Brown – Ealing, (1) May Arbuthnot – Surbiton, (1) Katherine Grey – Hull, (1) Lottie Paterson – Edinburgh
1890_women's_tennis_season
Appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours
Major-General Robert John Hughes CB Rear-Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher CB Controller of the Navy. Colonel William Green CB Lieutenant-General Robert John Hay
1894_Birthday_Honours
Administrative subdivision of India from 1652 to 1950
weaving facility, the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in Otteri. Arbuthnot, owned by the Arbuthnot family, was the largest bank in the presidency until its crash
Madras_Presidency
National awards given by King Edward VII
Hussey, Esq., Mayor of Southampton Ernest Spencer, Esq., MP George Gough Arbuthnot, Esq., of Madras Samuel Brownlow Gray, Esq., Chief Justice of Bermuda
1901_Birthday_Honours
Officer Commanding, Ceylon Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Arbuthnot KCB (1776–1849), GOC Northern District General William Arbuthnot, ( —1876), Royal Artillery
List of British generals and brigadiers
List_of_British_generals_and_brigadiers
Day of the year
politician, president of the National Convention (born 1753) 1834 – Harriet Arbuthnot, English diarist (born 1793) 1849 – Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Ottoman Albanian
August_2
Military unit
encompassed Royal Navy Dockyards and bases in East Africa, Middle East, India and Ceylon, and other ships not attached to other fleets. For many years under rear
East_Indies_Station
British Army officer and colonial governor
of Nova Scotia. In November 1840 he was promoted to the governorship of Ceylon, where he remained from September 1839 to June 1847. It was during his tenure
Colin Campbell (British Army officer, born 1776)
Colin_Campbell_(British_Army_officer,_born_1776)
British government recognitions
Secretary of the Bahama Islands Robert Wilson Levers, MA, Government Agent of the Northern Province of the Island of Ceylon Charles Riby Williams, Treasurer
1902_Coronation_Honours
of His Majesty's High Court of Justice 10 December 1901 George Gough Arbuthnot 10 December 1901 George Bullough 10 December 1901 Anderson Critchett,
List of knights bachelor appointed in 1901
List_of_knights_bachelor_appointed_in_1901
National awards given by Queen Victoria
Forbes CB Honorary Major-General John Coke CB Colonel Charles George Arbuthnot CB Colonel Charles Cooper Johnson CB Bengal Staff Corps Lieutenant-Colonel
1881_Birthday_Honours
British science fiction writer (1917–2008)
the BIS from 1946 to 1947 and again in 1951–1953. Clarke immigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. That year
Arthur_C._Clarke
Military unit
1851–1870: Gen. Sir John Aitchison, GCB 1870: Gen. Charles George James Arbuthnot 1870–1881: Gen. Charles Gascoyne 1881: Gen. Sir Edward Selby Smyth, KCMG
72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders
72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany's_Own_Highlanders
Birthday of Edward VII
Esq., Indian Civil Service, Judicial Commissioner, Upper Burma. William Arbuthnot Inglis, Esq., Chief Engineer and Secretary to the Government of Bengal
1908_Birthday_Honours
National awards given by Queen Victoria
Civil Service Alexander Blackley Patterson, Indian Civil Service Henry Arbuthnot Acworth, Indian Civil Service Colonel Charles Arkcoll Porteous, Indian
1895_Birthday_Honours
National awards given by King Edward VII
Metropolitan Police. George Christopher Trout Bartley, Esq., MP. Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes, Esq., CB, Treasury Remembrancer in Ireland. Civil Division
1902_Birthday_Honours
National awards given by King Edward VII
G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., V.C. Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher, G.C.B. Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, M.P. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
1905_Birthday_Honours
1775–1783 conflict in North America
strategy, partly due to his difficult relationship with Admiral Marriot Arbuthnot. In Charleston, Cornwallis independently developed an aggressive plan
American_Revolutionary_War
Public university in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
was first established, it had a jurisdiction from Kabul to Rangoon and Ceylon, the largest of any Indian university. Calcutta University was the first
