Malcolm Robinson
Sir Hugh Malcolm Robinson was Chief Inspector of Factories of the British Government from 1917 to 1920.
Robinson was born in York, the son of Canon H. G. Robinson of York Minster. He was educated at Harrow School and New College, Oxford, and rowed in the Oxford eight in the University Boat Race of 1879.
Robinson was appointed an Inspector of Factories in 1882 and promoted to Deputy Chief Inspector in 1908 and Chief Inspector in 1917. He was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order in 1912, Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1918 and knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours shortly before his retirement.Footnotes
