Worked in the civil service, 1902 - 1925, in the Egyptian Ministry of Education. At the 1931 London County Council election, Robertson was elected for the Labour Party in Islington East. He lost the seat at the 1934 election, but was appointed as an alderman, and was made vice-chair of the council's education committee. In 1937, he became chair of the education committee, serving until 1945. In 1945/46, he was the chair of the council. Robertson stood down from the council in 1952.
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Charles Robertson
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Waterloo Bridge
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Oxford and St George’s Club / St George’s Settlement
From University of Southampton: "Based in a disused hostel on 125 Cannon Street Road, the Oxford and St George’s Club began in 1914 with a membership of 25 boys. The Club got its name from Basil’s ...
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City of London School
Endowed by John Carpenter Town Clerk in 1442. The Corporation of London by an Act of Parliament in 1834 established the School at Honey Lane market in Milk Street. In 1883 the School moved to the V...
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Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital
From AIM: "Medical students at St Bartholomew's Hospital are first recorded in 1662. The School and the Hospital were formally separated in 1921, when the School was incorporated with a new title,...
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University of Greenwich
Opened as the Woolwich Polytechnic; it became the Thames Polytechnic in 1970 and was granted university status in 1992.
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