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[[File:George_Scott_Robertson.jpg|thumb|right|G.S. Robertson]] | [[File:George_Scott_Robertson.jpg|thumb|right|G.S. Robertson]] | ||
'''Sir George Scott Robertson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI}} (22 October 1852 – 1 January 1916) was a British soldier, author, and administrator who was best known for his arduous journey to the remote and rugged region of [[Kafiristan]] in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] and for his overall command of British Empire forces during the [[Chitral Expedition|Siege of Chitral]]. He chronicled his Kafiristan experience in the book ''[[The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush]]''. Some have suggested that Robertson's year-long expedition and subsequent book (originally published in 1896) provided background and inspiration for [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s short story ''"[[The Man Who Would Be King]]"''. However, Kipling's work was originally published in 1888, predating Robertson's travels to the region. | '''Sir George Scott Robertson''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCSI}} (22 October 1852 – 1 January 1916) was a British soldier, author, and administrator who was best known for his arduous journey to the remote and rugged region of [[Kafiristan]] in what is now northeastern [[Afghanistan]] and for his overall command of British Empire forces during the [[Chitral Expedition|Siege of Chitral]]. He chronicled his Kafiristan experience in the book ''[[The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush]]''. Some have suggested that Robertson's year-long expedition and subsequent book (originally published in 1896) provided background and inspiration for [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s short story ''"[[The Man Who Would Be King]]"''. However, Kipling's work was originally published in 1888, predating Robertson's travels to the region. | ||
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==Later years== | ==Later years== | ||
Robertson continued in the Indian Service until his retirement in 1899. He then returned to Great Britain where he made an unsuccessful bid for political office as a [[Liberal party (UK)|Liberal party]] candidate in [[Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirlingshire]] at the [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900 general election]],<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book|last=Craig|first=F. W. S.|author-link= F. W. S. Craig|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918|orig-year=1974|edition= 2nd|year=1989|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn= 0-900178-27-2|page=561}}</ref> but later was elected in [[Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Bradford]] in [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]].<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 79</ref> He held his seat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] until his death on New Year's Day, 1916.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|4|date=March | Robertson continued in the Indian Service until his retirement in 1899. He then returned to Great Britain where he made an unsuccessful bid for political office as a [[Liberal party (UK)|Liberal party]] candidate in [[Stirlingshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Stirlingshire]] at the [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900 general election]],<ref name="craig1885-1918">{{cite book|last=Craig|first=F. W. S.|author-link= F. W. S. Craig|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918|orig-year=1974|edition= 2nd|year=1989|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services|location=Chichester|isbn= 0-900178-27-2|page=561}}</ref> but later was elected in [[Bradford Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Central Bradford]] in [[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]].<ref>Craig, op. cit., page 79</ref> He held his seat in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] until his death on New Year's Day, 1916.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|b|4|date=March 2012}}</ref> | ||
He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Botanic Society]] of London in November 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Court News |date=27 November 1902 |page=10 |issue=36936}}</ref> | He was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Botanic Society]] of London in November 1902.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title= Court News |date=27 November 1902 |page=10 |issue=36936}}</ref> | ||