Sir John Robinson, 1st Baronet, of Toronto

The Honourable Sir John Robinson Bt CB
Chief Justice of Upper Canada
In office July 1829 – 10 February 1841
Monarch	King George IV
Preceded by	Sir William Campbell
Succeeded by	(none: Province of Canada created by Act of Union 1840)
1st Chief Justice of Canada West
In office 10 February 1841 – 15 March 1862
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	(new office)
Succeeded by	William Henry Draper
Constituency	York (town)
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
In office 31 January 1821 – July 1829
Monarch	King George IV
Governor	Peregrine Maitland
Preceded by	new riding
Succeeded by	Robert Baldwin
Constituency	York, Upper Canada
Chancellor of the University of Trinity College
In office 1852 – 31 January 1863
Preceded by	(new title college founded 1852)
Succeeded by	John Hillyard Cameron
Solicitor General for Upper Canada
In office 13 February 1815 – 1818
Preceded by	G. D'Arcy Boulton
Succeeded by	Christopher Alexander Hagerman
Attorney General for Upper Canada
In office 11 February 1818 – 1829
Preceded by	G. D'Arcy Boulton
Succeeded by	Henry John Boulton
Personal details
Born	(1791-07-26)26 July 1791 Berthier, Lower Canada
Died	31 January 1863(1863-01-31) (aged 71) Toronto, Ontario
Spouse	Emma Walker ​ (m. 1817)​
Children	Christopher (1828–1905) – Toronto lawyer and was chancellor of Trinity University Sir Charles (1836–1924) – soldier and writer
Relatives	Esther Sayre (mother) Christopher Robinson (father) Peter Robinson (brother) William Benjamin Robinson (brother) Frederick Philipse Robinson (1st cousin) Major Stephen Heward (brother-in-law) D'Arcy Boulton (brother-in-law) Sir William H. Robinson (1766–1836, Commissary-General of Nova Scotia)
Military service
Battles/wars	Battle of Queenston Heights

Sir John Beverley Robinson, 1st Baronet, CB (26 July 1791 – 31 January 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was considered the leader of the Family Compact, a group of families which effectively controlled the early government of Upper Canada.