Rab Bruce Lockhart
Rab Brougham Bruce Lockhart (1 December 1916 – 1 May 1990)[1] was a Scottish educationist and rugby union player, who gained three caps for Scotland,[1][2] and who played for Cambridge University R.U.F.C. and London Scottish FC.[3] He was capped three times for Scotland between 1937 and 1939. He also played for London Scottish RFC. He played for the Scotland national cricket team[2] and was asked to play for Canada but was unable to do so.
Personal life and Family
Lockhart came from an established family. His father, John, was a dual rugby-cricket international for Scotland and headmaster of Sedbergh School. His brother Logie was also a Scottish rugby international[4] and headmaster, and another brother, Patrick, was an obstetrician. An uncle, Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart, was a notable rugby footballer, spy, and journalist, whose son Robin wrote Reilly, Ace of Spies. Lord Bruce-Lockhart was his nephew. He attended Sedbergh School and Edinburgh Academy, and studied Modern Languages at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[5] He was headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School, New Zealand, from 1954 to 1960 and of Loretto School from 1960 to 1976.[6]
Lockhart married Helen Priscilla Lawrence Crump,[7] and they had two sons, Alastair and Malcolm.
Death
Lockhart died at his home in Burneside, Cumbria, England, in 1990, aged 73, from undisclosed causes.
References
- ^ a b player profile on scrum.com retrieved 16 February 2010
- ^ a b Bath, p 104
- ^ Bath, p 138
- ^ Bath, p 139
- ^ BRUCE LOCKHART. "BRUCE LOCKHART, Rab Brougham". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black.
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- ^ Burke's Peerage volume 1 (2003), p. 556
Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007; ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
External links
- player profile on scrum.com
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1916 births
- 1990 deaths
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Bruce Lockhart family
- Scottish educational theorists
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Cambridge University cricketers
- People educated at Sedbergh School
- Disease-related deaths in England
- Sportspeople from Yorkshire
- Scottish rugby union biography stubs