Chapter VIII (4)

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|1 WILLIAM ROBERTSON 7th Baron of Struan.
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|A DAUGHTER OF CREIGHTON.
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|-|1.1 ROBERT ROBINSON, of Struan, from whom descended the
| |Alexander Robertsons, of Struan.
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+-|1.2 WILLIAM ROBERTSON, who was deprived of his younger
|son’s portion by the Earl of Athole. He fled to England, and
|settled at Kendal, Westmoreland, in the time of Henry VIII.
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|(?) Wife’s name unknown to me.
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+-|1.2.1 RALPH ROBINSON, settled at Brignall, Yorkshire.
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| |AGNES PHILIP, eldest dau. and coheiress of James Philip,
| |of Brignall, by his wife, -- Bainbrigge. She died 1633. _Vide_
| |Visitation of Yorkshire for curious cursing stones on
| |Gatherley Moor, of this family.
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| +-|1.2.1.1 WILLIAM ROBINSON, of London and Brignall. He
| |purchased Rokeby, Yorks, from Sir Thomas Rokeby, on June 7,
| |1610. He was the first Robinson who lived at Rokeby. He died at
| |a great age in 1643. He compounded by fine to avoid knighthood
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| |MARY, daughter of Thomas Hill, Esq., of Thornton, Yorks;
| |buried, Jan. 21, 1633.
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| +-|1.2.1.1.1 THOMAS ROBINSON, b. 1590; mar. at Rokeby, 1621; ,
| | |died in a skirmish at Leeds, June, 1643; buried at Leeds,
| | |June 21, 1643. He was a barrister of law; raised a troop
| | |of horse at his own expense for the Parliamentary army. He
| | |was one of the sesquestrators of estates in the North Riding.
| | |He left the Parliamentary army to join the King owing to
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| | |FRANCES, daughter of Leonard Smelt, Esq., of Kirby
| | |Fletham, Yorks. Her mother was an Allanson.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.1 MARY ROBINSON, married at Rokeby,
| | | |June 9, 1640.
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| | | |SIR CHRISTOPHER BLENCOWE, son and heir of Sir Henry
| | | |Blencowe, of Blencowe in Cumberland; descended from Adam
| | | |De Blencowe, standard bearer of Edward III.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2 WILLIAM ROBINSON, born at Rokeby, 1624;
| | | |m. there in 1644; surnamed “The Justice” from his great
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| | | |MARY, eldest dau. and coheiress of Frances Layton, of
| | | |Bawdon, Yorks, who was younger brother of John Layton, of
| | | |West Layton Hall and Kirkby Hall, Yorks. West Layton Hall
| | | |descended to Sir Leonard Robinson, and from him to his son
| | | |and grandson.
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| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.1 FRANCES ROBINSON, bap. at Rokeby,
| | | | |Jan. 25, 1646; m. April 23, 1667.
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| | | | |MICHAEL PICKERING, of Thornborough, Yorks.
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| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2 THOMAS ROBINSON, of Rokeby, bap.
| | | | |Jan. 4, 1650; buried, June 26, 1719, at Merton Abbey,
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| | | | |GRACE, dau. of Sir Henry Stapylton, of Mytton,
| | | | |Yorks, and Elizabeth, dau. of Conyers, Lord D’Arcy,
| | | | |created Baron Holdernesse.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.1 ELIZABETH ROBINSON, b. 1674;
| | | | | |d. unmarried, 1739; buried at Merton Abbey; Co. of
| | | | | |Surrey.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2 WILLIAM ROBINSON, of Rokeby;
| | | | |bap. there, Sept. 23, 1675; m. 1698; d. Feb. 24, 1720;
| | | | |buried at Merton Abbey. Seven sons and two daughters.
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| | | | |ANNE, dau. of Robert Walters, of Cundall, North
| | | | |Riding, Yorks. She died in 1730. Her mother was a
| | | | |Stordale, of Belton Park, Yorks. Buried at Merton
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1 ANNE ROBINSON, b. York, 1699; m.,
| | | | | |first Robert Knight, of Barrels, Warwickshire,
| | | | | |father of the Earl of Catherlough, by whom she had a
| | | | | |son, who died early; secondly, James Cresset,
| | | | | |secretary to the Princess Dowager of Wales, and
