A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Robinson, Walter Francis
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ROBINSON. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Walter Francis Robinson is second son of Wm. Robinson, Esq., LL.D., of Tottenham, co. Middlesex.
This officer entered the Navy 4 April, 1825; obtained his commission 1 1 June, 1841; served, from 20 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1844, in the Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, on the Mediterranean station; and, from 31 Dec. 1844 until 1847, was employed in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen in North America and the West Indies.
He married, in 1845, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Charlotte, third daughter of Capt. Thos. Maynard, R.N.