ROBINSON, LUKE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1752 (Fox's). [note Luke Robinson, Lichfield, Staffs., will proved PCC 1 Jun 1767]
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, 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, 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, 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, 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. 5 Oct. 1934 Ardyth, d. of George R. McMillan of Kelwood, Manitoba.
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, 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, SIR RICHARD FREIND, BART. , son of Sir John Robinson, Bart. (adm. 1767, qv); b. 4 Mar 1787; adm. ; KS 1801; left 1804; Ensign, 29th Foot 20 Mar 1804; Lieut. , 28 Mar 1805; Capt. , 1st Foot 25 Dec 1806; Lieut. and Capt. , 1st Foot Guards 13 Apr 1809; retd. 26 Nov 1812; served in Peninsular War; succ. father as 2nd baronet 16 Apr 1832; DL co. Louth, High Sheriff 1844; m. 25 Feb 1813 Lady Helena Eleanor Moore, sister of Hon. Richard Francis Moore (qv); d. 2 Oct 1847.
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.