Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Septimus Robinson (30 January 1710 - 6 September 1765) was a British Army officer who became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, Robinson joined the French Army in 1731 and fought in Flanders.[1] He later fought for the British Army during the Jacobite Rising of 1745 and subsequently in Flanders under Generals Wade and Ligonier.[1] He retired from the Army in 1754 and served as Governor to the brothers of King George III before becoming Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.[2]
He is buried at Rokeby Park in County Durham.[1]
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| Preceded by Sir Henry Bellenden |
Black Rod 1760–1765 |
Succeeded by Sir Francis Molyneux |