| Authorised form of name | Haig; Robert Wolseley (1830 - 1872) |
| Dates | 1830 - 1872 |
| Place of birth | Bonnington House, Leith, near Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 21 December 1830 |
| Date of death | 06 June 1872 |
| Activity | 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)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 06/06/1867 |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Haig and his wife Charlotte, daughter of Robert Haig of Roebuck, Dublin and his wife, daughter of Sir William Wolseley of Staffordshire; married (06 October 1864) Maria Georgina, daughter of Rev Henry Brown, Rector of Woolwich and his wife Maria |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Code | NA6286 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1867/07 | Haig, Robert Wolseley: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001832 | Haig, Robert Wolseley | nd |
| PT/70/2/2 | Plate, 'Lines of equal magnetic inclination' by unknown mapmaker | [1863] |
| PT/70/2/3 | Plate, 'Lines of equal magnetic force' by unknown mapmaker | [1863] |
| PT/70/2/4 | Plate, 'Lines of equal declination (east of north)' by unknown mapmaker | [1863] |
| MC/6 | Volume 6 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1859-1863 |
| MC/6/361 | Letter from R W [Robert Wolseley] Haig, 2 Victoria Street, Westminster, to General [Edward] Sabine, [President of the Royal Society] | 4 November 1863 |
| PT/70/2 | Paper, 'Account of magnetic observations made between the years 1858-61 inclusive in British Columbia Washington Territory and Vancouver Island' by Capt R W [Robert Wolseley] Haig | [1863] |
| PT/70/2/1 | Manuscript, 'Account of magnetic observations made between the years 1858-61 inclusive in British Columbia Washington Territory and Vancouver Island' by Capt R W [Robert Wolseley] Haig | [1863] |
| RR/5/91 | Referee's report by Humphrey Lloyd, on a paper 'Account of magnetic observations made in the years 1858–61 inclusive, in British Columbia, Washington Territory, and Vancouver Island' by Robert Wolseley Haig | 14 November 1863 |
| RR/5/92 | Referee's report by Balfour Stewart, on a paper 'Account of magnetic observations made in the years 1858–61 inclusive, in British Columbia, Washington Territory, and Vancouver Island' by Robert Wolseley Haig | 2 December 1863 |