#4674, William ROBINSON
| Born | 1836 in Long Melford, Suffolk |
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| Died | 1912 in London (Heart disease) |
| Father | Isaac Banks ROBINSON (1799 - 1865) |
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| Mother | Jane Susan SYER (1804 - 1878) |
Sir William was an eldest son. He became a member of the Slave Trade Commission in 1869; Governor of the Bahamas from 1874 to 1880; Governor of the Windward Islands 1881 to 1884; Governor of Barbados, 1885 and Trinidad in 1886. When Trinidad & Tobago was formed in 1889 he became the first Governor where he remained until appointed the 11th Governor of Hong Kong on 10th December 1891, a post he did not relinquish until 25th November 1898.
He had 3 sons by his first wife and 3 daughters by his second.
Timeline
Born
Married Julia Sophia DAMPIER
Death of Father, Isaac Banks ROBINSON
Death of Mother, Jane Susan SYER
Death of wife, Julia Sophia DAMPIER
Married Felicia Ida Helen RATTRAY in Nassau
Death of wife, Felicia Ida Helen RATTRAY
Died 1912