Septimus Robinson

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.

[3] He is buried at Rokeby Park in County Durham.