David Robbie

Captain David Robbie (4 March 1849 – 1940) was a Scottish-born businessman, planter and politician in Fiji. He served as a member of the Legislative Council between 1905 and 1908.

Biography Robbie was born in the Scottish town of Forfar in 1849. After being educated in the town, his first job was as a telegraph clerk in the Scottish Railway Company.

He became a manager in the Kopsen & Co company in Suva in 1882. After the company's premises burnt down in 1889, he moved to Levuka, where he married and started running the Royal Hotel.

Robbie entered local politics in Levuka, serving as a member of Levuka Town Council for over two decades.

After retiring he lived on his Wainunu estate on Vanua Levu. His wife died in 1924, and Robbie died in Levuka in 1940. He was described as "tall, and very erect... even to his nineties".