| | | | | |Comptroller of Army Accounts. She died in 1759.
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| | | | | |ELIZABETH (1st wife), dau. of Charles Howard, 3rd
| | | | | |Earl of Carlisle, widow of Nicholas, Lord Lechmere.
| | | | | |She died at Bath April 10, and was buried at Rokeby,
| | | | | |April 24, 1739. A monument to her and Sir Thomas in
| | | | | |Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, with medallion
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.2 SIR THOMAS ROBINSON, nicknamed
| | | | | |“Long Sir T. R.,” Bart. of Great Britain, March 10,
| | | | | |1730–31. b. in 1700; 1727, M.P. for Morpeth. First
| | | | | |marriage, Oct. 25, 1728, at Belfreys, Yorks; 1735 to
| | | | | |1742 Commissioner of Excise; Governor of Barbadoes,
| | | | | |Jan. 1742–47. Sold Rokeby in 1769 to John Saurey
| | | | | |Morritt. It had been 160 years in the family. Died at
| | | | | |Prospect House, Chelsea, March 3, 1777.
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| | | | | |SARAH, (2nd wife) dau. of Booth, Esq., of the
| | | | | |family of Delaware, and widow of Samuel Salmon, of
| | | | | |Barbadoes. She preferred to remain in Barbadoes when
| | | | | |her second husband returned to England.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.3 ROBERT, 2nd son, died,
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.4 SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, b. 1702;
| | | | | |succeeded to the baronetage in 1777, at the death of
| | | | | |his brother, Sir Thomas Robinson; d. 1785. Unmarried.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.5 HENRY ROBINSON, Major in the Army;
| | | | | |killed at the attack on Fort Lazare, near Carthagena,
| | | | | |1741–42.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.6 JOHN ROBINSON, died young,
| | | | | |unmarried.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.7 SIR RICHARD ROBINSON, Archbishop
| | | | | |of Armagh, Primate of all Ireland; b. 1709; educated
| | | | | |at Westminster and Christchurch, Oxford; B.A. 1730;
| | | | | |M.A. 1733; B.D. and D.D. 1738; chaplain to the
| | | | | |Archbishop of York, 1738; Rector of Elton, Prebend of
| | | | | |York, and Vicar of Aldborough, Suffolk; Bishop of
| | | | | |Killala, Jan. 19, 1752; Bishop of Leighlin and Ferns,
| | | | | |1759; Bishop of Kildare, April 13, 1761; Dean of
| | | | | |Christchurch, Dublin, 1761; Primate of Ireland,
| | | | | |Jan. 19, 1765; made Baron of Ireland, as 1st Baron
| | | | | |Rokeby, Feb. 26, 1777; English baronet in 1785 at his
| | | | | |brother William’s death; died at Clifton,
| | | | | |Oct. 10, 1794, _ætat_ 86.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8 GRACE ROBINSON, b. 1718, m. 1739,
| | | | | |d. Dec. 28, 1776; left 4 surviving children.
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| | | | | |The REV. WILLIAM FREIND, succeeded his father, the
| | | | | |Rev. Robert Freind, as Rector of Witney, Oxon., in
| | | | | |1739; made Prebend of Westminster, Oct. 17, 1744;
| | | | | |also Royal Chaplain, 1747; Rector of Islip; Canon of
| | | | | |Christchurch, May 15, 1756; Dean of Canterbury,
| | | | | |June 14, 1760. Rebuilt Witney Rectory; built and
| | | | | |endowed Hailey Chapel, Witney. He died Nov. 26, 1766.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.1 ROBERT FREIND, b. 1740;
| | | | | | |d. 1780.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.2 WILLIAM MAXIMILIAN.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.3 REV. SIR JOHN, b. 1754;
| | | | | | |Archdeacon of Armagh; assumed the name of Robinson,
| | | | | | |and became principal heir to his uncle, the 1st
| | | | | | |Baron Rokeby, and Primate of Ireland. He was made a
| | | | | |baronet, Dec. 14, 1819.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.4 GRACE, m. 1765: d. 1807.
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| | | | | |LIEUT.-GENERAL DUNCAN CAMPBELL, R. M.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.9 SIR SEPTIMUS ROBINSON, 7th son,
| | | | |b. Jan. 30, 1710; educated at Westminster and
| | | | |Christchurch, Oxford; served one year in the French
| | | | |Army with Marshal Clermont in six campaigns; then in
| | | | |the English Army, under General Wade, in 1745;
| | | | |three campaigns with Marshal Ligonier in Holland;
| | | | |1751 to 1760 Governor to the Dukes of Gloucester and
| | | | |Cumberland. He was knighted in 1761, and made Usher
| | | | |of the Black Rod at the accession of George III. He
| | | | |died at Brough, Westmoreland, Sept. 6, 1765; buried
