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ROBINSON, JOHN, son of James Robinson, Slaidburn, Yorks., parish clerk; b.; at school under Busby one year (J. E. B. Mayor & R. F. Scott, Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., i, 42); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 19 Jun 1638, aged 19; BA 1641/2.

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 EDWARD; b. 23 Jan 1804; adm. 26 Jan 1818.

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.

ROBINSON, JAMES; b.; adm.; BB 1685-92 (Chapter Muniments 33721-6).

ROBINSON, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jan 1738/9 (Russel's); left 1741.

Robinson, James William; b. March 26, 1899; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (R); left July 1916; 2nd Lieut. Pioneer Corps June 17, 1941; Capt. No. 7 Salvage Unit.