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See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
ROBINSON, See also:SIR See also:JOHN See also:BEVERLEY, See also:BART . (1791-1863), See also:Canadian statesman and jurist, was the son of See also:Christopher Robinson (1764-1798), one of the See also:band known as See also:United See also:Empire See also:Loyalists, who came to See also:Canada at the conclusion of the See also:American Revolution. He was See also:born at See also:Berthier, See also:Quebec, on the 26th of See also:July 1791, and studied under Dr John See also:Strachan, by whom his religious and See also:political ideas were much influenced. He served with distinction at the beginning of the See also:war of 1812, and later in the war was appointed acting See also:attorney-See also:general of Upper Canada. In 1815 he visited See also:England and read See also:law at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn.
From 1818 till 1829 he was the See also:head of the Tory party in Upper Canada (the so-called " See also:Family Compact "). In 1829 he became See also:chief See also:justice of Upper Canada, which position he held till shortly before his See also:death on the 31st'of See also:January 1863.
Not one of his decisions was ever reversed on See also:appeal. In 1824 and again in 1839 he strongly advocated a federal See also:union of See also:British See also:North See also:America, and in 1839 opposed in Canada and the Canada See also:Bill the legislative union of the two Canadas See also:pro-posed by See also:Lord See also:Durham. In 1854 he was created a See also:baronet of the United See also:Kingdom and in 1855 a D.C.L. of See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford University. His unbending Toryism rendered him a reactionary in politics, but his bitterest opponents admitted his sincerity and patriotism.
Several of his sons See also:rose to See also:eminence, John Beverley Robinson (182o-1896) becoming a member of the Dominion ,See also:parliament and See also:lieutenant-See also:governor of See also:Ontario (188o-1887). Christopher Robinson (1828–1905) was for many years the acknowledged See also:leader of the Canadian See also:Bar.
His See also:Life, by his son, See also:Major-General C. W. Robinson, C.B. (See also:Toronto and See also:London, 1904), gives a very favourable picture of the See also:fine old colonial See also:gentleman and loyalist. For a less favourable view see J. C. Dent, Canadian Portrait See also:Gallery, vol. iv. (Toronto, 1881).
End of Article: ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
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