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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, Peter Geoffrey, son of Frederick Stanley Robinson MICE, of Southern Nigeria; b. 20 Apr. 1913; adm. May 1927 (B); left Dec. 1931; RMA Woolwich, 2nd Lieut. RA Aug. 1933, Lieut. Aug. 1936, Capt. Aug. 1941, Maj. Aug. 1946, Lieut.-Col. June 1955; psc; HQ 6th Indian Divn in WW2, MBE (Burma) June 1946; retd July 1958; m. 24 Apr. 1939 Elinor Mary Logan, d. of David J. Duncan of Coorg, S. India; d. 30 Oct. 1988.

ROBINSON, OSWALD RICHARD, only son of Sir John Richard Robinson, Kt, Addison Crescent, Kensington, editor Daily News, and Jane Mapes, dau. of William H. Granger, Wickham Bishops, Essex; b. 3 Jan 1868; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (G); left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1886, matr. Mich. 1886; BA 1890; MA 1894; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 17 Jun 1896; living in Saga City, Japan, in 1937; d. 20 Feb 1951.

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, LUKE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1752 (Fox's). [note Luke Robinson, Lichfield, Staffs., will proved PCC 1 Jun 1767]

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, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1736 (Playford's); left 1738.

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.