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Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto

Sir John Robinson, Bt
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Chief Justice of Upper Canada
In office
July 1829 – 10 February 1841
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
In office
10 February 1841 – 15 March 1862
Monarch Queen Victoria
Preceded by (new office)
Succeeded by William Henry Draper
Constituency York (town)
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
In office
31 January 1821 – July 1829
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
In office
1852 – 31 January 1863
Preceded by (new title college founded 1852)
Succeeded by John Hillyard Cameron
Solicitor General for Upper Canada
In office
13 February 1815 – 1818
Preceded by G. D'Arcy Boulton
Succeeded by Christopher Alexander Hagerman
Attorney General for Upper Canada
In office
11 February 1818 – 1829
Preceded by G. D'Arcy Boulton
Succeeded by Henry John Boulton
Personal details
Born (1791-07-26)26 July 1791
Berthier, Lower Canada
Died 31 January 1863(1863-01-31) (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
Military service
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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