Sir John Edgar Robinson (20 March 1895 – 21 February 1978) was a British brewing executive and local politician.
He attended Stockport Grammar School, before studying at the University of Manchester, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws degree.
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,[2][3] and was knighted in 1958 "for political and public services in Cheshire".
[1] Robinson had married, in 1926, Gwendolen Harriet May, daughter of Sydney Herbert Evans, and they had three sons.