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.