Alexander Robertson

Alexander Robertson of Struan ( 1670 – 18 April 1749), 13th Chief of Clan Robertson, was a Scottish Jacobite soldier and poet, notable for being the only person recorded to have participated in three Jacobite risings.

Biography Robertson was the younger son of another Alexander Robertson, 11th Chief of Clan Robertson, who died in 1687 and was succeeded by his oldest son, Robert. Robertson succeeded his elder brother as clan chief in 1688. Robertson was briefly in Scotland in 1726. He visited again in 1731, when he successfully gained remission for his life and settled again on the Robertson estate. His portrait is in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland.