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, he attended
Trinity College, before joining the British Army as a second lieutenant in the
Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade)
The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers. They were soon renamed the "Ri ...
. He fought in the
Indian Rebellion of 1857, then the Third
Anglo-Ashanti War, then the
Anglo-Zulu War. He became a
Major-General in 1892. He was Knight Commander of the
Order of the Bath, and a Lieutenant-Governor of
Royal Hospital Chelsea.
["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]
British History Online
ccessed 20 January 2020 He died in London, England.
Robinson was designated a
Person of National Historic Significance 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)
References
External links
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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