Chapter V (4)
Quarle, _Emblems_, i. 73
Quebec, taken by English, ii. 171, 172
Queensberry, Catherine Hyde, Duchess of (Prior’s “Kitty”), i. 57, 63
Queensberry, Charles, 3rd Duke of, i. _57_, _63_, 286
Queensborough, Duke of, i. 249
Quin, the actor, i. 47;
as “Falstaffe,” i. 237
R
Ramsay, Allan, poet, _The Gentle Shepherd_, etc., ii. 195
Ramsay, Allan (son of above), portrait painter, i. 279; ii. 147, 195,
211
Ramsay, Mrs. Allan, ii. 195
Ramsay, Dr., ii. 133
Ranelagh, a masquerade at, i. 264
Ravensworth, Lord, ii. 138, 165, 201
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his portrait of Lord Bath, ii. 258, 268, 269
Rich, Field Marshal Sir Robert, _ii. 72_
Richardson, Adam, ii. 183, 184, 229
Richardson, Miss M. (afterwards Mrs. William Robinson), ii. 183, 184
Richardson, Samuel, _Sir Charles Grandison_, _Pamela_,
_Clarissa Harlowe_, etc., i. 258; ii. 46, 250, _260_
Richmond, Charles, 2nd Duke of, i. 100; ii. 97
Richmond, 7th Duke of, i. 216, 218
Ridley, Mayor of Newcastle, i. 210
Risback, ii. 168
Rivers, George Pitt, Lord, _i. 265_
Rivers, Pitt, of Stratfieldsaye, i. 151
Rivington, Mr., ii. 208
Roberts, E. Sage, ii. 48
Robertson of Strowan, 7th Baron, i. 2
Robertson, William, of Kendal, i. 2
Robertsons of Struan, or Strowan, the, i. 1
Robinson, Charles, “Poor Pigg” (brother), i. 5, 121, 130, 131, 136,
139, 182, 224, 262, 272; ii. 52
Robinson, Deborah, Lady (_née_ Collet), i. 2
Robinson, George, i. 216
Robinson, Grace, afterwards Mrs. William Freind, _q.v._
Robinson, Henry (brother of above), i. 80
Robinson, Henry, of Kendal, i. 2
Robinson, John (brother), i. 5, 121, 130, 131, 136, 139, 247, 253,
258; ii. 7
Robinson, Sir Leonard, i. 2, 4
Robinson, Matthew (father), i. 2, 3, 6, 11, 14, 16, 34, 76, 118, 129,
219, 232, 243; ii. 23, 156;
his letter to his daughter Elizabeth, i. 237;
Elizabeth’s letters to, i. 54, 62, 104, 236, 287; ii. 201
Robinson, Mrs. Matthew, Elizabeth Drake (mother), i. 4, 7, 34, 35,
149, 215, 227;
her letters to her daughter Elizabeth, i. 176, 180–182, 196, 198,
222, 225;
Elizabeth’s letters to, i. 46, 48, 50, 61, 87, 88, 93, 94, 116, 141,
180, 226
Robinson, Matthew (brother), afterwards 2nd Baron Rokeby, i. 5, 34,
70, 74, 83, 84, 86, 87, 91, 129, 186, 229, 240, 259, 265, 270,
282, 291; ii. 14, 65, 69, 93;
M.P. for Canterbury, i. 252, 253;
presents address to George III., ii. 228;
his letters to his sister Elizabeth, i. 73, 77, 260
Robinson, Rev. Dr. Matthew, i. 122
Robinson, Matthew (son of Morris), 4th Baron Rokeby, i. 1, 6, 254;
ii. 92, 174
Robinson, Morris (brother), i. 5, 107, 129, 166, 174, 187, 233, 235;
ii. 13, 49, 92, 123, 129, 152, 184, 191, 228
Robinson, Mrs. Morris (Jane Greenland), ii. 92, 111, 184
Robinson, Morris (son of above), 3rd Baron Rokeby, ii. 111
Robinson, Ralph, i. 2
Robinson, Rev. Dr. Richard (cousin), Archbishop of Armagh, 1st Baron
Rokeby, ii. 2
Robinson, Captain Robert (brother), i. 5, 18, 24, 47, 128, 131, 182,
224, 233, 262, 266, 279, 282; ii. 10, 88