University_of_Calcutta
of Cape Henry Inconclusive: French under Destouches vs British under Arbuthnot 16 April Battle of Porto Praya Inconclusive: French under Suffren vs British
List_of_naval_battles
Battle of the War of the Austrian Succession
battle the two fleets withdrew to repair, with the British retreating to Ceylon and the French using their base at Pondicherry. Wary of fighting another
Battle_of_Madras
1878–1880 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan
Cavalry 19th Fane's Lancers Royal Artillery. Brigadier General C. G. Arbuthnot First Infantry Brigade. Brigadier General R. Barter 2nd Battalion King's
Second_Anglo-Afghan_War
Calendar year
British landowner and politician (d. 1780) Full Date Unknown – Mariot Arbuthnot, British admiral during the American War for Independence (d. 1794) Susanna
1711
Collecting pearls from wild molluscs
Silva, K. M. (1995). Volume 2 of History of Ceylon, History of Ceylon: History of Sri Lanka. Peradeniya: Ceylon University Press. p. 56. ISBN 955-589-004-8
Pearl_hunting
Inverkeilor, Scotland. It was established in 2013 by the Stirling family. Arbuthnot Latham & Co. Ltd – is a private and merchant bank offering private banking
List of companies of the United Kingdom A–J
List_of_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom_A–J
English footballer and a founder of The Football Association Lionel Gough Arbuthnot (1867–1942), English cricketer who played for R. A. Bennett's cricket
List_of_Old_Harrovians
of P&O Alexander Arbuthnot (died 1585), printer, work including George Buchanan's first History of Scotland Sir George Gough Arbuthnot (1848–1929), businessman
List_of_Scots
Special forces unit of the Royal Navy
reconnaissance for the Salerno landings and a raid on Crete, before moving to Ceylon to work with the Special Operations Executives, Force 136 and later with
Special_Boat_Service
projectiles in what became known to Americans as the Boston Massacre. Mariot Arbuthnot was Vice-Admiral of the Blue in the Royal Navy, and commanded its North
List of military leaders in the American Revolutionary War
List_of_military_leaders_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War
Underwater diving without breathing apparatus
April 2009. De Silva, K. M. (1995). History of Ceylon: History of Sri Lanka. Vol. 2. Peradeniya: Ceylon University Press. p. 56. ISBN 955-589-004-8. OCLC 952216
Freediving
British government recognitions
June 1954, for the United Kingdom and Colonies, Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, Pakistan, and for various members of Commonwealth forces in recognition
1954_Birthday_Honours
Appointments by Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours
Richard Thomas Vane, Royal Air Force Sergeant (acting) Isabella Galder Arbuthnot, Women's Royal Army Corps Sergeant Thomas Albert Ash, Corps of Royal Electrical
1953_Coronation_Honours
National awards given by Queen Victoria
Regiment Colonel Thomas Wright, Bengal Staff Corps Colonel Charles George Arbuthnot, Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel Howard Craufurd Elphinstone CB (Civil)CMG
1871_Birthday_Honours
British government recognitions
Leone. Colin Raeburn, OBE, Water Engineer, Cyprus. Robert Coleridge Scott. For public services in Ceylon. Henry James Tucker. For public services in Bermuda
1945_Birthday_Honours
Maj. George Wilfred Anson MC North Lancashire Regiment Lt. Lionel Gough Arbuthnot Capt. Cyril Armstrong Royal Army Medical Corps (Special Reserve) Capt
1919_Birthday_Honours_(MBE)
British royal recognitions
Lawther, JP, President, National Union of Mineworkers. Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray, OBE, JP, Lord Provost of Edinburgh. William Gammie Ogg, PhD, Director
1949_New_Year_Honours
Irish Guards Capt. Robert Weniyss Muir Arbuthnot, Royal Field Arty. 2nd Lt. David Archibald, Royal Highlanders Tmp Capt. Robert Richmond Archibald RAMC
1918_New_Year_Honours_(MC)
Al Arafah Islami Bank Limited Prime Bank Premier Bank Commercial Bank of Ceylon Dutch Bangla Bank Exim Bank Eastern Bank Limited HSBC Bank Standard Chartered
List_of_banks_in_Asia
History of King Lear by Nahum Tate; An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon by Robert Knox; Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden 1682 in literature – The
List_of_years_in_literature
Appointments and honours by King George V on June 3, 1918
