- Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere
John Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, GBE KCMG PC (
22 February 1907 –3 May 1989 ), was a British Conservative politician who served asGovernor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972.The son of Roland Walkden Robinson of
Blackpool , Robinson was educated atTrinity Hall, Cambridge , and was called to the Bar,Lincoln's Inn , in 1929. In 1931 he was electedMember 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 appointedGovernor of Bermuda , a post he held until 1972. He was further honoured when he was made aKCMG 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.
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