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Book love on the brain5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() His brother John Harold Bruce Lockhart was the headmaster of Sedbergh School, while his nephews Rab Bruce Lockhart and Logie Bruce Lockhart went on to become headmasters of Loretto and Gresham’s. In his book, Memoirs of a British Agent, he wrote, "There is no drop of English blood in my veins." He also claimed he could trace a connection back to Boswell of Auchinleck. His mother was a Macgregor, while his other ancestors include Bruces, Hamiltons, Cummings, Wallaces and Douglases. His 1932 book Memoirs of a British Agent became an international bestseller, and brought him to the world’s attention.īruce Lockhart was born in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Bruce Lockhart, the first headmaster of Spier’s School, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland. Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart KCMG (2 September 1887 – 27 February 1970), was a journalist, author, secret agent, British diplomat in Moscow and Prague, and footballer. ![]()
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