Robinson, Sarah (sister), afterwards Mrs. George Lewis Scott, “Pea,”
i. 5, 21, 34, 37, 78, 117, 135, 143, 146, 148, 158, 163–165,
174, 194, 195, 208, 213, 224, 252, 256, 260, 266, 293; ii. 10,
52, 87, 88, 93, 94, 105, 266;
engagement, i. 270;
marriage, i. 284;
and separation, ii. 5–7, 44;
her daily life at Bath Easton, ii. 78, 79;
_Millenium Hall, by a_ Gentleman _on his Travels_, _ii. 79_;
her letters to her sister Elizabeth, i. 64, 164, 166–168, 219, 280;
ii. 59, 97, 144;
Elizabeth’s letters to, i. 45–47, 53, 56, 60, 61, 63, 65, 74, 88–90,
95–97, 108, 149, 165, 178, 183, 184, 186, 187, 215, 248, 258,
262, 264, 271, 279; ii. 1, 20, 29, 33, 54, 58, 67, 69, 75, 79,
86, 118, 184, 246
Robinson, Sir Septimus, i. 177; ii. 2
Robinson, “Short” Sir Thomas, Lord Grantham, i. 259, 260, 277, 288
Robinson, Lady (wife of above), i. 277
Robinson, “Long” Sir Thomas, i. 2, 30, 47, 100, 112, 123; ii. 2, 42,
275–277
Robinson, Thomas, i. 2, 3
Robinson, Thomas (brother), _Common Law of Kent, or Customs of
Gavelkind_, i. 5, 32, 97, 129, 137, 140, 251, 254, 255
Robinson, Mrs. Thomas (afterwards Mrs. Anthony Light), i. 55
Robinson, Ursula, i. 2
Robinson of Rokeby, William, i. 2, 177; ii. 2
Robinson, Rev. William (brother), i. 5, 121, 130, 131, 136, 139, 247,
253, 258, 285;
Rector of Burghfield, Berks, ii. 1, 2, 9, 87, _93_, 183, 184, 229,
270
Robinson, Mrs. William (wife of above), _née_ Richardson, ii. 183,
184, 229
Robinson, Sir William (cousin), ii. 2
Robinsons and Sternes, pedigree of the, i. 3
Rochester, Earl of, ii. 113
Roger family of Oxwell Park, _ii. 37_
Rogers, a grocer, ii. 100
Rogers, John, of Newcastle, i. 111, 144, 145
Rogers, Mrs. John (Sarah Cock), i. 111
Rogers, Junr., John, i. 144–147, 151, 234, 285, 289, 290; ii. 17, 51,
53, 128, 129, 151, 201
Rogers, Junr., Mrs. John (Anne Delaval), ii. 129
Rogers, Mrs. Elizabeth, ii. 129
Rogers, Sarah (Mrs. Charles Montagu), i. 111, 144
Rokeby, Sir Thomas, i. 2
Rokeby, Rev. Dr. Richard Robinson, 1st Baron, Bishop of Killala,
afterwards Archbishop of Armagh, ii. 2
Rokeby, Matthew, 2nd Baron. _See_ Robinson, Matthew (brother)
Rokeby, Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron, ii. 111
Rokeby, Matthew Robinson, 4th Baron, i. 1, 6, 254; ii. 92, 174
Rolfe, Rev. Edmund, ii. 98
Rolfe, Mrs. (_née_ Alexander), ii. 98
Rollin, ii. 25
Rolt, Mrs., i. 202, 203
Romney, 2nd Baron, i. 275; ii. 77
Romney, Lady (Priscilla Pym), i. 275, 284; ii. 77
Romney Marsh, i. 223
Rook, Mrs., i. 128
Rooke, Heyman, _i. 4_
Rosbach, battle of, ii. 122
Rosebery, Lord, _i. 235_
Roubilliac, Louis François, sculptor, ii. 35, 36;
his bust of Shakespeare, _ii. 130_
Rousseau, ii. 159
Rowe, Nicholas, Poet Laureate, _Fair Penitent_, i. 177
Royston, Lord, afterwards 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, ii. 127, 217
Rush, Lady, i. 246
Russia, revolution in (1741), i. 95
Russians, defeated by Frederick the Great at Zorndorff, ii. 142
Rust, Mr., travelling companion to Mr. Hoare’s son, ii. 206
