Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere

John Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere, (22 February 1907 – 3 May 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1931 to 1964. Subsequently, he served as Governor of Bermuda from 1964 to 1972.

Early life Robinson was born on 22 February 1907. He was the son of solicitor Roland Walkden Robinson of Blackpool and the former Mary Collier Pritchard, a daughter of Joseph Pritchard, also of Blackpool. when he was elected for Blackpool. He held that seat until the constituency was divided at the 1945 election, when he was elected for Blackpool South, holding that seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1964 general election.

Robinson never held ministerial office, but he was Chairman of the Conservative Commonwealth Affairs Committee in the House of Commons from 1954 to 1964. He was knighted in 1954, and admitted in 1962 to the Privy Council.

In 1964, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Martonmere, of Blackpool in the County Palatine of Lancaster. During the latter year, he was also appointed as Governor of Bermuda, a post he held until 1972. He was further honoured when he was awarded a in 1966 and a GBE in 1973.

Richard Robinson (1935–1979), who married Wendy Patricia Blagden, a daughter of James Cecil Blagden of Bapchild Court, in 1959.

Robinson died at his home in Lyford Cay (Nassau, Bahamas) in May 1989, at the age of 82.

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