Robinson qualified as a
solicitor in 1918, the same year he joined the family brewing business,
Frederic Robinson Ltd. He remained with the company for the rest of his career, becoming its chairman in 1953. Outside of brewing, he was active in local politics, serving as Chairman of the
Knutsford Division Conservative Association from 1949 to 1952, and then its Deputy President (until 1971) and President (from 1971 to 1975). He was President of the
Stockport Chamber of Commerce, and was
knighted in 1958 "for political and public services in
Cheshire". Robinson had married, in 1926, Gwendolen Harriet May, daughter of Sydney Herbert Evans, and they had three sons. He died on 21 February 1978, aged 82. == References ==