Rob Lockhart

Sir Rob Lockhart
Born	23 June 1893
Died	1981 (aged 87 or 88)
Allegiance	British Empire
Service/branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1913–1948
Rank	General
Commands held	1st battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment Southern Command, India Indian Army
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire Military Cross

General Sir Robert McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC (23 June 1893 - 1981) was an Indian Army general of the Second World War and later a leading member of the Scout Association.

Lockhart was born in Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Robert Bruce Lockhart, the first headmaster of Spier's School, Beith. His mother was Florence Stuart Macgregor, while other ancestors included Bruces, Hamiltons, Cummings, Wallaces and Douglases. His brother, the writer R. H. Bruce Lockhart, claimed that "There is no drop of English blood in my veins." Another brother, J. H. Bruce Lockhart, was headmaster of Sedbergh School, while his nephews Rab Bruce Lockhart and Logie Bruce Lockhart went on to become headmasters of Loretto and Gresham's.

Lockhart was born 23 June 1893 and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army as a second lieutenant on 22 January 1913. He joined the 51st Sikhs on 8 March 1914 and in the First World War served in Egypt, Aden, and Mesopotamia. He was promoted to lieutenant on 22 April 1915, to acting captain on 13 April 1916, again on 7 October 1916, and to captain on 22 January 1917. On 1 January 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross.

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