| | | | |at Rokeby. His monument, by Nollekins, erected by his
| | | | |brothers, Sir William and Sir Richard Robinson.
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| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.3 ANNE, bap. Dec. 8, 1665; d. Dec., 1665.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.3 FRANCES, bap. July 15, 1627; m. 1646;
| | | |d. July 10, 1661.
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| | | |GEORGE GRAY, of Sudwich, Durham;
| | | |descended from the Grays of Chillingham and Wark.
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| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.3.1 The REV. GEORGE GRAY, who succeeded
| | | |his uncle, the Rev. Matthew Robinson, as Vicar of
| | | |Burneston.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.4 The REV. MATTHEW ROBINSON, Vicar of
| | | |Burneston, Yorks; b. 1628; m. Oct. 12, 1657; d. Nov. 27,
| | | |1694. Remarkable for his piety and learning in law and
| | | |physic; great judge of horses and dogs.
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| | | |JANE PICKERING, dau. of Mark Pickering, and sister and
| | | |heiress of William Pickering, of Eworth, Yorks.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.5 JOHN, bap. Dec. 9, 1632; d. Oct., 1638.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.6 THOMAS, bap. May 16, 1635;
| | | |d. Dec., 1635.
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.7 THOMAS, bap. Dec. 10, 1637; merchant of
| | | |York. In his will, 1660, he left his brother, the Rev.
| | | |Matthew Robinson, his executor and heir.
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| | | |LUCY LAYTON (1st wife), of West Layton, descended
| | | |from John Layton, eldest son of Francis Layton, of West
| | | |Layton Hall and Kirkby Hall, Yorks. Died _s.p._
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8 SIR LEONARD ROBINSON, bap. June 23, 1643;
| | |knighted, Oct. 29, 1692; d. 1696. Was Chamberlain of the
| | |City of London. He was a posthumous son, born a few days
| | |after his father’s, Thomas Robinson’s, death in the
| | |skirmish at Leeds.
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| | |DEBORAH (2nd wife), dau. of Sir John |
| | |Collet, Sheriff of London. She was the ancestress |
| | |of the 2nd House of Robinson. |
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| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1 THOMAS ROBINSON, b. 1667; d. 1720.
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| | | |2. ELIZABETH, dau. of William Clarke, of |
| | | |Merivale Abbey, Warwickshire, and sister and heir |
| | | |of her brother, William Clarke. She had been |
| | | |previously married to Anthony Light, Esq., by whom |
| | | |she had one daughter, Lydia, who married, first, |
| | | |Thomas Kirke, Esq., and, secondly, the Rev. Robert |
| | | |Lumley, by whom she had two daughters; one married |
| | | |the Rev. John Botham; the other, the Rev. Laurence |
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| | | | |2.1 LYDIA.
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| | | | |REV. JOHN BOTHAM.
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| | | | |2.2 ELIZABETH.
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| | | | |The REV. LAURENCE STERNE.
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| | | | +-|2.2.1 LYDIA, died an infant.
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| | | | |ALEXANDER DE MEDALLE.
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| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1 MATTHEW ROBINSON, of the city of York,
| | | | |Edgeley, and West Layton, Yorks.; b. at York, 1694; m.
| | | | |at 18, in 1712; d. Oct. 1778, _ætat_ 85; Gentleman
| | | | |Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge. He had 12
| | | | |children, 9 of whom survived.
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| | | | |ELIZABETH, dau. of Councillor Robert Drake (of the
| | | | |Drakes of Ash, Devon), and sister and heir of her
| | | | |brother, Morris Drake Morris, of Coveney, Cambridge,
| | | | |and Mount Morris, in the parish of Horton, near Hythe,
| | | | |Kent; m. 1712; d. 1744; buried at Monk’s Horton.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.1 MATTHEW ROBINSON, b. April 6,
| | | | | |1713; bap. at York, April 12, 1713. Educated at
| | | | | |Trinity Hall, Cambridge; graduated 1734; became a
| | | | | |Fellow; elected M.P. for Canterbury, July 1, 1747;
| | | | | |re-elected, 1754; between these dates assumed the
