Charles Walker Robinson

Major-General Sir Charles Walker Robinson, KCB (April 3, 1836 – May 20, 1924) was a British North American-born British Army officer and writer on military subjects.

Born in Toronto, Upper Canada, the son of John Beverley Robinson, he attended Trinity College, before joining the British Army as a second lieutenant in the Prince Consort's Own (Rifle Brigade). He fought in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, then the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, then the Anglo-Zulu War. 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. He died in London, England.

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

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