Commissioner of Requests and Police Magistrate, Kalutara, Island of Ceylon Robert West Holmes MInstCE Engineer-in Chief, Public Works Department, Dominion
1918_Birthday_Honours
Royal Navy officer, politician and colonial administrator (1718–1792)
John Rodney RN (1765–1847), later Chief Secretary to the Government of Ceylon, who married firstly Lady Catherine Nugent, only daughter of Thomas Nugent
George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney
George_Rodney,_1st_Baron_Rodney
Appointments by King George VI
Royal Norfolk Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) John Sinclair Wemyss Arbuthnot (92253), Royal Artillery. No. 7305 Warrant Officer Class I Regimental
1943_Birthday_Honours
(1934–2015, Colombia, nf) Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p) John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf) José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US,
List_of_writers_by_name:_A
Ceremonial recognition of outstanding British citizens
Government, Hyderabad. Basil Eden Garth Eddis, Partner, Messrs. Gillanders, Arbuthnot and Company, Calcutta. Khan Bahadur Nasarvanji Hormasji Choksy CIE Medical
1929_New_Year_Honours
Eastbourne, (3) Lottie Dod – Darlington, Northern Championships, (2) Ivy Arbuthnot – East Grinstead, Felixstowe, (2) E Gordon – Auckland II, Dunedin II,
1889_women's_tennis_season
March 1866 Francis Napier 27 March 1866 19 February 1872 Alexander John Arbuthnot (acting) 19 February 1872 15 May 1872 Vere Henry Hobart, Baron Hobart
List of colonial governors and presidents of the Madras Presidency
List_of_colonial_governors_and_presidents_of_the_Madras_Presidency
British royal recognitions
lately Her Majesty's Consul, Kansas City. Robert Laurence Harvey, Manager, The Deraodera Estate Group, Ceylon. Thomas Ellis Hatton, MBE, Assistant Commissioner
1967_New_Year_Honours
British royal recognitions
Jones, Colonial Administrative Service, Administrative Officer, Ceylon. Frank Robert Kennedy, OBE, Colonial Administrative Service, Secretary for African
1947_New_Year_Honours
British government recognitions
War Office. George West Esq, late Her Majesty's Consul, Suez. Robert William Arbuthnot Holmes Esq MA, Treasury Remembrancer in Ireland. Frederic Holmwood
1887_Golden_Jubilee_Honours
British royal recognitions
Engineer, Engineer-in-Chief's Office, General Post Office. Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray, JP, Staff Officer, Grade II, Edinburgh, National Fire Service
1946_New_Year_Honours
British government recognitions
North-West Frontier Province, Public Works Department. Clifford William Ernest Arbuthnot, Indian Service of Engineers, Executive Engineer, Presidency Division
1930_Birthday_Honours
Decade
The VOC Zuytdorp is wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. John Arbuthnot creates the character of John Bull to represent Britain. A translation
1710s
British light infantry regiment (1755–1881)
1822–1839: Gen Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet 1839–1844: Lt-Gen Sir Thomas Arbuthnot 1844–1847: Lt-Gen Sir Edward Gibbs 1847–1861: Gen Sir Archibald Maclaine
52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot
52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot
Month of 1957
Shuttle payload specialist; in Demarest, New Jersey Died: Sir Geoffrey Arbuthnot, KCB, DSO, 72, Royal Navy vice admiral Clarence C. Caldwell, 80, American
October_1957
British government recognitions
Northern Rhodesia. Robert Hormus Kotewall, CMG . For public services in Hong Kong. Hadji Mohamed Macan Markar. For public services in Ceylon. George Edouard
1938_Birthday_Honours
British government recognitions
London. Stanley Roy Pawley, OBE, TD. For services to Journalism. Walter Arbuthnot Prideaux, MC, TD, Clerk of the Goldsmiths Company. Charles Waugh Renilson
1973_Birthday_Honours
American ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, and explorer (1877–1962)
and across the Indian Ocean to Ceylon, where they began their task of documenting the native wildfowl. From Ceylon they traveled to Calcutta, with the
William_Beebe
British royal recognitions
Educational Service, Director of Public Instruction, Burma. Allan Arbuthnot Lane Roberts, Indian Civil Service, Deputy Commissioner, Punjab. John William
1932_New_Year_Honours
British government recognitions
Lead, Home Office. For services to Diversity and Inclusion. Emily Jane Arbuthnot. Peritoneal Malignancy Institute Manager, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation
