Major-General Sir Charles Walker Robinson, (April 3, 1836 – May 20, 1924) was a Canadian-born British Army officer and writer on military subjects. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of

John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson (February 21, 1821 – June 19, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman. He was mayor of Toronto and a provincial and federal member of parliament. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario between ...

, he attended

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

, before joining the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade). He fought in the

Indian Rebellion of 1857 The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...

, then the Third

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, then the

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. He became a

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in 1892. He was Knight Commander of the

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, and a Lieutenant-Governor of

Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea. It is an ...

."The Royal Hospital: Paymasters General and Officials", in ''Survey of London: Volume 11, Chelsea, Part IV: the Royal Hospital'', ed. Walter H Godfrey (London, 1927), pp. 37-60
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ccessed 20 January 2020 He died in London, England. Robinson was designated a

Person of National Historic Significance Persons of National Historic Significance (National Historic People) are people designated by the Canadian government as being nationally significant in the history of the country. Designations are made by the Minister of the Environment on the re ...

in 1938 by the Canadian government.

Works

* ''Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson'' (1904) * ''Canada and Canadian defence: the defensive policy of the Dominion in relation to the character of her frontier, the events of the War of 1812–14, and her position to-day'' (1910) * ''Wellington's campaigns, Peninsula—Waterloo, 1808-15; also Moore's campaign of Corunna'' (1914)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Charles Walker 1836 births 1924 deaths Trinity College (Canada) alumni Canadian non-fiction writers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) British Army generals