David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer
BRITISH LINGUIST
D. L. R. Lorimer
Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer CIE (24 December 1876 in Dundee – 26 February 1962) was a member of the British Indian Army, a political official in the British Indian government and a noted linguist.Lorimer, Lieutenant-Colonel David Lockhart Robertson, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archive Catalogue The Indian Political Service extended to the Middle East, and he was British Political Representative in Cairo during the First World War.