John Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere
John Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere,
GBE KCMG PC (
February 22,
1907 –
May 3,
1989), was a
British Conservative politician who served as
Governor of Bermuda from
1964 to
1972.
The son of Roland Walkden Robinson of
Blackpool, Robinson was educated at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was called to the Bar,
Lincoln's Inn, in
1929. In
1931 he was elected
Member of Parliament for
Widnes, a seat he held until
1935, and then represented
Blackpool from
1935 to
1945 and
Blackpool South from
1945 to
1964. Robinson never held ministerial office but was Chairman of the
Conservative Commonwealth Affairs Committee in the
House of Commons from
1954 to
1964. He was knighted in
1954, admitted to the
Privy Council in
1962, and in
1964 he was raised to the peerage as
Baron Martonmere, of Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster. The latter year he was also appointed
Governor of Bermuda, a post he held until
1972. He was further honoured when he was made a
KCMG in
1966 and a
GBE in
1973.
Lord Martonmere married Maysie Gasque, daughter of Clarence Warren Gasque, in
1930. They had two children, one son and one daughter. Lord Martonmere died in May
1989, aged 82. He was succeeded in the Barony by his grandson,
John Stephen Robinson.