BART

See also:

• SIR

SIR

See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)

JOHN

See also:

• BEVERLEY
• BEVERLEY, WILLIAM ROXBY (1814?-1889)

BEVERLEY

See also:

• ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
• ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
• ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
• ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
• ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
• BART SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON
• ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
• ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)

ROBINSON  . (1791-1863), Canadian statesman and jurist, was the son of Christopher Robinson (1764-1798), one of the band known as United Empire Loyalists, who came to Canada at the conclusion of the American Revolution . He was born at Berthier, Quebec, on the 26th of July 1791, and studied under Dr John Strachan, by whom his religious and political ideas were much influenced . He served with distinction at the beginning of the war of 1812, and later in the war was appointed acting attorney-general of Upper Canada . In 1815 he visited England and read law at Lincoln's Inn . From 1818 till 1829 he was the head of the Tory party in Upper Canada (the so-called " Family Compact ") . In 1829 he became chief justice of Upper Canada, which position he held till shortly before his death on the 31st'of January 1863 . Not one of his decisions was ever reversed on appeal . In 1824 and again in 1839 he strongly advocated a federal union of British North America, and in 1839 opposed in Canada and the Canada Bill the legislative union of the two Canadas pro-posed by Lord Durham . In 1854 he was created a baronet of the United Kingdom and in 1855 a D.C.L. of Oxford University . His unbending Toryism rendered him a reactionary in politics, but his bitterest opponents admitted his sincerity and patriotism . Several of his sons rose to eminence, John Beverley Robinson (182o-1896) becoming a member of the Dominion ,parliament and lieutenant-governor of Ontario (188o-1887) .

Christopher Robinson (1828–1905) was for many years the acknowledged

leader of the Canadian Bar . His Life, by his son, Major-General C . W . Robinson, C.B . (Toronto and London, 1904), gives a very favourable picture of the fine old colonial gentleman and loyalist . For a less favourable view see J . C . Dent, Canadian Portrait Gallery, vol. iv . (Toronto, 1881) .