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	==Family==		==Family==
	Lockhart was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. 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."<ref>[[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]], ''My Scottish Youth'' (B&W Publishing, Edinburgh, 1993), {{ISBN\|1 873631 26 X}}, pp 313–353</ref> Another brother, [[John Bruce Lockhart\|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 School\|Loretto]] and [[Gresham's School\|Gresham's]]. Another nephew, [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], was an intelligence officer. He married Margaret Amy Campbell on 2 September 1918 in Mussorie, India. They had one daughter, Mary Mavora Lockhart, who was born in 1919.		Lockhart was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. 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."<ref>[[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]], ''My Scottish Youth'' (B&W Publishing, Edinburgh, 1993), {{ISBN\|1 873631 26 X}}, pp 313–353</ref> Another brother, [[John Bruce Lockhart\|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 School\|Loretto]] and [[Gresham's School\|Gresham's]]. Another nephew, [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], was an intelligence officer. He married Margaret Amy Campbell on 2 September 1918 in Mussorie, India. They had one daughter, Mary Mavora Lockhart, who was born in 1919 and a son, Norman Neil Campbell Lockhart, who was born in 1925. Norman Lockhart went on to serve in the Seaforth Highlanders in World War Two and the Malayan Emergency. The same regiment as the uncle he was named after and Rob Lockhart's favourite brother, Norman Douglas Steward Bruce Lockhart, who was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915.

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			*[https://generals.dk/general/Lockhart/Rob_McGregor_Macdonald/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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| death_date = 11 September 1981
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] [[Sir]] '''Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|CIE|MC}} (23 June 1893 – 11 September 1981) was a senior [[British Army]] officer during the [[World War II|Second World War]] and later a leading member of the [[The Scout Association|Scout Association]].

==Family==
Lockhart was born in [[Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]]. 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."<ref>[[R. H. Bruce Lockhart]], ''My Scottish Youth'' (B&W Publishing, Edinburgh, 1993), {{ISBN|1 873631 26 X}}, pp 313–353</ref> Another brother, [[John Bruce Lockhart|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 School|Loretto]] and [[Gresham's School|Gresham's]]. Another nephew, [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], was an intelligence officer. He married Margaret Amy Campbell on 2 September 1918 in Mussorie, India. They had one daughter, Mary Mavora Lockhart, who was born in 1919.

==Military career==
Lockhart was born 23 June 1893 and educated at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]], and was [[Commissioned officer|commissioned]] onto the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] as a second lieutenant on 22 January 1913.<ref>London Gazette 21 January 1913</ref> He joined the [[51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)|51st Sikhs]] on 8 March 1914 and in the [[World War I|First World War]] served in Egypt, Aden, and [[Mesopotamia]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28849|page=5455|date=14 July 1914}}</ref><ref>January 1941 Indian Army List supplement</ref> 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.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29186|page=5526|date=8 June 1915}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30453|page=163|date=1 January 1918}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30084|page=4946|date=22 May 1917}}</ref> On 1 January 1918 he was awarded the [[Military Cross]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30563|supp=y|page=2974|date=5 March 1918}}</ref>

Attending the [[Staff College, Camberley]] from 1926 to 1927, he was promoted to major 22 January 1931,<ref name="ReferenceA">Half Yearly Army List January 1946 p.50</ref> Lockhart was brevetted as a lieutenant-colonel on 1 January 1933 and appointed as [[military attache]] to the [[Kingdom of Afghanistan]] from 10 March 1934 to 1 December 1935.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Lockhart/Sir_Rob_McGregor_Macdonald/Great_Britain.html Sir Robert Lockhart at Generals.dk]</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33899|page=51|date=3 January 1933}}</ref> He was Promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 8 November 1936,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34360|page=343|date=15 January 1937}}</ref> and was given command of the 1st battalion, the [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]].<ref>January 1937 Indian Army List</ref> He was promoted to colonel on 1 February 1939 (with seniority from 1 January 1936), and appointed Deputy Director of Staff Duties in the [[India Office]].<ref name=dk/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34620|page=2826|date=28 April 1939}}</ref> from 1 February 1939 to 19 December 1939.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

Promoted to temporary brigadier on 20 December 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34858|supp=y|page=3175|date=24 May 1940}}</ref> Lockhart served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] as Director of Staff Duties in the [[India Office]] from 20 December 1939 to 14 December 1941,<ref>Half Yearly Army List January 1946 p.126</ref> when he became [[Military Secretary to the India Office]], a position he filled until 9 July 1943.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name=dk/>
He was promoted to acting major-general on 28 April 1941,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> to temporary major-general on 28 April 1942, and to the permanent rank of major-general on 24 October 1942.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35883|page=559|date=29 January 1943}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35844|supp=y|page=79|date=29 December 1942}}</ref>
Promoted to acting lieutenant-general on 15 April 1945, he was appointed [[General Officer Commanding]] [[Southern Command (India)|Southern Command]] in [[India]] that year, and was promoted to lieutenant-general on 23 November (with seniority from 3 April 1944).<ref name=dk/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37118|page=2908|date=8 June 1945}}</ref>
<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37462|supp=y|page=895|date=8 February 1946}}</ref> On 19 June 1947, with the independence of India and Pakistan imminent, he was appointed as acting Governor of the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier Province]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38007|page=3074|date=4 July 1947}}</ref>

On 15 August 1947, the day [[British India]] was partitioned into two independent [[Dominion]]s, Lockhart was appointed as [[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army]], with the acting rank of general.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38041|page=3739|date=8 August 1947}}</ref> He was promoted to general on 1 September (with seniority from 1 July 1945).<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38134|supp=y|page=5636|date=25 November 1947}}</ref> He retired on 1 October 1948,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38431|page=5447|date=15 October 1948}}</ref> but was recalled to the British forces as Director of Operations during the Malaya Emergency between 1951 and 1952.

Retiring in 1951, he served as deputy chief scout for the [[Boy Scouts Association]] from 1951 to 1961. He also served on the [[World Scout Committee]] of the [[World Organization of the Scout Movement]] from 1953 to 1959, and in 1961 was awarded the [[Bronze Wolf]] Award, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

Lockhart died on 11 September 1981, leaving property valued at £4504. His address at death was Gainsborough Nursing Home, 4 Nevil Park, [[Tunbridge Wells]], Kent.<ref>"Bruce-Lockhart sir Robert Hamilton" in Probate Index for 1970, online at probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar, Retrieved 12 April 2019</ref>

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