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=Robertson, Colin.= =MS= Brings Selkirk settlers back to Red River, 165, 177; captures Fort Gibraltar, 178; takes Duncan Cameron to York Factory, 178; tried at Montreal, 198; his character, 220. _See also_ Red River Colony. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_.

=Robertson, James= (1839-1902). Born in Scotland. Removed to Canada and educated at the University of Toronto, Union Theological Seminary, New York, and Princeton University. Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, 1869; settled at Winnipeg as pastor of Knox Church, 1874. Appointed superintendent of western missions of the Presbyterian Church, 1881. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; Gordon, _Life of James Robertson_.

=Robertson, Thomas Jaffray.= =R= First princ.i.p.al of Toronto Normal School, 173; his methods and influence, 173-174; inspector of schools, 253.

=Robertson, William.= =S= Appointed member of Legislative Council, but did not come to Canada, 79.

=Roberval, Jean Francois de la Roque, Sieur de.= A gentleman of Picardy, born about the year 1500. By a commission dated Jan. 15, 1541, Francis I gave him the command of the expedition planned by Jacques Cartier, and made him his viceroy and lieutenant-general in the new lands discovered by Cartier. The commission granted to the latter in 1540 was revoked, and Cartier sailed as Roberval's lieutenant. Cartier left St. Malo in May, 1541, and Roberval did not follow until April, 1542. His s.h.i.+ps entered the harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, June 8, and there he met Cartier on his way home. Sailing on into the gulf, and up the St.

Lawrence, he reached Charlesbourg Royal, where Cartier had wintered, and set his men to work erecting forts and other buildings. Here he wintered; explored the river in the spring; and sailed back to France with his colonists in the autumn of 1543. Despite the failure of his colonizing venture, commissioned by the king in 1544 to rebuild the fortifications of Senlis; and in 1548 made controller of all mines in France. Lost sight of about the year 1560. One story has it that he was murdered in the streets of Paris; and another that he died at sea; but both lack confirmation. There is reason to believe that he died in 1560, or early in 1561. =Index=: =Ch= Ravages of scurvy in his expedition, 23.

=Bib.=: Hakluyt, _Princ.i.p.all Navigations_; Harrisse, _Notes sur la Nouvelle France_; Dawson, _The St. Lawrence Basin_; Dionne, _Jean-Francois de la Roche, Seigneur de Roberval_ (R. S. C., 1899).

=Robie, Simon Bradstreet.= =H= Member of Executive Council, Nova Scotia, 1838, 56-57.

=Robineau de Becancour, Rene.= =E= His seigniory of Portneuf made a barony, 181.

=Robineau de Portneuf, Pierre.= Son of Rene Robineau, Baron de Becancour, a lieutenant in the regiment of Robineau de Menneval, 1690.

Served in Acadia, 1691. =Index=: =Ch= Director of Company of New France, 170.

=Robinson, Major.= =T= Makes survey for Intercolonial, 53.

=Robinson, Colonel Beverley= (1723-1792). Born in Thornbury, England.

Entered the army; took part as a major, under Wolfe, in the attack on Quebec, 1759. Opposed the measures that led to the separation of the American colonies from the motherland, but joined the Loyalists when independence was declared; raised the Loyal American Regiment, of which he was colonel, and on several occasions conducted matters on behalf of the Loyalists. At the end of the war came to New Brunswick, and was a member of the first Council of that colony. =Index=: =Hd= Of Royal Regiment of New York, his negotiations with Ethan Allen of Vermont, 201-203. =Dr= Commanded Loyal Americans, 202. =W= Commands Loyal American Regiment, 3. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._

=Robinson, Frederick John.= _See_ Ripon.

=Robinson, F. P.= =W= Auditor of king's casual revenue, 34; resigns, 72.

=Robinson, John.= =WM= His impression of Wolfe's conversation on night before battle, 179.

