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.

Robinson, Montague Arnet, son of Francis Edward Robinson, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Amy, daughter of James Hargreaves, of Heywood, Lancs; b. April 24, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; left July 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. 6th Batt. K. R. R. Corps July 1, 1917; vice-chairman and managing director of Coast Lines Ltd. and Associated Cos.; chair­ man of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, The Reliance Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., and the Hoylake Life-Boat Station; chairman of the Coasting and Short Sea Shipping Control Committee, Liverpool area, 1939-47; vice-chairman, General Council of British Shipping, 1946; chairman, Coasting Liner Section, chamber of shipping 1948-50; president of the Dock and Harbour Authorities' Assoc.; vice-president and member of the Committee of Management, Royal Nat. Life-Boat Inst.; vice-president. the Indefatigable & Nat. Sea Training School for Boys and of the Brit. Empire Cancer Campaign (Liverpool); director of Martins Bank Ltd. and Grayson, Rollo & Clover Docks Ltd; m. April 12, 1928, Beatrice Esperance, daughter of Frederick William Baber, of Clifton, Bristol; d. 1975.

ROBINSON, LUKE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1752 (Fox's). [note Luke Robinson, Lichfield, Staffs., will proved PCC 1 Jun 1767]

ROBINSON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 17 Jun 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1711; BA 1696; MA 1699; BD 1711; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks., 1701-3; Rector of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire 1708-13 [check]; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 24 Oct 1711; Rector of Ashbury, Berks., from 1711; m. ---, sister of Sebastian Smith (KS 1693, qv); d. of smallpox, and buried St. Michael, Bath 29 Sep 1722.

ROBINSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1736 (Playford's); left 1738.

ROBINSON, SIR JOHN, BART., son of William Freind (KS 1727, qv); b. 15 Feb 1754; adm. 3 Feb 1767 (as John Freind); KS (Capt. ) 1768; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1772, matr. 17 Jun 1772, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1772 – void 30 Mar 1779 (expiry year of grace as Prebendary of Armagh); BA 1776; MA 1779; ordained; Prebendary of Armagh 7 Mar 1778 – May 1786, Archdeacon of Armagh 20 May 1786 – Apr 1797; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin 1797-1823; assumed surname of Robinson in lieu of Freind 30 Nov 1793, as heir to the Irish estates of his uncle Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (I) (qv); created baronet 14 Dec 1819; m. 1786 Mary Anne, second dau. of James Spencer, Rathangan, co. Kildare; d. 16 Apr 1832.

ROBINSON, JOHN, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) (qv); bapt. St. Michael, Cambridge 10 Feb 1729 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); left 1747; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jan 1746/7, scholar 1747, matr. 1747; [check degree, if any]; Fellow, Trinity Hall 19 Jun 1750; adm. Middle Temple 12 Feb 1745/6; d. unm. 1800.

Robinson, John Poole Bowring, brother of Andrew Bowring Crispin Robinson (q.v.); b. May 30, 1881; adm. Sept. 28, 1893 (H); left April 1898; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1899; 2nd Lieut. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Aug. 11, 1900; Lieut. July 27, 1904; Capt. Feb. 4, 1911; Major Sept. 1, 1915; temp. Lieut.-Col. Nov. 15, 1917; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 24, 1922; Col. June 24, 1926; Gen. Staff Officer R.M.C. Sandhurst 1913; served in South Africa 1900-2, at Aden 1903, and in Great War I; D.S.O. June 4, 1917; C.M.G. Jan. 1, 1919; mentioned in despatches five times; commanded 2nd Batt. Royal Berks Regt. 1928-32; G.S.O. 1 Catterick 1932-3; A.Q.M.G. Aldershot 1933; retired 1933; senior Regional Officer A.R.P. and C.D. Southern Region 1938-42; War Organisation B.R.C.S. and Order of St. John Director of Personnel 1944-7; Order of St. John; m. 1912 Ethna Pauline, daughter of the Very Rev. Aylmer Hackett, Dean of Limerick; d. 8 Aug. 1966.

ROBINSON, JOHN ELLIL, brother of Francis Robinson (qv); b. 11 Sep 1807; adm. 17 Sep 1819 (Stelfox's); KS 1821; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1825, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 May 1825; BA 1829; MA 1832; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Mar 1829; ordained deacon 1832, priest 2 Jun 1833 (both Oxford); Curate, Kirtlington, Oxfordshire 1832-4, Bicester, Oxfordshire 1834-5, Charlton on Otmoor, Oxfordshire 1835-7; Vicar of Chieveley, Berks., 13 May 1837-82; m. 16 Jul 1834 Maria, third dau. of Rev. Edward Rowden, Vicar of Highworth, Wilts.; d. 17 Jul 1899.

Robinson, John Armstrong, son of Samuel Robinson CMG, Sec. Iron & Steel Board, and Eleanor Anne, d. of William George Motley, mining engineer, of Denver, CO, USA; b. 18 Dec. 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (KS); left July 1944; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA 1949; RAFVR 1944-6; HM Foreign Service; 2nd Sec. Delhi 1950-2; FO 1952-3; Helsinki, Finland 1953-6; 2nd later 1st Sec. Paris, France 1956-8; FO 1958-61; 1st Sec. UK Delegation to EC, Brussels, Belgium 1962-7; Counsellor FO 1967; head of European Integration Dept. FCO 1968-70; CMG 1969; member of team negotiating British entry to Common Market, Brussels, Belgium 1970-1; asst. Under-Sec. of State FCO 1971-3; HM Ambassador Algiers, Algeria 1974-7; Minister Washington DC, USA 1977-80; HM Ambassador Israel 1980; retd. 1981; m. 1 Feb. 1952 Marianne, d. of Edmond Berger of Neuchâtel, Switzerland; d. 16 Jan. 1998.