Major-General Sir Charles Walker Robinson, (April 3, 1836 – May 20, 1924) was a British North American-born British Army officer and writer on military subjects. Born in Toronto, Upper Canada, 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

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, then the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, then the

Anglo-Zulu War The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in present-day South Africa from January to early July 1879 between forces of the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Two famous battles of the war were the Zulu victory at Battle of Isandlwana, Isandlwana and th ...

. He became a Major-General in 1892. He was Knight Commander of the

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, and a Lieutenant-Governor of

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."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 ...

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 19th-century Canadian male writers British Army major generals British military writers Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Province of Canada people Trinity College (Canada) alumni