Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart. (1791-1863)

Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted November, 2010

Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted November, 2010

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted March, 2004

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On the 2nd floor of Osgoode Hall, at the west end of the Great Library, below a portrait of Robinson, is this Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.651791 -79.385741

The son of Loyalists, pupil and protégé of John Strachan, John Beverley Robinson was the embodiment of the values of the early Upper Canadian Tories known as the Family Compact. For almost half a century he played a leading role in the public life of the province as Solicitor General, Attorney General, member of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative and Executive Councils, and, from 1829-1862, as Chief Justice. A defender of British institutions, of the rights of rank and property and of an established church, he was also an early proponent of British North American union. He was made a baronet in 1854.

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