| | | | | |additional name of Morris, on inheriting his mother’s
| | | | | |property at Mount Morris, near Hythe, Kent;
| | | | | |d. Nov. 30, 1800; buried at Monk’s Horton, Dec. 8,
| | | | | |_ætat_ 87. Became 2nd Baron of Rokeby on the death of
| | | | | |his cousin, the Archbishop of Armagh, in 1794. Author
| | | | | |of several political pamphlets.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.2 THOMAS ROBINSON, barrister of
| | | | | |Lincoln’s Inn, b. 1714. Wrote a treatise on
| | | | | |_Gavelkind_ and borough English in 1741, of which
| | | | | |there have been three or more editions. d. 1747;
| | | | | |unmarried.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.3 MORRIS ROBINSON, of Lincoln’s Inn
| | | | | |Fields and of the Six Clerks’ Office, b. 1715; d. in
| | | | | |Dublin, 1777, _ætat_ 61; buried in Armagh
| | | | | |Cathedral. He was solicitor in Chancery and agent to
| | | | | |John, Duke of Montagu, etc.
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| | | | | |JANE GREENLAND, dau. of John Greenland, of Lovelace,
| | | | | |co. Kent, and his wife, _née_ Jane Waller, of
| | | | | |Kingsgate House, Rolveden, Kent.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.3.1 MORRIS ROBINSON, b. July 14,
| | | | | | |1757; bap. in the parish of St. Andrew’s, Holborn;
| | | | | | |barrister of the Middle Temple; succeeded his
| | | | | | |uncle, Matthew, as 3rd Baron Rokeby, in 1800. He
| | | | | | |died, unmarried, in 1829, _ætat_ 71.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.3.2 MATTHEW MONTAGU, b. Nov. 23,
| | | | | |1762; bap. at St. Andrew’s, Holborn; assumed the
| | | | | |name and arms of Montagu by virtue of the King’s
| | | | | |Sign Manual, June 3, 1776, and Dec. 21, 1776; M.P.
| | | | | |for Tregony, Cornwall, 1788 to 1790, then for St.
| | | | | |Germans; became 4th Baron Rokeby in 1829. Died at
| | | | | |Montagu House, Sept. 1, 1837, _ætat_ 68.
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| | | | | |ELIZABETH CHARLTON, sole heir of Francis Charlton,
| | | | | |by his wife, _née_ Elizabeth Southby; m. July 9,
| | | | | |1785; d. March 7, 1817, leaving thirteen surviving
| | | | | |children. Her grandmother was of royal descent from
| | | | | |Edward I. and Edward III.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.4 ROBERT ROBINSON, a captain in the
| | | | | |East India service; d. in China, 1756; unmarried.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5 The REV. WILLIAM ROBINSON, b.
| | | | | |1726. Educated at Westminster and St. John’s College,
| | | | | |Cambridge; m. in 1760; Rector of Denton, Kent; lived
| | | | | |at Denton Court, Kent, from Nov. 23, 1764 to 1785;
| | | | | |Rector of Burghfield, Berks; died there Sept. 9,
| | | | | |1803, _ætat_ 76. He was the great friend of the poet
| | | | | |Gray.
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| | | | | |MARY RICHARDSON, dau. of Adam Richardson, and heiress
| | | | | |of her father and brother, William Richardson, of
| | | | | |Kensington. She died April 8, 1789, _ætat_ 64,
| | | | | |leaving one son and two daughters.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5.1 REV. MATTHEW ROBINSON, Rector
| | | | | | |of Coveney and Manea, Cambs.; d. Aug. 10, 1827, at
| | | | | | |Burghfield, Berks., where he had succeeded his
| | | | | | |father as rector. Unmarried.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5.2 SARAH.
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| | | | | | |SAMUEL TRUMAN.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5.3 MARY.
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| | | | | |SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES, as his second
| | | | | |wife; several children by him.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.6 JOHN ROBINSON, Fellow of Trinity
| | | | | |Hall, Cambridge; d. 1800; unmarried.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.7 CHARLES ROBINSON,
| | | | | |b. 1733; Recorder of Canterbury in 1763, and M.P. for
| | | | | |same 1780 to 1790; d. 1807.
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| | | | | |MARY, 2nd dau. of John Greenland, and sister of
| | | | | |Mrs. Morris Robinson. She was a wealthy widow. 1st
| | | | | |husband, R. Dukes, Esq.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.7.1 SARAH, an only child.
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| | | | | |WILLIAM HOUGHAM, of Barton Court, Kent.
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| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.8 ELIZABETH ROBINSON, b. Oct. 2,
