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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.

Robinson, Timothy Michael, son of Cecil Hugh Robinson, bank official, of Purley, Surrey, and Ellaline Marjorie, d. of George Rowland Williams MD FRCS; b. 26 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (H), HS 1948; left July 1952; Magdalen Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954 (demy), BA 1957, MA 1963; office of the Church Commissioners in various capacities 1957-82; seconded as Sec. Church of England Central Board of Finance and Financial Sec. of the General Synod 1982-94; a Governor of the Sch. 1983-2006; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 2008; m. 1958 Jennifer Tanner, d. of Stanley Charles Bryant, commercial artist; d. 29 Dec. 2022.

ROBINSON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1614, adm. scholar 1615, matr. Easter 1615; 10th in “ordo” 1618/9; BA 1618/9; MA 1622.

ROBINSON, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1718. [Perhaps brother of, or close kin to, Seth Robinson, adm. same month].

ROBINSON, SIR THOMAS, BART., son of Henry Robinson, Westminster; b.; at school under Busby (Howell, State Trials, 1816, vii, 68); adm. Inner Temple Nov 1656, called to bar [check date], Bencher 5 Nov 1677, Treasurer from 7 Nov 1680 [check if to death]; Chief Prothonotary of the Common Pleas; created baronet 26 Jan 1681/2; m. 1648 Jane, eldest dau. of Lumley Dew, Upton Bishop, Herefs.; killed by falling from the window of his chambers at the Temple in attempting to escape from a fire there, 2 Aug 1683, aged 65.

ROBINSON, THOMAS, 2ND BARON GRANTHAM, elder son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (qv); b. 30 Nov 1738; adm. Mar 1749/50 (Hawkins'); in school list 1754; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Feb 1755; MA 1757; Grand Tour (Italy) 1759-61; MP Christchurch 1761 – 30 Sep 1770; a Commissioner of Trade 11 Oct 1766 – Feb 1770; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household 13 Feb 1770 – Feb 1771; Privy Councillor 26 Feb 1770; succ. father as 2nd Baron Grantham 30 Sep 1770; Ambassador at Madrid May 1771- Jul 1779; First Commissioner of Trade 9 Dec 1780 – Jun 1782; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jul 1782 – Apr 1783; member, Committee of Privy Council on Trade, from 5 Mar 1784; FSA 17 Mar 1763; member, Society of Dilettanti 1763; m. 17 Aug 1780 Lady Jemima Grey Yorke, younger dau. of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke; d. 20 Jul 1786. DNB.

ROBINSON, THOMAS, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I); bapt. 22 Apr 1714; adm. (aged 9) May 1723; in under school list 1729; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Apr 1731; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730, called to bar 5 Feb 1735/6; author, The Common Law of Kent, or the Custom of Gavelkind, 1741; d. unm. 29 Dec 1747. DNB.