Robert Lambert Playfair

(1828-1899)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Playfair, Robert Lambert, Sir, 1828-1899 NRA: Playfair Sir Robert Lambert (1828-1899) Knight author and colonial administrator DNB: Playfair, Sir Robert Lambert (1828-1899), author and colonial administrator LBT ID: RoPlayf1899 VIAF ID: 122361580 LOC ID: n83208542	B/BAP: 1828-03-21 DIED: 1899-02-18
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British diplomat, the grandson of John Playfair; he was consul-general for Algeria and Tunis (1885) and published A Handbook for Travellers in Algeria (1874).
REFERENCES TO Robert Lambert Playfair: Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chap. XXXV. Found 1: ¶ 38