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Frederick Charles Bryan Robinson (3 April 1836 – 18 January 1896) was a

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officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career

Born the son of Admiral Hercules Robinson,L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 239. Robinson became a

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in 1855.William Loney RN
/ref> Promoted to Commander in 1863, he served in that rank in HMS ''Rinaldo'' from 1868 to 1871. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1891. He later became a Fellow of the

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Family

In 1864 he married Willamina Bradley; in 1889 he married for a second time, to Alice Tew.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Frederick 1836 births 1896 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society