2022_Birthday_Honours
Lancelot Mare Gregson, Grenadier Guards Temp Lt. Robert Holmes Arbuthnot Gresson MBE Capt. Gronwy Robert Griffith, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Lt.-Col. Charles
1919_Birthday_Honours_(OBE)
National awards given by King George V
Lieutenant) Allen Algernon Lord Apsley, Yeomanry. Lieutenant Maurice Armitage Arbuthnot, Lancers, Special Reserve. Captain Henry William Richard Armstrong, East
1917_Birthday_Honours
British government recognitions
Service, Director of Agriculture, Uganda. Robert Harry Drayton, Colonial Legal Service, Chief Secretary, Ceylon. Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney, Colonial
1942_Birthday_Honours
Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 November 2023. Lake, Robert J. (19 Feb 2019). Tennis governance from: Routledge Handbook of Tennis,
1887_women's_tennis_season
Decade
Dutch Ceylon. The Prix de Rome scholarship is established in France for students of the arts. The first Maroon community arises in Suriname. Robert Hooke
1660s
Appointments by King George V
Jessie Andrews, Temp Head Sister, Army Auxiliary Nursing Service Mary Arbuthnot, Voluntary Aid Detachment Ellen Armstrong, Acting Sister, Queen Alexandra's
1919_New_Year_Honours
Appointments by King George V to various orders and honours
the Lieutenant-Governor for making Laws and Regulations Charles Evelyn Arbuthnot William Oldham, Indian Civil Service, Commissioner, Patna Division, Bihar
1918_New_Year_Honours
Clerks O. Lance — Acting Expense Accounts Officer, Malta Lottie, Lady Arbuthnot Lane — Superintendent, Bandage Room, Central Work Rooms, British Red Cross
1918_Birthday_Honours_(MBE)
Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805, commanded by James Arbuthnot at time of capture; Captured by USS Wasp, commanded by Commodore Johnston
List of ships captured in the 19th century
List_of_ships_captured_in_the_19th_century
Resignation Hereford 14 March 1878 Evan Pateshall Conservative George Arbuthnot Conservative Resignation Cirencester 12 March 1878 Allen Bathurst Conservative
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885)
List_of_United_Kingdom_by-elections_(1868–1885)
British royal recognitions
Robinson. Sergeant, Police Service of Northern Ireland. Kevin Brian Patrick Arbuthnot. Deputy chief Fire Officer, West Yorkshire Fire Service. Thomas Martin
2002_New_Year_Honours
Switzerland, D/N) Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, Ph) John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England M/P) Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US
List_of_non-fiction_writers
Wyndham Lewis, the sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein, David Bomberg, Malcolm Arbuthnot, Lawrence Atkinson, the American photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn, Frederick
Art_of_the_United_Kingdom
British royal recognitions
Army Cadet Force. Major John Malcolm Arbuthnot Younger (95109), Royal Regiment of Artillery. Captain Bernard Robert Sands, Basutoland Mounted Police. Major
1961_New_Year_Honours
British royal recognitions
Legislative Council, Vice-Chancellor, Andhra University, Waltair, Madras. Hugh Arbuthnot Inglis, Esq., Indian Police, Inspector-General of Police, United Provinces
1942_New_Year_Honours
Stafford (1) Francesca Brown – Ealing (1) Lydia Cheetham – Keswick (1) Ivy Arbuthnot – East Grinstead (1) Jane Meikle – St Andrews (1) Nellie Turner – Felixstowe
1888_women's_tennis_season
Appointments by King George V
FRCSI, Royal Army Medical Corps Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, Bt FRCS, Royal Army Medical Corps Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel James
1917_New_Year_Honours
British government recognitions
Frederick Rudolph Althaus, Member, Council of the Stock Exchange. Vere Arbuthnot Arnold, MC, TD, DL, chairman, Runcorn Development Corporation. Janet Baker
1970_Birthday_Honours
of Checking Dept., American Branch, Ministry of Munitions Capt. Robert Holmes Arbuthnot Gresson, Adjutant, Remount Service Charles William Grey, Surveyor
1918_New_Year_Honours_(MBE)
British honours
CMG CIE DSO late Royal Army Medical Corps Lt.-Col. and Bt. Col. James Arbuthnot Tyler CMG Royal Artillery Col. John Ambard Bell-Smyth CMG late Dragoon
1919_Birthday_Honours
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Robart.
