ATKYNS, SIR ROBERT, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir Robert Atkyns PC KB FRS, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Sir George Clerk, Kt.; bapt. 26 Aug 1647; adm. Nov 1657; a boarder; left 1662 (Busby’s Account Book); St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, matr. 14 Mar 1662/3, aged 15; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Feb 1660/1, called to bar 14 Apr 1668; knighted 5 Sep 1663; Deputy Receiver-General, Law Duties 1671-2, Receiver-General 1672-3, Comptroller 1673-9; of Pinbury Park, Gloucs.; MP Cirencester Feb 1678/9 - Jan 1680/1, Gloucestershire Mar 1684/5 - July 1687; JP Gloucestershire 1673- Mar 1688, Oct 1688 onwards; DL Gloucestershire 1683 - Feb 1688; author, The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, 1712; lic. to m. 5 Jul 1669 Louise, dau. of Sir George De Carteret, Bart., Hawns, Beds.; d. 29 Nov 1711 (M. I. Sapperton, Gloucs. ). DNB.