Robert Lambert Playfair (1828–99)

Colonial administrator and author. Royal (Madras) Artillery, 1846–61; Madras staff corps, 1861–3. Consul and lieutenant-colonel, Zanzibar, 1863–7; consul-general, Algeria, 1867; territory of Algeria and northern Africa, 1889. Wrote books for travellers on Algeria and other parts of the region, as well as extensive bibliographies of Algeria and Morocco.