Richard Robinson (Municipal Reform politician)

Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson
Portrait of Richard Atkinson Robinson by William Quiller Orchardson
Born(1849-10-16)16 October 1849
Died28 April 1928(1928-04-28) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Chemist, druggist

Sir Richard Atkinson Robinson DL (16 October 1849 – 28 April 1928) was a retail chemist and druggist who later became a local politician, and was the first member of the Municipal Reform Party (linked to the Conservatives) to lead the London County Council (1907–1908).[1]

  1. ^ William Eric Jackson (1965), Achievement: a short history of the London County Council, Longmans