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Major-General Sir Frederick Spencer Wilson Robb, KCB, KCMG, KCVO (8 October 1858 – 8 February 1948) was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

• Early life and education

• Military career

• References

Robb was born in St George Hanover Square, London, the son of Capt. John Robb, Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, and Mary Ann Boulton, daughter of manufacturer Matthew Robinson Boulton. He was educated at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge,cite-ref-2[2] and the Royal Military College Sandhurst.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-burkewwii-1-1[1]

Robb was commissioned into the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) in August 1880.cite-ref-lh-4-0[4]cite-ref-5[5]

He became adjutant of his regiment in 1890 before going on to be a brigade major at Aldershot in 1892.cite-ref-lh-4-1[4] Appointed a staff captain in the intelligence division at army headquarters in 1895, he became Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in 1896.cite-ref-lh-4-2[4]

Robb took part in the Nile expedition in 1898, and was then placed on half-paycite-ref-6[6] and promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 November 1898. In early 1902 he became Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters, with the substantive rank of colonel dated 1 January 1902.cite-ref-7[7] For his service in organizing troops during the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, he was invested as a Member (fourth class) of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) two days after the ceremony, on 11 August 1902.cite-ref-8[8]cite-ref-9[9] He was promoted to the temporary rank of brigadier general and appointed commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade,cite-ref-10[10] as well as the Colchester Garrison, and was placed in charge of Administration at Aldershot Command in February 1910, taking ovrr from Major General Henry Merrick Lawson.cite-ref-11[11] He became Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1914.cite-ref-lh-4-3[4]

Robb served in World War I, was promoted to temporary lieutenant general on 5 August 1914,cite-ref-12[12] and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in February 1915.cite-ref-13[13] He served as Military Secretary and was then placed in charge of Administration at Eastern Command in 1916,cite-ref-lh-4-4[4] in succession to Major-General Richard M. Ruck.cite-ref-14[14] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in June 1919cite-ref-15[15] retired that year.cite-ref-lh-4-5[4]

Robb was also Colonel of the Durham Light Infantry from January 1923cite-ref-16[16] to 1928.cite-ref-lh-4-6[4]

cite-note-burkewwii-11. burkeBurke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2893.

cite-note-22. ↑ citerefacadrb876fs"Robb, Frederick Spencer Wilson (RB876FS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

cite-note-33. ↑ The county families of the United Kingdom or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, by Edward Walford, Page 306

cite-note-lh-44. ↑ Sir Frederick Spencer Wilson Robb Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

cite-note-55. ↑ citerefgazette24872"No. 24872". The London Gazette. 10 August 1880. p. 4366.

cite-note-66. ↑ citerefgazette27017"No. 27017". The London Gazette. 25 October 1898. p. 6237.

cite-note-77. ↑ citerefgazette27427"No. 27427". The London Gazette. 22 April 1902. p. 2693.

cite-note-88. ↑ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36844. London. 12 August 1902. p. 8.

cite-note-99. ↑ citerefgazette27467"No. 27467". The London Gazette. 22 August 1902. pp. 5461–5462.

cite-note-1010. ↑ citerefgazette27859"No. 27859". The London Gazette. 1 December 1905. p. 8646.

cite-note-1111. ↑ citerefgazette28337"No. 28337". The London Gazette. 8 February 1910. p. 949.

cite-note-1212. ↑ citerefgazette28873"No. 28873". The London Gazette. 18 August 1914. p. 6499.

cite-note-1313. ↑ citerefgazette29074"No. 29074". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 February 1915. p. 1686.

cite-note-1414. ↑ citerefgazette29625"No. 29625". The London Gazette. 16 June 1916. p. 5984.

cite-note-1515. ↑ citerefgazette31395"No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. p. 7425.

cite-note-1616. ↑ citerefgazette32794"No. 32794". The London Gazette. 9 February 1923. p. 995.