Personal valet to John Jacob Astor who perished in the disaster along with his employer.

It is not clear how long he had been emploed by Astor, but he was listed as Astor's valet on a westbound voyage in December 1909.

Born in London to a father from Birmingham and a mother from Aberdeenshire. Mr. Robbins settled in New York in 1890 and worked as a Butler. 

He was married to French born Louisa De Loye and they had a son named George. He became a naturlized US citizen in 1906