ROBOTHAM, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
ROBINSON-MORRIS, MATTHEW, 2ND BARON ROKEBY (I), eldest son of Matthew Robinson, Edgely and West Layton, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Drake, Cambridge; bapt. 12 Apr 1713; adm. (aged 10) May 1723; in school list 1729; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 11 Jan 1730/1; LLB 1734; Fellow, Trinity Hall 2 Jan 1733/4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730; FRS 27 Nov 1746; MP Canterbury 1747-61; assumed additional surname of Morris on inheriting from his mother the Morris property at Monk’s Horton, Kent; succ. cousin as 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) 10 Oct 1794; an eccentric, who wore a beard, lived on beef tea, abhorred fires and refused to see doctors; one of his sisters was Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu; author of four pamphlets attacking Lord North’s American policy, published between 1774 and 1777; d. unm. 30 Nov 1800. DNB.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1724.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I); bapt. St. Michael’s, Cambridge 15 Nov 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Feb 1746/7, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow, St. John’s Coll. 17 Mar 1752-60; ordained deacon 24 Mar 1754 (Chester), priest 13 Jun 1756 (Chester for London); Curate, Kensington, Middlesex; Rector of Denton, Kent 20 Nov 1764-85; Rector of Burghfield, Berks., 19 Dec 1767-1800; travelled in Italy; inherited part of family estates in Kent, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire on the death of his elder brother Lord Rokeby in Nov 1800; a friend and correspondent of Thomas Gray, the poet; the correspondence of Mrs Montagu with Robinson’s wife forms the chief part of Dr. Doran’s Lady of the Last Century; m. Jul 1760 Mary, only surviving dau. of Adam Richardson, Kensington, Middlesex; d. 8 Dec 1803. DNB.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM VILLIERS, third son of Sir George Robinson, Bart., MP, and Dorothea, dau. of John Chester, Loudham Hall, Suffolk; grandson of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. 17 Jan 1776; KS (aged 14) 1781; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1785, adm. pens. 25 May 1785, scholar 5 May 1786; BA 1789; MA 1792; Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1791, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1792; ordained; Rector of Irchester, with Wollaston, Northants, from 7 Jun 1794; Rector of Grafton Underwood, Northants, from 13 Aug 1794; m. 10 Dec 1795 Anne, dau. of Stamp Brooksbank, Chesterfield Street, London; d. 14 Jan 1829.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM TOOKE, eldest son of William R. Robinson, Portman Square, London, and Jane Maltby (IGI); b. 24 Apr 1820; adm. 3 Jun 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; left 3 Aug 1837; practised as an attorney, firm Maltby and Robinson, Bank Buildings, London; m. 25 Aug 1846 Alethea Sarah Henrietta, second dau. of Walpole Eyre, Bryanston Square, London; d. 26 Mar 1884.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM THOMAS CHRISTOPHER, son of William Robinson, and Louisa Siddons; b. 9 Jul 1814; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Scott's); Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838; Battalion Surgeon 2 Sep 1845; Surgeon-Maj., 4 Apr 1851; d. at Uckfield, Sussex 19 Feb 1853.
Robinson, William Spry; son of Augustus Octavius Robinson, Greta House, Streatham, Surrey, insurance broker, and Ellen, dau. of Rev.James Hogg, Church of England clergyman ; b. 10 May 1857 ; ed Marlborough Coll. and Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm.pens. 7 Jun 1876, matr.Mich.1876, scholar 1877 ; BA and 9th Classic 1880 ; MA 1883 ; Assistant Master (Classics) Jan – May 1881 ; Assistant Master, Wellington Coll. 1883-1900 and 1915-9 ; “retired schoolmaster” (1901 Census) ; author of school text books on Roman and English history ; d. 8 Jun 1941.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM ROBINSON, eldest surviving son of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Robinson Grey, Norton, co. Durham, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hogg, Norton, co. Durham; b. 17 Jul 1804; adm. 3 Oct 1814; left 1820; assumed surname of Robinson in lieu of Grey 22 Sep 1838; of Silksworth Hall, co. Durham; DL JP co. Durham; m. 2 May 1839 Sarah Dorothy, only dau. of William Grey, Norton, co. Durham; d. 28 Jan 1888.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM FREIND, second son of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm. 1767, qv); b. 20 Dec 1793; adm. Mich. 1807; KS 1808; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812; BA 1815; ordained; Rector of Bovevagh, co. Derry; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin (from ?) 4 Mar 1823; m. 21 May 1824 Hon. Susannah Sophia Flower, dau. of Henry Flower, 4th Viscount Ashbrook (I); d. Dec 1834.