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Robinson-Morris, Matthew, 1713-1800
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1713-1800
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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.