Frederick Philipse Robinson
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Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson (1763 - January 1, 1852), a Virginian soldier, who fought for England during the American War of Independence.
On the conclusion of peace he went to England, and in 1813 and 1814 he commanded a brigade under Wellington in Spain. He subsequently took part in the War of 1812 and commanded a brigade at the unsuccessful Battle of Plattsburgh. He was a provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1815. Afterwards he was governor of Tobago, and he became a general in 1841. He died at Brighton, England.
| Preceded by: Sir George Murray |
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario 1815 |
Succeeded by: Francis Gore |
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Stisted | Howland | Crawford | D.A. Macdonald | J.B. Robinson | Campbell | Kirkpatrick | Gzowski | Mowat | Clark | Gibson | Hendrie | Clarke | Cockshutt | Ross | Mulock | H.A. Bruce | Matthews | Lawson | Breithaupt | MacKay | Rowe | W.R. Macdonald | McGibbon | Aird | Alexander | Jackman | Weston | Bartleman Canada West (1841-1866) Clitherow | Jackson | Bagot | Metcalfe | Cathcart | J. Bruce | E.W. Head | Monck Upper Canada (1791-1841) Simcoe | Russell | Hunter | Grant | Gore | Brock | Sheaffe | de Rottenburg | Drummond | Murray | F.P. Robinson | Smith | Maitland | Colborne | F.B. Head | Arthur | Thomson |
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