Rutland, 3rd Duke of, i. 216
Ryder, Sir Dudley and Lady, i. 277
S
Sackville, Lady Caroline (afterwards Countess of Dorchester), i. 53
Sackville, Lord George (afterwards Lord George Germaine), ii. 165,
212, 216
St. Albans, 1st Duke of, _i. 80_
St. Evremont, ii. 113
Saint Germain, Comte de, French General, i. 222
St. Lazare, i. 80
St. Malo, attempted invasion of France at, ii. 126–127
St. Real, C. V. de, i. 70
Sallier, Abbé, ii. 257
Sandford, Lieutenant, i. 80
Sandleford Priory, Berks, i. 150–152; ii. 278–280
Sandwich, 1st Earl of, Lord High Admiral of the Fleet to Charles II.,
i. _51_, 111, 151, 237;
Lely’s portrait of, ii. 249
Sandwich, 3rd Earl of, ii. 113
Sandwich, John, 4th Earl of, “Jemmy Twitcher,” i. 87, _138_, 174, 218,
219, 238, 240, 243, 244, 259–261, 265, 266, 268, 270, 286;
ii. 33, 39, 69, 113, 230
Sandwich, John Montagu, 5th Earl of, i. 138, 271; ii. 113, 232
Sandwich, Dowager Countess of (Elizabeth Wilmot), ii. 113
Sandwich, Dorothy, Lady (_née_ Fane), i. 87, 138, 218, 244, 259–261,
265, 266, 269, 271; ii. 51, 69, 76, 113;
her letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 103
Sandys of Ombersley, Samuel, 1st Baron, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
i. 102, 105, 130
Sandys, Dr., i. 33, 45, 48, 54, 61, 98, 127, 138, 160
Saumaize, M., i. 86
Saunders, Admiral, ii. 89
Savernake Forest House (Lord Bruce’s), i. 250
Saxes, Maurice, Comte de, Field Marshal of France, i. 175
Scarborough, 3rd Earl of, _i. 63_
Scarborough, Lady, i. 63
Scarron, Paul, French satirist, _Le Roman comique_, etc., i. 38;
ii. 19
Scheemackers, sculptor, i. 190
Schulenburg, Count, ii. 154
Scotland, the 1745 rising in, i. 205–209, 214, 215
Scott, Mrs., of Scott’s Hall, i. 35, 86; ii. 15
Scott, “Cally” (afterwards Mrs. T. Best), i. 86, 103, 121, 184
Scott, Cecilia, i. 86
Scott, George, of Bristo, Scotland, i. 206
Scott, George Lewis, i. 206, 211, 213, 219, 260, 280, 287, 292, 293;
engagement, i. 270;
marriage, i. 284;
and separation, ii. 5–7, 44;
dismissed from tutorship to the Princes, ii. 20;
Commissioner of the Excise, ii. 97
Scott, Mrs. George Lewis. _See_ Robinson, Sarah
Scudamore, Miss (Mrs. Scudamore), ii. 72, 185
Secker, Thomas, Bishop of Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury,
i. 71; ii. 42, 160, 260
Secker, Mrs. Thomas, i. 71
Selwyn, George, ii. 252
Severn river, ii. 112
Sevigné, Madame de, _Letters_, ii. 68
Shadwell, Sir John and Lady, i. 50
Shaftesbury, 3rd Earl of, _Characteristics_, i. 138; ii. 18
Shaftoe, Mr., ii. 202
Shakespeare, _As You Like It_, i. 47;
_King Lear_, i. 253;
_Hamlet_, ii. 20;
Roubilliac’s bust of, _ii. 130_;
his Plays compared with Greek Plays, ii. 206
Shaw, Dr., of Tunbridge Wells, i. 289; ii. 11, 17
Shaw, Dr. Thomas, Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford, traveller,
botanist, antiquary, etc., i. 44, 189, 236, 258, 259, 288;
ii. 88, 90, 121
Sheep Leas (Mr. Weston’s place), ii. 75
Shelley, Mrs., ii. 261
