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
- 1 2 player profile on scrum.com retrieved 16 February 2010
- 1 2 Bath, p 104
- ↑ Bath, p 138
- ↑ Bath, p 139
- ↑ BRUCE LOCKHART, Rab Brougham. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 2018 (online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc.
(subscription required) - ↑ "History of Loretto". Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ↑ Burke's Peerage volume 1 (2003), p. 556
Sources
External links
- player profile on scrum.com