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ROBINSON, THOMAS, 1ST BARON GRANTHAM, fourth son of Sir William Robinson, Bart., MP, and Mary, eldest dau. of George Aislabie, Studley Royal, Yorks.; b. 24 Apr 1695 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1708; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Jan 1711/2, scholar 9 Apr 1714, matr. 1712; BA 1715/6; MA 1719; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1718, Major Fellow 10 Jul 1719; adm. Middle Temple 1 Feb 1722/3; Secretary to British Embassy, Paris 1723-30, Chargé d’Affaires in Ambassador’s absence 1724 and 1727; one of three British representatives at Congress of Soissons 1728-9; Ambassador at Vienna 1730-48; KB 26 Jun 1742; joint plenipotentiary with Earl of Sandwich in peace negotiations at Aix-la-Chapelle 1748; a painstaking diplomat of good business capacity, whose talents were valued by his former schoolfellow Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (qv); MP Thirsk 1727-34, Christchurch 30 Dec 1748-61; a Commissioner of Trade 1 Nov 1748 – Nov 1749; Master of the Great Wardrobe, Royal Household 23 Dec 1749 – Apr 1754; Secretary of State for the Southern Department, with the leadership of the House of Commons, 15 Apr 1754 – Nov 1755; he owed the appointment to his friendship with Newcastle, but he lacked the ability to manage the House of Commons; Master of the Great Wardrobe 21 Nov 1755 – Nov 1760; created Baron Grantham 7 Apr 1761; Joint Postmaster-General Jul 1765 – Dec 1766; member, Society of Dilettanti 1761; m. 13 Jul 1737 Frances, third dau. of Thomas Worsley MP, Hovingham, Yorks.; d. 30 Sep 1770. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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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.