Hercules George Robert Robinson 1st Baron Rosmead GCMG PC (Chinese name: 羅士敏勳爵 or 羅便臣) (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897) was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong and subsequently the 14th Governor of New South Wales. From June 1859 until August 1896 he was known as Sir Hercules Robinson.
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active years end date
1865-03-11, 1872-01-04, 1879-02-24, 1880-09-09
active years start date
1859-09-09, 1865-03-21, 1872-03-04, 1879-03-27
alma mater
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
birth date
1824-12-19
death date
1897-10-28
monarch
Queen Victoria
office
Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Ceylon, Governor of New Zealand
order in office
8th, Governor of Hong Kong
successor
Richard Graves MacDonnell, Lord Augustus Loftus, Arthur Hamilton-Gordon 1st Baron Stanmore, William Henry Gregory