=Robinson, Sir John Beverley= (1791-1863). Educated at Dr. Strachan's school, Kingston; studied law and became acting attorney-general in 1812, before he had been called to the bar. Played a distinguished part as a volunteer during the War of 1812. One of the leading members of the so-called Family Compact; represented York in the a.s.sembly, 1821, and for several years thereafter; appointed chief-justice of Upper Canada, 1829, and the following year nominated Speaker of the Executive Council; upon the union of the provinces in 1841, retired from political life, but retained his office as chief-justice; in 1850 created a baronet of the United Kingdom. =Index=: =Sy= Opposes union of the provinces, 211; goes to England in hope of defeating measure, 230. =BL= His character, 12; pupil of Dr. Baldwin, 24; becomes chief-justice, 31; opposes union of the Canadas, 61; his pamphlet, 62. =B= His part in movement towards Confederation, 129. =E= Receives baronetcy, 105. =R= Member of Board of Education, 58; his connection with university scheme, 153. =Bk= As acting attorney-general gives opinion on Michigan question, 260; letter of, describing battle of Queenston Heights, 298, 299, 302, 305, 306.

=Mc= Prosecutes Gourlay, 92; reports on union of provinces, 105; denies existence of ministry, 274. =Bib.=: _Canada and the Canada Bill_. For biog., _see_ Robinson, _Life of Sir John Beverley Robinson, Bart._; Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_; Edgar, _Ten Years of Upper Canada_.

=Robinson, John Beverley= (1820-1896). Second son of Sir John Beverley Robinson; born in Toronto. Educated at Upper Canada College; appointed aide-de-camp to Sir Francis Bond Head; saw active service during the Rebellion of 1837. Studied law, and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1844. Served as alderman in Toronto for six years; elected mayor, 1857.

Elected to the a.s.sembly for one of the divisions of Toronto, 1858; president of the Council in the Macdonald-Cartier administration, 1862.

Elected to the House of Commons for Algoma, 1872, and for Toronto West, 1878. Lieutenant-governor of Ontario, 1880-1887. =Bib.=: Read, _The Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_; Dent, _Can. Por._; Rose, _Cyc.

Can. Biog._

=Robinson, W. B.= =BL= Brother of Sir J. B. Robinson, appointed inspector-general, 1844, 247; elected in elections of 1844, 252.

=Roblin, Rodmond Palen= (1853- ). Born in Sophiasburg, Ontario. Educated at Albert College, Belleville. Removed to Manitoba and settled at Carman, 1880. Elected to the Manitoba a.s.sembly for Dufferin, 1888; premier, 1900; also holds offices of minister of agriculture and railway commissioner. =Bib.=: _Canadian Who's Who_.

=Rochemonteix, Camille.= A member of the Society of Jesus. =Index=: =F= On the _Jesuit Relations_, 30. =Bib.=; _Les Jesuites et le Nouvelle France au XVII^e Siecle_.

=Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of= (1730-1782). Born in Yorks.h.i.+re, England. Educated at Westminster School and St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1746 served as a volunteer against the Jacobites.

In 1765 premier of a coalition ministry opposed to royal grants and general warrants; from 1768 to 1781 leader of the opposition in the House of Lords, during which time supported the proposals to grant independence to the American colonies. In 1782 again became prime minister. Throughout his political career upheld the contentions of the American colonists, and opposed to royal encroachments. =Index=: =Dr= Forms Cabinet, 192. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Rocky Mountain Fur Company.= Founded at St. Louis, in 1822, by William H. Ashley. The field of its operations was the Upper Missouri country.

After an adventurous career of twelve years, in which Ashley, Andrew Henry, M. G. Sublette, and other well-known western American traders took a leading part, the company was disbanded at the annual rendezvous in Green River Valley, in the summer of 1834. =Index=: =D= Made famous by the enterprise of the trader Ashley, 134; re-establishes commercial communication between United States and Oregon, 134. =Bib.=: Chittenden, _History of the American Fur Trade_.