ROBSON, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS 30 Jul 1553 (Chapter Muniments).
Robson, John Harvey, son of John George Robson, schoolmaster, of Kentish Town, and Lilian Mary, d. of John Harvey of Cambridge; b. Feb. 1906; adm. Jan. 1919 (R); left July 1925; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) June 1928; north-eastern circuit; a Recorder of the Crown Court; rn. 26 Aug. 1930 Helen Mary, d. of John Tysoe Osborne of King's Langley, Herts; d. 30 Nov. 1989.
ROBSON, HENRY NAUNTON, brother of Edward Frogatt Robson (qv); b. 12 Oct 1861; adm. 16 Apr 1873 (James'); left Dec 1880; St. Thomas’s Hospital 1888; MRCS LRCP 1902; d. unm. 21 Jul 1925.
ROBSON, EDWARD FROGATT, eldest son of Edward Robson, Richmond, Surrey, solicitor, and Georgiana, dau. of George Waller, Wood Hall, Suffolk; b. 14 Jul 1857; adm. 31 Mar 1869 (James'); left Easter 1871; at Harrow Sch. Apr 1872 – Dec 1873; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Apr 1880; member, London Stock Exchange; d. unm. 21 Dec 1909.
ROBOTHAM, ---; b.; in school lists 1656; a boarder.
ROBOTHAM, ---; b.; in school lists 1656.
ROBINSON-MORRIS, MATTHEW, 2ND BARON ROKEBY (I), eldest son of Matthew Robinson, Edgely and West Layton, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Drake, Cambridge; bapt. 12 Apr 1713; adm. (aged 10) May 1723; in school list 1729; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. scholar 11 Jan 1730/1; LLB 1734; Fellow, Trinity Hall 2 Jan 1733/4; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Apr 1730; FRS 27 Nov 1746; MP Canterbury 1747-61; assumed additional surname of Morris on inheriting from his mother the Morris property at Monk’s Horton, Kent; succ. cousin as 2nd Baron Rokeby (I) 10 Oct 1794; an eccentric, who wore a beard, lived on beef tea, abhorred fires and refused to see doctors; one of his sisters was Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu; author of four pamphlets attacking Lord North’s American policy, published between 1774 and 1777; d. unm. 30 Nov 1800. DNB.
ROBINSON, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1724.
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.