Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Baronet (29 March 1758 – 13 February 1832) was a British politician and Chairman of the East India Company.
He was the son of John Robinson of Calcutta, who died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1779, and Margaret, daughter of George Leslie of Kimrawgie, North Britain.
[1][2] He joined the East India Company in 1779 as a cadet and was successively promoted to ensign, Commissary-General (1786), Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis (Governor-General of Bengal) (1788), Head Assistant in the Military Auditor-General's office (1788–92), Garrison Storekeeper at Fort William and Secretary to the Military Board, captain (1798) and Military Auditor-General (1798).
[2] Robinson became a director of the East India Company from 1808 to 1829, acting as chairman in 1820 and 1826.
[5] He died on 13 February 1832 at his son William Scott Robinson's house in Dyrham, after a long illness.