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Robinson, William, 1727-1803
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1727-1803
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ROBINSON, WILLIAM, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I); bapt. St. Michael’s, Cambridge 15 Nov 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1742/3 (Watts'); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Feb 1746/7, matr. 1748; BA 1750/1; MA 1754; Fellow, St. John’s Coll. 17 Mar 1752-60; ordained deacon 24 Mar 1754 (Chester), priest 13 Jun 1756 (Chester for London); Curate, Kensington, Middlesex; Rector of Denton, Kent 20 Nov 1764-85; Rector of Burghfield, Berks., 19 Dec 1767-1800; travelled in Italy; inherited part of family estates in Kent, Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire on the death of his elder brother Lord Rokeby in Nov 1800; a friend and correspondent of Thomas Gray, the poet; the correspondence of Mrs Montagu with Robinson’s wife forms the chief part of Dr. Doran’s Lady of the Last Century; m. Jul 1760 Mary, only surviving dau. of Adam Richardson, Kensington, Middlesex; d. 8 Dec 1803. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.