Charles Walker Robinson

Charles Walker Robinson KCB (April 3, 1836 – May 20, 1924) was a Canadian soldier and author, known for his Canada and Canadian Defence (1910). He was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of John Beverley Robinson, and attended Trinity College there.

After college he became Second Lieutenant in the Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade), and fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, then the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, then the Anglo-Zulu War.[1] 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.[2][3] He died in London, England.

Robinson was designated a Person of National Historic Significance in 1938 by the Canadian government.[3]

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
  1. The Canadian magazine. 14(6), April 1900, p. 502.
  2. "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 [accessed 20 January 2020].
  3. "Robinson, Charles Walker National Historic Person". www.pc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
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