Female
Italian
 Feminine form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTA means "bright fame." In use by the Italians, Portuguese and Spanish. Compare with another form of Roberta.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Male
French
 French name derived from Latin Albertus, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : variant of Robert.
Male
Welsh
Welsh form of German Hrodebert, RHOBERT means "bright fame."Â
Boy/Male
German American Shakespearean Teutonic English French Scottish
Famed, bright; shining. An all-time favorite boys' name since the Middle Ages. Famous Bearers:...
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Netherlands, Polish, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Famed; Bright; Shining; An All-time Favorite Boys Name Since the Middle Ages; A; 14th-century King Robert the Bruce; Robert Burns the Poet
Male
English
 Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Æthelbert, ALBERT means "bright nobility." Compare with other forms of Albert.
Male
French
 Norman French form of Latin Robertus, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Male
English
 English form of Anglo-Saxon Hreodbeorht, ROBERT means "bright fame." Compare with another form of Robert.
Male
Czechoslovakian
, bright fame.
Female
French
Feminine form of Norman French Robert, ROBERTE means "bright fame."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from the personal name Robert. This surname is very frequent in Wales and west central England. It is also occasionally borne by Jews, presumably as an Americanized form of a like-sounding Jewish surname.
Boy/Male
Australian, Czech, Danish, German, Swedish
Famous Brilliance from Robert; Bright Famous One
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Roberts.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, Teutonic
Bright with Fame; Wide Fame; Spanish Form of Robert Shining Fame
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc
English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Róbert), etc : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrÅd
‘renown’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. This is found occasionally
in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into
England by the Normans and quickly became popular among all classes of
society. The surname is also occasionally borne by Jews, as an
Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.A Robert from La Rochelle, France is documented in Trois-Rivières,
Quebec, in 1666, with the secondary surname
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form of Latin Robertus, ROBERTO means "bright fame."
Male
English
English variant spelling of French Albert, ELBERT means "bright nobility."
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT-CEYLON
v. i.
One who practices robbery on the seas; a pirate.
v. t.
To make sober.
v. t.
Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook.
n.
A boat propelled by three rowers with four oars, the middle rower pulling two.
n.
A rover or footpad; a prowling robber.
v. i.
To become sober; -- often with down.
a.
Not covert; open; public; manifest; as, an overt act of treason.
v. t.
To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array; as, fields robed with green.
v. t.
To change back. See Revert, v. i.
imp. & p. p.
of Robe
a.
Having a disposition or temper habitually sober.
superl.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
n.
One who ranges; a rover; sometimes, one who ranges for plunder; a roving robber.
superl.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses.
v. t.
Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband.
a.
Requiring strength or vigor; as, robust employment.
n.
See Herb Robert, under Herb.
superl.
Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
a.
Evincing strength; indicating vigorous health; strong; sinewy; muscular; vigorous; sound; as, a robust body; robust youth; robust health.