Shenstone, William, poet, ii. 135
Sherlock, Thomas, Bishop of Salisbury, and of London, i. 249, 269,
284; ii. 2, 3, 42, 43, 54, 55, 73, 77, 132, 147, 194, 220;
his letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 198;
his letter to George III., ii. 221
Sherlock, Mrs. T., i. 249, 269; ii. 3, 42, 147
Shirley, Lady F., i. 35
Shobbington family, the, _i. 49_
Shrewsbury, Lord, ii. 2
Shuttleworth, Mrs., i. 160; ii. 6
Sidney, Sir Philip, _Arcadia_, i. 56, _249_
Skerrit, Miss, i. 100, 101
Skipper, Mr., i. 105
Skipton, Dr., i. 82
Sleidan, _History of the Reformation_, i. 124
Sloane, Sir Hans, and his Museum, i. 103, 128; ii. 26, 98, 186, 243
Sloper, Simon Adolphus, of West Woodhay House, i. 166, 242
Smallpox, inoculation for, i. _35_, 149, 158
Smith, Dr. Robert, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, founder of
“Smith’s Prize,” i. 200; ii. 35, 36
Smith, Sir Sidney, ii. 140, 247
Smollett, _Peregrine Pickle_, ii. 2
Smythe, Dr., ii. 250
Solis, Antonio de, _History of the Conquest of Mexico_, ii. 135
Somerset, Earl of Hertford, afterwards Duke of, i. 260
Somerset, Charles, 6th Duke of (“The Proud Duke”), _i. 269_
Somerset, Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of, ii. 101
Somerset, Duchess of (Lady Algernon Seymour), ii. 101
Somerset, Edward Adolphus, 11th Duke of, _i. 49_
Somerset, Lord Noel, afterwards 4th Duke of Beaufort, i. 39, 41, 42
Sophia, Princess, George I.’s daughter, i. 206
Sophocles, _Œdipus Coloneus_, ii. 191;
_Philoctetes_, ii. 206
Soubise, Prince, ii. 122
South Lodge, Enfield (Pitt’s house), ii. 8–10
Southwell, Right Hon. Edward, i. 40, _253_, 293
Southwell, Mrs. Edward, i. 253, 293; ii. 80, 84, 107, 111, 164
Southwell, Sir Thomas, _i. 40_
_Spectator_, the, i. 39
Speed, Miss, ii. 71
Spencer, Hon. John, i. 95, 195
Spencer, Mrs., i. 195
Spencer, Georgina, Lady, ii. 147, 148
Spencer, John, 1st Earl, ii. 148
Spencer, George John, 2nd Earl, ii. 148
Spinckes, Miss, i. 87
Spirit Tax, 1742–43, i. 174
Squire, Mr., i. 216
Stamford and Warrington, Henrietta, Countess of, i. 19
Standen, i. 241
Stanhope, Mr., i. 201; ii. 123
Stanhope, Captain, ii. 182
Stanhope, Sir Charles, ii. 101
Stanhope, the Ladies, daughters of 1st Viscount Stanhope, i. 264
Stanhope, Lady Hester, _ii. 82_
Stanhope, Lady Lucy, i. 255
Stanhope, Philip, 2nd Earl of, i. 18
Stanhope, 1st Viscount, _i. 264_
Stanley, Anne, afterwards Lady Mendip, ii. 186, 193
Stanley, Sarah, Mrs. Charles D’Oyley, ii. 186, 193
Stanley, Right Hon. Hans, of Paultons, Hants, Lord of the Admiralty,
ii. 186, 220
Stanley, Mrs., ii. 45, 186
Stanley, D., his letter to the Duke of Montagu, i. 216
Stanley, Anne, Lady (_née_ Granville), _i. 46_
Stanley, Sir John, i. 46, 101
Sterne, Jacob, i. 75
Sterne, Rev. Laurence, i. 3, 55, 73–75;
_Tristram Shandy_, ii. 174, 268–270;
his letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 175;
his “memorandums,” ii. 270
Sterne, Mrs. Laurence (_née_ Lumley), i. 3, 55, 73–75, 84, 230;
her letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 27, 176
Sterne, Miss Lydia, Mrs. Montagu’s godchild, i. 90; ii. 28
Sterne, Richard, Archbishop of York, _i. 75_
Sternes and Robinsons, pedigree of, i. 3
Steuart, Edward, ii. 128
Stevens, Captain, ii. 83
Stevens, George, his edition of _Shakespeare_, ii. 105–107
Stewart, Captain, i. 206, 212
Stewart, Sir James, Lord Advocate of Scotland, i. 206
Stillingfleet, Edward, Bishop of Worcester, _Eirenicon_, ii. 128
Stillingfleet, Dr. Benjamin (_Cabinet of Flora_, etc.), ii. 73, 86,
93, 95, 98, 99, 102, 160;
his letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 104, 185, 250;
Mrs. Montagu’s letters to, ii. 114, 117, 127, 136, 149
Stonehenge, i. 249
Stonelands (now called “Buckhurst”), Duke of Dorset’s seat in Surrey,
ii. 37
Strafford, Anne, Lady (2nd Duke of Argyll’s daughter), ii. 233
Strathmore, John Lyon, 7th Earl of, ii. 180
Stuart, James (“Athenian” Stuart), _The Antiquities of Athens_,
ii. 150, 232
Stuart, Mrs., ii. 146
Suffolk, 11th Earl of, _i. 144_
Suffolk, Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of, i. 39
Suffolk, Lady, i. 229
Sugar, proposed tax on, i. 174
Sully, Duc de, _Memoires_, i. 281; ii. 18
Sunderland, ii. 139
Sunderland, Charles, Earl of, _i. 162_
Sunderland, 4th Earl of, i. 233
Sunderland, Lady (Judith Tichborne), afterwards wife of Sir Robert
Sutton, i. 162, 233
Sundon, William Clayton, Baron, i. 80
Sussex privateers, i. 212
Sutton, Right Hon. Sir Robert, i. _162_, 232, 246
Sutton, Miss, i. 233
Swale river, i. 122
Swift, Dean, i. 7, 25, 41, 153, _184_, 196; ii. 2, 85;
_Letters_, i. 89;
_Four Last Years of Queen Anne_, i. 104;
his Yahoos, i. 113;
“Friend, you make the very crowd you blame,” i. 288;
_Life and Writings_, ii. 18
T
Taafe, Mr., i. 287
Talbot, Edward, Bishop of Durham, i. 71, 234, 290; _ii. 113_
Talbot, Mrs., ii. 113, 266
Talbot, Miss, i. 71; ii. 160, 212
Talbot, D.D., Rev. W., _i. 71_
Talbot, William, 2nd Baron, afterwards Earl Talbot and Baron Dinevor,
i. 104, 266
Talbot, Mary, Lady (_née_ de Cardonnel), i. 266, 268, 269; ii. 259
Tanfield of Calthorpe, i. 213
Tatton, Miss, i. 46
Tar water, i. 235
Tavora, Marquis of, ii. 158, 180
Tavora, Marchioness of, ii. 180
Taylor, _Perspective_, i. 252
Taylor’s _Sermons_, ii. 121
Temple, Penelope (Mrs. M. Berenger), i. 284
Temple, Richard Grenville, Earl, ii. 22, 64, 85, 95, 127, 262, 265
Temple, Lady, ii. 60
Temple, Sir Richard, of Stowe, i. 278
Temple, Sir William, i. 184
Tennison, Mrs., i. 35
Thanet, 7th Earl of, i. 19, 22, _64_
Thanet, Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of, i. 22
Thanet, Mary, Lady, i. 18–21, 29, 86
Thompson, Mr., of Coley Park, Berkshire, ii. 15
Thompson, E., Resident in Paris, i. 175
Thomson, James, _Seasons_, i. 54, 177;
_Tancred and Sigismund_, i. 236
Throckmorton, Lady, i. 48
Throckmorton, Sir Robert, 4th Baronet, i. 48
Thynn, J., i. 50
Tillotson, John, Archbishop of Canterbury, ii. 20
Titchfield, Marquis of, i. 26, 28, 295; ii. 80