| | | | | |1720, at York; m. Aug. 5, 1742; d. Aug. 25, 1800, at
| | | | | |Montagu House, Portman Square, in her 80th year.
| | | | | |Elizabeth was the eldest daughter, but the fourth
| | | | | |child of her parents.
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| | | | | |EDWARD MONTAGU, son by second marriage of Charles
| | | | | |Montagu, 5th son of 1st Earl of Sandwich. His mother,
| | | | | |_née_ Sarah Rogers, of East Denton,
| | | | | |Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. He was born on
| | | | | |Nov. 13, 1692; d. May 20, 1775, _ætat_ 83.
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| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.8.1 JOHN MONTAGU, nicknamed
| | | | | |“Punch,” b. May, 1743; died at Allerthorpe, Yorks,
| | | | | |the end of August, 1744, aged 15 months. Buried at
| | | | | |Burneston, Yorks, but afterwards removed to
| | | | | |Winchester Cathedral, and reinterred with his
| | | | | |parents by order of his mother’s will.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.9 SARAH ROBINSON, b. Sep. 21, 1723;
| | | | |m., 1751, George Lewis Scott, a barrister, son of
| | | | |George Scott, of Bristow, N.B., by his wife, _née_
| | | | |Marion Stewart. Mrs. Scott died at Catton, Norwich,
| | | | |Nov. 3, 1795, without issue. She was authoress of
| | | | |_Millennium Hall_ and other works.
| | | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.2 THOMAS, R.N., died without issue.
| | | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.3 LEONARD, died unmarried.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.2 DEBORAH.
| | | | =
| | | |THOMAS BAKER, of Westminster. Consul at Algiers in 1698.
| | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.2.1 HONOR.
| | | | | =
| | | | |WILLIAM CHETWYND, afterwards 3rd Viscount Chetwynd.
| | | | +----
| | | |
| | | +----
| | | |1st, GIBBONS, Esq.
| | | | = +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.3 FRANCES. |1.2.1.1.1.7.3.1 LEONARD.
| | | | = --------------------------|1.2.1.1.1.7.3.2 JOHN
| | | |2nd, BOURNE, Esq. +----
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.4 MARY
| | | | =
| | | |WILLIAM SNELL, Esq.
| | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.4.1 JAMES.
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.4.2 WILLIAM.
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.4.3 DEBORAH.
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.4.4 ANNE.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.5 SARAH
| | | | =
| | | |THOMAS KNIGHT, of Barrels, Warwickshire.
| | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.5.1 ROBINSON KNIGHT, a barrister.
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.5.2 DEBORAH.
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.5.3 SARAH.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.6 MARGARET.
| | | =
| | |ELMES SPINKS.
| | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.6.1 ELMES SPINKS.
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.6.2 DEBORAH.
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.6.3 SARAH.
| | +----
| |
| | +----
| +-|1.2.1.1.2 The REV. JOHN ROBINSON, Vicar of Burneston,
| | |Yorks.
| | | =
| | |CATHERINE, dau. of Dr. Wilson.
| | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.2.1 WILLIAM ROBINSON, bap. Feb. 14, 1636,
| | |ob. _s.p._
| | +----
| |
| | +----
| | |PERCIVAL PHILIPS
| | |(1st husband), of
| | |Wensleydale, +---- co-heiresses.
| | |Co. York. |1.2.1.1.3.1 MARY.
| | | = -----------------------------|1.2.1.1.3.2 LUCY.
| +-|1.2.1.1.3. |1.2.1.1.3.3 ANNE.
| |CATHERINE ROBINSON +----
| |Hers the first
| |marriage at Rokeby in 1613. +----
| | = -----------------------------|1.2.1.1.3.4 WILLIAM,
| |RICHARD SMITH |and other issue.
| |(2nd husband), of Cottingham. +----
| |Second marriage took place
| |at Rokeby, Oct. 1, 1626.
| +----
|
| +----
+-|1.2.2 HENRY ROBINSON, a citizen of London; bought
| |Cranstay, Northamptonshire, from Sir Thomas Cecil; d. 1585; left
| |issue.
| | =
| |ALICE WILKES, dau. of Thomas Wilkes, of Islington; she
| |died 1613. She married, secondly, William Elkin; thirdly, Thomas
| |Owen, Judge of Common Pleas.
| +----
| |
| | +----
| +-|1.2.2.1 SIR HENRY ROBINSON, of Cranstay, d. 1637.
| | =
| |MARY, daughter of Sir William Glover.
| +----
| |
| | +----
| +-|1.2.2.1.1 HENRY, b. 1625.
| | =
| |ANNE BIRCH, by whom he had three sons and one
| |daughter.
| +----
|
| +----
+-|1.2.3 URSULA ROBINSON.
| =
|THOMAS MORE, a London merchant.
+----

