John Charles Robertson (15 March 1868 -16 January 1931)Deaths. The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 19, 1931; pg. 1; Issue 45724 was an Irish Methodist.‘ROBERTSON, Rev. John Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 19 May 2014
The son of James Robertson, he was educated at Wesley College, Dublin, Edgehill Theological College and Trinity College, Dublin. He entered the Irish Methodist Ministry in 1895. In 1900 he married Dorothea Kathleen née Giles; they had no children. At various times throughout his career, he returned to Edge Hill, firstly as Head Resident Master, then as a tutor and finally as Principal. He travelled widely on several circuits; and was President of the Methodist Church in Ireland during 1929: his father had also been honoured in 1906."History of Methodism in Ireland Volume I" p 298: Clonmel : Tentmaker Publications, 1994
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