Frederick Philipse Robinson
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Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson (1763 - January 1, 1852), a Virginian soldier, who fought for England during the American War of Independence.
On the conclusion of peace he went to England, and in 1813 and 1814 he commanded a brigade under Wellington in Spain. He subsequently took part in the War of 1812 and commanded a brigade at the unsuccessful Battle of Plattsburgh. He was a provisional Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada in 1815. Afterwards he was governor of Tobago, and he became a general in 1841. He died at Brighton, England.
| Preceded by: Sir George Murray | Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada | Succeeded by: Francis Gore |