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John Beverley Robinson was the second son of John Beverley Robinson, baronet and chief justice of Upper Canada, and Emma Walker. He was married to Mary Jane Hagerman on June 30, 1847 and together they had three sons and two daughters.
After attending Upper Canada College between 1830 and 1836, Robinson became an aide-de-camp to Sir Francis Bond Head during the rebellion. During the years that followed the rebellion he articled with Christopher Alexander Hagerman, whose daughter he married, and later with the firm of James McGill Strachan and John Hillyard Cameron until he was called to the bar in 1844.
In 1851, 1853-54, and 1856-57, Robinson was an alderman for St. Patrick's Ward, and in 1856 Mayor of Toronto. By 1860, as solicitor for the Canada Agency Association, he had successfully negotiated the sale of 439,000 acres in Haliburton County, almost three times the total sales for all other crown land sales for 1860 combined. In 1862 he became president of the Executive Council in the Conservative government of the Cartier-Macdonald administration, but only for a short few months. He was returned to Parliament for Algoma in 1872 until the dissolution. In 1878 he was elected by a large majority to represent West Toronto, a position he held until he was appointed lieutenant-governor in 1880. During the period from 1864-1880 Robinson also served as city solicitor for Toronto.
Robinson served as lieutenant-governor for Ontario from 1880-1887. He retired in 1887 to his Toronto home, Sleepy Hollow. On June 19, 1896 Robinson was invited to speak to a hostile group of Liberals at Massey Music Hall, where he suffered a sudden stroke and died.
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Robinson Family Tree
Esther
Peter (1785-1838)
William
Sir John Beverley (1791-1863) m. 1817 Emma Walker (? -1866):
Charles
Augusta (Strachan)
Christopher
Louisa (Allan)
James Lukin
Emily (Lefroi)
John Beverley (1820-1896) m. 1847 Mary Jane Hagerman:
Christopher
Minnie (Grant)
Napier
John Beverley m. Margaret Jane McDonell (? - 1876), daughter of James McDonell and Margaret
Leah Smith:
Margaret Mary Robinson born Feb 13, 1876.
Augusta m. Stewart Houston:
Mary Augusta Stewart Houston (1903-1996) m. 1929 Professor Gilbert Bagnani (1900-1985)