General Sir Robert Maclagan, KCMG

Biographical Summary

Maclagan, Sir Robert. 14/12/1820-?. Ref: 980. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: General, KCMG.
• Place of Birth: Edinburgh.
• Profession: Soldier, Engineer.
• Appointments Held: Lieutenant 1839, General-1879, Royal (Bengal) Engineers.
• Schools and Tutors: High School, Edinburgh.
• Training: East India Company, Military College, Addiscombe.
• Undergraduate Studies: Edinburgh University.
• Postgraduate Studies: LL.D.
• Mother: Miss Whiteside.
• Father: David Maclagan, FRSE 1785-1865.
• Siblings: Andrew Douglas Maclagan, FRSE 1812-1900 and David Maclagan, FRSE 1824-83.
• Other Family: uncle of Robert Craig Maclagan, FRSE 1839-1919.
• References: Proc Roy Soc Edinb, 20, 1892-5, xlvi-xlvii.
• Memberships: Royal Asiatic Society, FRGS.
• Date of Election: 04/01/1853.
• Proposers: Sir Robert Christison, 21/10/1852, (ms Proposal NLS Acc 10,000/47).
• Notes: Died c1893.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. II. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 601