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ROBINSON, SIR JOHN, BART. , son of Sir James Robinson, Bart. , and Anne, dau. of Sir William Jesson, Kt, Newhouse, Warwicks. ; bapt. 2 Dec 1702; at school under Freind (Adm. Reg. of Sidney Sussex Coll. ); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Feb 1719, matr. 1720; succ. father as 4th baronet 28 Aug 1731; High Sheriff, Northamptonshire 1737; m. 1st, 5 May 1726 Mary, only dau. of John Morgan, Kingsthorpe, Northants; m. 2nd, 7 Jun 1736 Elizabeth Perkins, Manton, Warwicks. ; d. 31 Jul 1765.

ROBINSON, SETH, son of Woodall Robinson, Windsor, Berks.; b.; adm. (aged 10) Sep 1718; in under school list 1722; apprenticed to William Dobrie, Botolph Lane, London, merchant, 9 Jul 1724; m. 19 Sep 1747 Lucy, dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Marshall DD, Canon of Windsor. [Evidently a younger brother of, or close kin to, Thomas Robinson, adm. same month (they paid a joint admission fee); and probably Seth Robinson, Esq., St. George the Martyr, Middlesex, will proved PCC 27 May 1772].

ROBINSON, SIR SEPTIMUS, younger brother of Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (I) (qv); b. 30 Jan 1709/10; adm. Oct 1720; KS 1726; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1730, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1730; entered French army 1731; served under Galleronde in Flanders; afterwards joined English army and served in Flanders under Wade and Ligonier; Capt., 7th Dragoons 22 Dec 1747; Capt. -Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 29 May 1754; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 27 Aug 1754; retd. c. 1759; Governor to Dukes of Gloucester and Cumberland 1751-60; Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter, Royal Household, from 12 Dec 1760; Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Houses of Parliament, from 1761; knighted 10 Apr 1761; d. unm. 6 Sep 1765. DNB.

Robinson, Roger Tattersall, son of Sir Montague Arnet Robinson (qv); b. 9 Apr. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (KS); left July 1950; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1950, played golf against Cambridge 1952-3, BA 1953, MA 1958; dir. Coast Lines Ltd. 1955-72; man. American Service Kuwait and United Arab Shipping Cos 1972-80; m. 5 May 1962 Caroline Wendy, d. of Thomas Ashworth Hoyle, landowner, of Cropton, Pickering, Yorks; d. 19 Sept. 2016.

Robinson, Robert Theodore, son of Sir Alfred Theodore Vaughan Robinson KBE CB, Dep. Sec. Min. of Transport, and Muriel, d. of James Robert Hill, med. practitioner, of Tulse Hill; b. 14 Feb. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (H); left July 1925; Univ. of Toronto; branch man. Fuller Brush Co., Regina, Saskatchewan; Canadian Intell. Corps in WW2, MBE (NW Europe) Dec. 1945; Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada 1946; a chartered life underwriter 1952; m. 6 Oct. 1934 Ardyth, d. of George R. McMillan of Kelwood, Manitoba; d. 18 Oct. 1975 in Victoria, B.C., Canada.

ROBINSON, RICHARD, 1ST BARON ROKEBY (I), sixth son of William Robinson, Rokeby, Yorks., and Merton Abbey, Surrey, and Anne, dau. of Robert Walters, Cundall, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1720; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1726 – void 18 Apr 1740 (expiry year of grace as R. Etton from 16 Apr 1739); BA 1730; MA 1733; BD and DD 1748 (incorp. BD Dublin 1751); ordained deacon (Winchester) 2 Mar 1734, priest (Oxford) 23 Dec 1735; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire 1737; Chaplain to Most Rev. Lancelot Blackburne (qv), Archbishop of York, 1738; Prebendary of York 4 May 1738 – Nov 1751; Rector of Etton, Yorks., 20 Apr 1739-52; Rector of Hutton Bushel, Yorks. 22 Apr 1742; Chaplain to Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv), Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1751; consecrated Bishop of Killala 19 Jan 1751/2; translated to Ferns and Leighlin 19 Apr 1759 and to Kildare 13 Apr 1761; installed Dean of Christ Church, Dublin 16 Apr 1761; Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland from 8 Feb 1765; Privy Councillor (I) 22 Feb 1765; Vice-Chancellor, Dublin Univ., 1765-91; created Baron Rokeby (I) 26 Feb 1777; first Prelate, Order of St. Patrick, from the Order’s foundation in 1783; succ. brother as 3rd baronet 1785; financed the building of Canterbury Quadrangle, Christ Church, Oxford 1773-83; FSA 6 Jun 1776; spent large sums of money on improvement of his diocese, and left a bequest for the establishment of an university in Ulster; d. unm. 10 Oct 1794, aged 86. DNB.

ROBINSON, RICHARD, son of Laurence Robinson, Northants; b.; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).

Robinson, Peter Geoffrey, son of Frederick Stanley Robinson MICE, of Southern Nigeria; b. 20 Apr. 1913; adm. May 1927 (B); left Dec. 1931; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1933, Lieut. Aug. 1936, Capt. Aug. 1941, Maj. Aug. 1946, Lieut.-Col. June 1955; psc; HQ 6th Indian Divn in WW2, MBE (Burma) June 1946; retd July 1958; m. 24 Apr. 1939 Elinor Mary Logan, d. of David J. Duncan of Coorg, S. India; d. 30 Oct. 1988.

ROBINSON, PERCEVAL GEORGE, son of George J. Robinson, Sydney Place, London, surgeon, and Harriet F. --- (1881 Census); b. 28 Sep 1861; adm. 22 Jan 1874; left Dec 1877; adm. solicitor Oct 1884; in practice at Ilford, Essex and in London (Law List 1900).

ROBINSON, OSWALD RICHARD, only son of Sir John Richard Robinson, Kt, Addison Crescent, Kensington, editor Daily News, and Jane Mapes, dau. of William H. Granger, Wickham Bishops, Essex; b. 3 Jan 1868; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (G); left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1886, matr. Mich. 1886; BA 1890; MA 1894; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 17 Jun 1896; living in Saga City, Japan, in 1937; d. 20 Feb 1951.