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Sir Robert Nairn "Bom" Gillies KNZM (14 February 1925 – 7 November 2024) was a New Zealand soldier who served with B Company, 28th (Māori) Battalion, during World War II. [1] He was the last surviving member of the Māori Battalion, and was knighted on 31 December 2021.
Robert G. Nairn (died 30 September 2023) [1] was a South African Buddhist teacher, author and populariser. He was born and grew up in Rhodesia . Nairn was a follower of Tibetan Buddhism , in the Karma Kagyu lineage.
Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC (31 August 1948 – 15 May 1977) was a British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was abducted by Republicans from a pub in Dromintee , South Armagh , during an undercover operation he was undertaking and killed by the IRA .
Robert A. Hall, 78, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate (1973–1982). [80] Keith Jennings, 70, English cricketer . [81] Parnelli Jones, 90, American Hall of Fame racing driver and team owner (Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing), 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner. [82] John Kerr, 90, Australian pathologist. [83]
The Spencer-Nairn Baronetcy, of Monimail in the County of Fife, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 20 January 1933 for Robert Spencer-Nairn, a Major in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. Born Robert Nairn, he was the second son of the first Baronet of the 1904 creation by his wife Emily Frances, daughter of Alfred Rimington Spencer.
Robert Logan, known for his role as valet J.R. Hale on the series '77 Sunset Strip,' has died at 82. He died on May 6 in Estero, Fla., from natural causes.
According to Robert Wodrow he fell asleep while the pleadings for the relevancy were being read to him, but on being awakened voted for the relevancy of the indictment. On 10 April 1683 Lord Castlehill was appointed to be one of the criminal lords in place of Lord Nairne, who was excused from attendance on account of his great age.
Robert Russell Calder, author, editor and critic; formerly editor with Chapman Publishing, Scotland [65] [66] [67] Professor Archibald Y. Campbell , classical scholar, published poet and author of emendations of classical texts; (graduate and) Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge ; Gladstone Professor of Greek, University of Liverpool [ 68 ] [ 69 ]