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On 2 January 1815, General Robinson was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath, and he was advanced to be a Grand Cross in 1838. He attained the rank of Lieut.-General 27 May 1825, and that of General 23 November 1841; and was appointed to the command of the 39th regiment on 15 June 1840. Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson lived to become the oldest soldier in the British service, his first commission being of earlier date than those of the few general officers whose names preceded his in the Army List. For the last seven years he resided at Brighton, Sussex, in the possession of good health and in the exercise of all his mental faculties, enjoying the affectionate attendance of a beloved daughter and niece, and the society of an attached circle of friends, to whom be had endeared himself by his noble and amiable qualities. He died after a very few days illness on the first day of 1852, and on 7 January his honoured remains were consigned to their last resting-place in the churchyard of Hove, near Brighton.
Sir Frederick was twice married:
Firstly, cir early 1790s, to Grace Boles, daughter of Thomas Boles, esq. of Charleville, who died in 1806, with issue including:
- Maria Susan Robinson (b. 18 November 1793, bapt 1 December 1802 St Peter, Bedford)
- Frederick Philipse Robinson (b. 20 January 1797, bapt 1 December 1802 St Peter Bedford)
- Beverley George Robinson (b. 31 January 1799, bapt 1 December 1802 St Peter, Bedford)
- Jane Robinson (b. 28 January 1802, bapt 1 December 1802 St Peter, Bedford)
Secondly, in 1811, to Ann Fernyhough, of Stafford, who died at Tobago.
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