Christopher John Robinson - Patriot

It is with deep sadness that the British National Party today takes leave of one of its Lincolnshire stalwarts, Christopher John Robinson, 68.

Mr Robinson, of South Witham, was a constructive and selfless contributor to the British National Party.

He served on the South Witham Parish Council, stood as an independent for district and county councils, and in 2010 stood for parliament in the constituency of Stamford & Grantham for the British National Party.

He campaigned throughout his life without prejudice against inept governance, repressive European laws, and mismanaged immigration.

His articulate election address won almost 2,500 votes, more than one quarter as many as the Labour candidate and more than the UKIP candidate.

Mr Robinson was born at Ingoldsby and educated at the King’s School in Grantham, Lincolnshire.

At 16 he joined the Merchant Navy as an apprentice deck officer. Having achieved the rank of Second Officer he left the sea, studied accountancy, and rose to Finance Director of a major shipping company in London.

He then moved to South Witham, near a former family farm, where he established a new company to supply energy conservation systems. At the same time he built new offices, employed local people, and landscaped his garden to his own design.

During the same period he wrote a history of the Vikings and taught the history as a circuit lecturer.

Mr Robinson battled with oesophageal and secondary cancers for nearly six years without complaint to the end.

He leaves a wife, a son, daughter, stepson, and three grandchildren, as well as his mother and four siblings.