Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere

John Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, GBE, KCMG, PC (22 February 1907 – 3 May 1989[1]) was a British Conservative Party politician who later served as Governor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972.

[7] 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,[8] admitted in 1962 to the Privy Council, and in 1964 was raised to the peerage as Baron Martonmere, of Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster.

After moving to Bermuda, they spent summers at Romay House, Tucker's Town and winters at Lyford Cay.

They had one son and one daughter:[10] Robinson died at his home in Lyford Cay, Nassau, Bahamas, in May 1989, at the age of 82.