Transcribers’ Note

Variant spelling, inconsistent hyphenation, punctuation and spelling are retained, however a few changes have been made to correct apparent errors, these are listed below.

Page headings have been moved to appropriate positions. Dates from these headings have been retained for each new year. Both page headings and years are shown here in square brackets.

Footnotes have been moved to end of the paragraph or letter to which they refer.

In captions of illustrations, “Mr.” “Mrs.” “1st.” were originally printed with all but the first character as superscripts, and variant spellings of “née” have been standardized.

In the printed book there were a few blanks where characters or parts of characters did not print. These have been corrected.

The Robinson Pedigree chart was printed on a loose sheet of paper, and inserted inside the back cover of the book. It has been rearranged to fit within the confines of this file. Entries have been numbered.

A copy of the index from the end of Volume Two has been included here. In the index punctuation, the use of volume numbers, and the use of italics have been standardized.

Other changes that have been made:

Page 14: “be” changed to “he” in “he brought me out a whole face”.

Page 74: “perferment” changed to “preferment” in “prospect of better preferment”.

Footnote 214: “Freind” changed from “Friend” in “Mrs. Freind’s brother”.

Page 167: the paragraph starting “Last night in the middle of the dancing” has been formatted as an extract from a letter.

Page 266: “neé” changed to “née”.

Footnote 476: “Febuary” changed to “February”.

The following have been left as printed:

Page 264: Apostrophe left as printed in “the Lady Stanhopes’”

Robertson Pedigree: In the entry for Thomas Robinson, bap. May 16, 1635, his year of death has been changed from 1655 to 1635. In the entry for Elizabeth Robinson, daughter of Councillor Robert Drake, “heir of” was originally repeated. William Robinson’s year of birth has been changed from 1720 to 1726.

The following changes have been made to the entries in the Index:

“Fitz-Adam, Adam”: “FitzAdam” changed to “Fitz-Adam”.

“Hawkesworth, LL.D., John, _Oriental Tales_”: “Hawksworth” changed to “Hawkesworth”, and the entry has been moved up one to keep it in alphabetic order.

“Helvetius, Claud Adrien, _De l’Esprit_”: “Adrian” changed to “Adrien”.

“Lyttelton, Sir George, 1st Lord,”: sub-entry for “a pea” changed to “a peer”.

“Thanet, Sackville Tufton”: “Tutton” changed to “Tufton”.

“Place, Rev. Conyers”, the reference has been changed from volume ii. to volume i.