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ROBINSON, THOMAS, brother of Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby (I); bapt. 22 Apr 1714; adm. (aged 9) May 1723; in under school list 1729; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 19 Apr 1731; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730, called to bar 5 Feb 1735/6; author, The Common Law of Kent, or the Custom of Gavelkind, 1741; d. unm. 29 Dec 1747. DNB.

ROBINSON, THOMAS, 1ST BARON GRANTHAM, fourth son of Sir William Robinson, Bart., MP, and Mary, eldest dau. of George Aislabie, Studley Royal, Yorks.; b. 24 Apr 1695 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1708; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jan 1711/2, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr. 1712; BA 1715/6; MA 1719; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1718, Major Fellow 10 Jul 1719; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1722/3; Secretary to British Embassy, Paris 1723-30, Chargé d’Affaires in Ambassador’s absence 1724 and 1727; one of three British representatives at Congress of Soissons 1728-9; Ambassador at Vienna 1730-48; KB 26 Jun 1742; joint plenipotentiary with Earl of Sandwich in peace negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; a painstaking diplomat of good business capacity, whose talents were valued by his former schoolfellow Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); MP Thirsk 1727-34, Christchurch 30 Dec 1748-61; a Commissioner of Trade 1 Nov 1748 – Nov 1749; Master of the Great Wardrobe, Royal Household 23 Dec 1749 – Apr 1754; Secretary of State for the Southern Department, with the leadership of the House of Commons, 15 Apr 1754 – Nov 1755; he owed the appointment to his friendship with Newcastle, but he lacked the ability to manage the House of Commons; Master of the Great Wardrobe 21 Nov 1755 – Nov 1760; created Baron Grantham 7 Apr 1761; Joint Postmaster-General Jul 1765 – Dec 1766; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 13 Jul 1737 Frances, third dau. of Thomas Worsley MP, Hovingham, Yorks.; d. 30 Sep 1770. 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, 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. 5 Oct. 1934 Ardyth, d. of George R. McMillan of Kelwood, Manitoba.

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).