John Beverley Robinson
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| Born | February 21, 1821 Conservative |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Hagerman (m. 1847)[1] |
John Beverley Robinson (February 21, 1821 – June 19, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman. He was mayor of Toronto and a provincial and federal member of parliament. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario between the years 1880–1887.
Biography
He was born in
During the
He briefly lived at The Grange, a house in Springfield, Toronto Township. Now Erindale, a community in Mississauga, it is home to Heritage Mississauga.[4]
He suffered a stroke while preparing to give a speech at Massey Hall in Toronto and died in 1896.[3]
Family
Hon. John Beverley Robinson married Mary Jane Hagerman, daughter of Judge Christopher Alexander Hagerman and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Macaulay. Their daughter Minnie Caroline Robinson was born and educated in Toronto. She married, 1881, William Forsyth-Grant, Esquire, formerly Captain of H.M.'s 82nd Regiment, son of William Forsyth, Esquire, of Ecclesgreig Castle, County Kincardine, Scotland, J. P. and D.L., who, in 1842, assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Grant (Chad-wick). her husband was grandson of John Forsyth of Montreal. She contributed to periodicals and newspapers and authored a travel book "Scenes in Hawaii, or Life in the Sandwich Islands." She served as President of the Woman's Historical Society of Toronto, and was elected President of the Ladies' Relief Society of Toronto, Ontario.
The couple's youngest daughter Augusta Louisa, sang in London at public concerts, in company with other artists, and was also on tour in the Provinces. During John Beverley Robinson's term as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, 1880–87, his wife Mary Jane Robinson and daughter Augusta Louise dispensed the hospitalities of Government House. She frequently sang at Government House and subsequently took vocal instruction in London, from Randegger, and in Paris, from Laborde. In London she lived with the song composer, Maude Valérie White. Augusta Louisa returned to Canada in 1895, and sang on tour with Emma Albani, Pol Plançon, Harry Plunket Greene, and Allan James Foley. She married, October 8, 1898, Stewart Fielde Houston, Barrister.[5]
Electoral record
| 1872 Canadian federal election: Algoma | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | John Beverly Robinson |
300 | 57.80 | |||||
| Unknown | G. J. Denison Jr. | 219 | 42.20 | |||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani fonds. -- 1798-1919". Trent University (Archives). Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ Adams, p. 194.
- ^ a b "John Beverley Robinson". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- ^ "Heritage Mississauga - Robinson, John Beverley". www.heritagemississauga.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 162.
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on February 3, 2024.
Sources
- Adams, P. (2010) A history of Canadian cricket, lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4466-9652-1.
- Saunders, Robert E. (1976). "Robinson, Sir John Beverley". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
External links
- John Beverley Robinson – Parliament of Canada biography
- Robinson, C. W. (Charles Walker), 1836-1924. Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart., Chief-Justice of Upper Canada. With a pref. by George R. Parkin. 1904, from Internet Archive.
- The Honourable John Beverley Robinson (1821–1896) at The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- John Beverley Robinson family fonds, Archives of Ontario
