Nicknamed the "Vigorous Knight" by contemporaries, he was a massive man of redoubtable strength. Anna Manahan played the redoubtable housekeeper, Mrs Cadogan. Gareth Knight, who was acquainted with Gray, referred to him as a "redoubtable old occultist". Marsh again played Rose while Atkins was cast as the redoubtable Maud, Lady Holland. For that, he is admired as well as redoubtable. His mother was Creek, and his "great-grandfather was the redoubtable Scotsman, James McQueen.". Robert's grandmother, the redoubtable Catherine Walmesley, was also no stranger to tragedy. He played cricket for Harrow, and was to remain a redoubtable batsman throughout his career. One regular commander of Arab forces was the redoubtable Maslama, Hisham's half-brother. In 1887 the Chicago Tribune described Kara Fatima as 'The Redoubtable female warrior of Kurdistan'. Cosgrave was an "unpretentious and modest man", O'Higgins "redoubtable". As a result, Wills fought the redoubtable Sam Langford 22 times. Next, on 27 June, vessels of the squadron captured the French privateers "Redoubtable" and "Entreprenant". Chief among these was the Matebele, under Mzilkhazi, and the Shangaan, under the redoubtable Soshangane. Despite his efforts, the British were able to break the line between "Bucentaure" and "Redoubtable".