Sir Sydney Maddock Robinson (3 December 1865 – 17 May 1948) was a British colonial judge who served as Chief Justice of the High Court of Burma from 1922 to 1925. The son of

Walter Allen Robinson Walter Allen Robinson (7 December 1839 – 11 June 1895) was a British administrator who was appointed the first Principal of Aitchison College, Lahore, then in British India, on 20 November 1886. Robinson was born in Hoton, Leicestershire, to ...

, Sydney Robinson was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

. He was

called to the Bar The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...

at the

Middle Temple The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn an ...

in 1888, then practised at

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

. He was appointed Public Prosecutor, Lahore in 1891, and then successively Junior Government Advocate, Government Advocate, and Legal Remembrancer to the Punjab Government. He was appointed Judge of the Chief Court of Lower Burma in 1908 and became Chief Judge in 1920. On the creation of a separate High Court for Burma in 1922, Robinson was appointed as its first Chief Justice, having been knighted earlier that year. He retired in 1925.

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* ''Who Was Who'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Sydney Maddock Knights Bachelor 1948 deaths People educated at Hereford Cathedral School Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Members of the Middle Temple Judges from British Burma 1865 births British expatriates in British Burma