Fortune, Robert

Fortune, Robert, 1813–80, British botanist. He traveled in Asia for the Royal Horticultural Society and later for the East India Company and brought back to England a number of chrysanthemums, the Japanese anemone, tree peonies, the kumquat, and other plants. Fortune introduced the tea plant into India from China.

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As Duncan and Sheila Davidson toasted their pounds 4.5million fortune, Robert and Susan McIntosh were living 50 miles apart with their new partners.

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Fears that Fortune, Robert Sangster's retained rider, may have suffered a broken collarbone proved unfounded after a hospital check-up.