Thomas Robertson-Aikman was captain of the touring Scotland curling teams to Canada and the United States in 1912 and 1923 and, at the age of 64, was non-playing captain of the Great Britain team at the 1924 Winter Olympics. Educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford, he became a lieutenant-colonel in the Highland Light Infantry, commanding the 4th Battalion from 1900-12, before becoming commandant of the Royal Defence Corps 1915-16. He was created a Commander of the Bath in 1923 and was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace (JP) for Lanarkshire. A former president of both the Hamilton and Royal Caledonian Curling clubs, Robertson-Aikman’s biggest success as a curler was iwinning the International Holden Challenge Shield in 1888. A fine billiards player, Robertson-Aikman and his wife Constance both enjoyed hunting and he was Master of the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Foxhounds 1896-1901. After 33 years of marriage, his wife committed suicide by drowning in 1932, just one month after the marriage of her son.
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