Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto
| Sir John Robinson, Bt | |
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| Chief Justice of Upper Canada | |
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In office July 1829 – 10 February 1841 |
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| Monarch | King George IV |
| Preceded by | Sir William Campbell |
| Succeeded by | (none: Province of Canada created by Act of Union 1840) |
| 1st Chief Justice Canada West | |
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In office 10 February 1841 – 15 March 1862 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Preceded by | (new office) |
| Succeeded by | William Henry Draper |
| Constituency | York (town) |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada | |
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In office 31 January 1821 – July 1829 |
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| Monarch | King George IV |
| Governor | Peregrine Maitland |
| Preceded by | new riding |
| Succeeded by | Robert Baldwin |
| Constituency | York, Upper Canada |
| Chancellor of the University of Trinity College | |
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In office 1852 – 31 January 1863 |
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| Preceded by | (new title college founded 1852) |
| Succeeded by | John Hillyard Cameron |
| Solicitor General for Upper Canada | |
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In office 13 February 1815 – 1818 |
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| Preceded by | G. D'Arcy Boulton |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Alexander Hagerman |
| Attorney General for Upper Canada | |
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In office 11 February 1818 – 1829 |
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| Preceded by | G. D'Arcy Boulton |
| Succeeded by | Henry John Boulton |
| Personal details | |
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26 July 1791 Berthier, Lower Canada |
| Died | 31 January 1863 (aged 71) Toronto, Ontario |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Walker 5 June 1817 |
| Relations | Esther Sayre (mother) Christopher Robinson (father) Peter Robinson (brother) William Benjamin Robinson (brother) Frederick Philipse Robinson (1st cousin) Major Stephen Heward (brother-in-law) D'Arcy Boulton (brother-in-law) Sir William H. Robinson (1766-1836, Commissary-General of Nova Scotia) |
| Children | Christopher (1828-1905) - Toronto lawyer and was chancellor of Trinity University Sir Charles Robinson (1836-1924) - soldier and writer |
| Religion | Church of England |
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| Battles/wars | Battle of Queenston Heights |
Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet CB, (26 July 1791 – 31 January 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was considered the leader of the Family Compact, a group of families which effectively controlled the early government of Upper Canada.
Robinson was born in 1791 at Berthier, Lower Canada, the son of Christopher Robinson, a United Empire Loyalist of one of the First Families of Virginia, whose grandfather, also named Christopher Robinson, came there about 1666 as secretary to Sir William Berkeley, Governor of Virginia. In 1792, the family moved to Kingston in Upper Canada and then York (later renamed Toronto). After his father's death in 1798, he was sent to live and study in Kingston. In 1803, he moved to Cornwall, where he lived and was educated at the school of the Reverend John Strachan. Afterwards he articled in law with D’Arcy Boulton and later John Macdonell.
During the War of 1812, he served with Isaac Brock and fought at the Battle of Queenston Heights. On the death of John Macdonell, he became acting attorney general for the province at the age of 21. He prosecuted the case of 18 settlers from Norfolk County who had committed treason by taking up arms against their neighbours on behalf of the Americans in a series of trials later referred to as the "Bloody Assize". When D’Arcy Boulton returned to Canada in 1814, Robinson was given the post of attorney general.
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