Thomas Atholl Robertson (27 October 1874 – 14 December 1955)^[1] was a Scottish fine arts printer and publisher and Liberal politician.

Thomas Atholl Robertson was the eldest son of John Robertson of Snaigow, Dunkeld in rural Perthshire.^[2] He was educated locally, at Clunie School, Blairgowrie. He married twice; first in 1906 to Flora Campbell, eldest daughter of James Cummings, a dental surgeon. There were two sons and four daughters from the marriage. Flora Robertson died in 1943^[3] and five years later Robertson married Agnes Christie, the daughter of James Paterson of Redgorton in Perthshire.^[4] In religion Robertson was a staunch Presbyterian and was an office bearer of the Presbyterian Church in Palmers Green near his London home. One of his relatives, Dr James Robertson of Whittinghame, East Lothian was Moderator of the Church of Scotland^[5] in 1909. Although he lived in London for much of his life, Robertson also had a home in Scotland, Dunvorlich, Ewanfield, Crieff in Perthshire.^[6]

Robertson was a member of a firm of fine art publishers in Glasgow. He began his career in the city and then undertook formal training in this field in Germany, extending his knowledge of the trade by travelling throughout Europe, Canada, the United States^[7] and the near east.^[8] Robertson also served for ten years in the Territorial Army in the Highland Light Infantry, City of Glasgow Regiment.^[9]

Robertson was always a committed Liberal even as a young man.^[10] He held a number of positions in the party over the years including being Chairman of the Political Committee of the National Liberal Club^[11] and Vice-Chairman of the London Liberal Federation.^[12] He took a particular interest in a number of traditional Liberal issues, including land reform and was in 1923 the President of the English League for Taxation of Land Values.^[13]

Robertson was proud of his Scottish heritage and held a number of posts which allowed him to keep in touch with his home country and its culture while living in England. He was sometime Chief of the Scottish Clans Association of London.^[24] He served as a Governor of the Royal Caledonian School, at Bushey, in Hertfordshire and he was sometime President of the London Perthshire Association. He was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland the senior antiquarian body in Scotland and wrote articles on Scottish and Highland Customs, Folklore and Legends of Perthshire.^[25] He was for a while the editor of The Scots Year Book.^[26] He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.^[27]

Robertson died at his home in Palmers Green on 14 December 1955 aged 81 years.^[28]