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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, 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, Montague Arnet, son of Francis Edward Robinson, of Stanmore, Middlesex, by Amy, daughter of James Hargreaves, of Heywood, Lancs; b. April 24, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; left July 1915; served in Great War I; Lieut. 6th Batt. K. R. R. Corps July 1, 1917; vice-chairman and managing director of Coast Lines Ltd. and Associated Cos.; chair­ man of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, The Reliance Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., and the Hoylake Life-Boat Station; chairman of the Coasting and Short Sea Shipping Control Committee, Liverpool area, 1939-47; vice-chairman, General Council of British Shipping, 1946; chairman, Coasting Liner Section, chamber of shipping 1948-50; president of the Dock and Harbour Authorities' Assoc.; vice-president and member of the Committee of Management, Royal Nat. Life-Boat Inst.; vice-president. the Indefatigable & Nat. Sea Training School for Boys and of the Brit. Empire Cancer Campaign (Liverpool); director of Martins Bank Ltd. and Grayson, Rollo & Clover Docks Ltd; m. April 12, 1928, Beatrice Esperance, daughter of Frederick William Baber, of Clifton, Bristol; d. 1975.

ROBINSON, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1692, matr. 17 Jun 1692, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1692 – void 1711; BA 1696; MA 1699; BD 1711; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks., 1701-3; Rector of Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire 1708-13 [check]; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 24 Oct 1711; Rector of Ashbury, Berks., from 1711; m. ---, sister of Sebastian Smith (KS 1693, qv); d. of smallpox, and buried St. Michael, Bath 29 Sep 1722.

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 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 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, HUGH, son of John Robinson, Appleby, Westmorland, Alderman of Appleby, and Anne Atkinson (IGI); b. 28 Aug 1701 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Nov 1717; KS 1718; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1722, adm. pens. 25 May 1722, scholar 3 May 1723, matr. 1723; BA 1725/6; MA 1729; DD 1762; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1728, Major Fellow 24 Jun 1729; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1729, priest 19 Sep 1731 (Lincoln); Rector of Lowther, Westmorland, from 1738; Rector of Great Ashby, Leics., 1745-7; Rector of Bowness, Cumberland, from 1753; d. 29 Dec 1762.

ROBINSON, SIR HARRY PERRY, third son of Rev. Julian Robinson, Chaplain EICS, editor Pioneer newspaper [check], and Harriet Woodcock, dau. of Rev. John Sharpe DD, Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks.; b. 30 Nov 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (James'), exhibitioner; QS (Capt. ) 1874; Capt. of the School 1877; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1878, matr. 11 Oct 1878; lived in USA 1883-1900; owner and editor, The Railway Age 1887-1900; Chief of Department, McKinley’s National Campaign Committee 1896; Managing Director, Isbister & Co., 1901-4; Special Correspondent of The Times newspaper in many parts of the world; War Correspondent, The Times 1914-8; Chevalier, Légion d’Honneur 1919; KBE 1 Jan 1920; author, Of Distinguished Animals, 1911, and other works; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1891 Mary, dau. of Thomas Lowry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; m. 2nd, 1 Aug 1905 Florence Anne, dau. of Joseph Tester, Surbiton, Surrey; d. 20 Dec 1930.

ROBINSON, GEORGE CROKE, second son of John Ellil Robinson (qv); b. 24 Jun 1838; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); QS 1853; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1857, matr. 4 Jun 1857, Westminster Student 1857-70; BA 1861; MA 1864; ordained deacon 1863, priest 1864 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Peter, Leeds, Yorks., 1863-6, West Bromwich, Staffs., 1866-7; Vicar of Benson, Oxfordshire 1867-79; subsequently held various curacies; Vicar of Radway, Warwickshire 1911-3; m. 6 Oct 1870 Maria Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Edwin E. Durrant, King’s Lynn, Norfolk [land agent ?].