Robert Wolseley Haig ( 1830 - 1872 )

Birth: Bonnington House, Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland (21 December 1830) Death: 06 June 1872 Education: Privately; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Career: Lieutenant, Royal Artillery (1848); Assistant astronomer, North West Boundary Commission, between Canada and United States and researched terestrial magnetism (c1859-1863); Captain (1861); returned to England; member of Small Arms Committee; Brevet Major (1871); Secretary, Royal Artillery Institution, Woolwich (1871-death) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/06/1867.