Tonbridge Castle, i. 204
Topham, Dr., ii. 174
Torgau, battle of, ii. 225
Torriano, Samuel, i. 277; ii. 72, 73, 86, 95, 99, 160, 175, 176, 185,
190;
his letter to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 97
Torriano, Mrs. (_née_ Scudamore), ii. 72, 185
Townsend, Charles, ii. 84
Townsend’s _Translation of the Conquest of Mexico_, i. 259
Townshend, General, ii. 171
Townshend, George, 4th Viscount and Marquis, ii. 220
Townshend, Lady, ii. 171
Traill, _Life of Laurence Sterne_ in the _Englishmen of Letters_
series, _i. 74_; ii. 174
Travers, Robert, _i. 270_
Travers, Mrs. Robert (Kitty Gunning), i. 270
Travile, Mrs. Montagu’s lady’s-maid, ii. 76–78, 82
Trelawney, i. 107
Trentham, Lord, i. 286
Trevor, 2nd Baron, _ii. 152_
Trevor, Mrs. G., i. 255
Trevor, Mrs. John Morley (_née_ Montagu), i. 264
Tufton, Lady Mary, i. 64
Tull, Jethro, inventor of the four-wheeled post-chaise, i. 266
Tullibardine, William Murray, Marquis of, i. 231
Tunbridge Wells, i. 9, 17, 199, 202, 269; ii. 11
Turner, M.P. for Yorkshire, i. 209
Turvin, Lieutenant, i. 80
Twisden, Sir Roger, ii. 188
Twycross, Captain, i. 135, 141, 213
Tyers, Mr., ii. 52
V
Vaillante, bookseller, i. 275
Valentia, Arthur, Viscount, i. 253
Valentia, Lucy, Viscountess (_née_ Lyttelton), i. 253; ii. 95
Vanburgh, Mr., i. 167
Vandyck, i. 249
Vane, Anne, Lady (_née_ Hawes), afterwards Lady William Hamilton,
ii. 2
Vane, Lord, _ii. 2_
Vanharen, Mr., i. 261
Vaughan, chair of, a sedan chair, ii. 6
Ventriloquism, ii. 40
Vere, Baron, of Hanworth, ii. 45
Verney, Mrs., i. 45
Vernon, Admiral, i. 58, 79, 91, 97, 107, 208, 222, 224
Vertue, George, engraver, etc., i. 62
Vesey, Agmondesham, M.P. for Harris Town, i. 267; ii. 214
Vesey, Mrs. A. (formerly Mrs. William Handcock), i. 267; ii. 73, 77,
_192_, 214, 268
Vesey, Sir Thomas, Bishop of Ossory, i. 267
Viper broth, ii. 151
Voltaire, i. 207; ii. 19, 120, 163;
_L’Orphelin de la Chine_, ii. 85;
_Tancred_, ii. 233;
Dr. Young on, ii. 257
Vourse, Mr., ii. 4
W
Wade, Field Marshal George, i. 177, 207, 208, 212, 214, 216
Wadman, Mrs., i. 166
Waldegrave, 2nd Earl, ii. 160
Waldegrave, Maria, Countess (_née_ Walpole), afterwards Duchess of
Gloucester, ii. 160
Wales, Frederick, Prince of, i. 95, 99, 280
Wales, Augusta of Saxe Gotha, Princess Frederick of, i. 103, 284;
ii. 17, 44, 83, 84, 97, 214, 217, 249, 251
Wall, Dr. John, founder of porcelain manufactory at Worcester, ii. 104
Waller, the poet, i. 108
Wallingford, Lady (Mary Katherine Law), i. 22, 25, 33, 35, 44, 48,
160, 196, 199, 235
Wallingford, Lord, i. 22, 48, 49
Walmoden, Amelia S. de, created Lady Yarmouth, ii. 126
Walnut medicine, i. 215
Walpole, Sir Edward, i. 28, 29, _156_; ii. 160
Walpole, Horace, i. _28_, 33, 124; ii. 24, 38, 114, 207;
_Letters to Sir Horace Mann_, i. _264_, 274, 287;
_Letter to George Montagu_, i. 267, 275; ii. 67, 177;
_Memoir of the Reign of George III._, ii. 44;
_Memoir of George I._, ii. 178
Walpole, Sir Robert (Earl of Orford), i. _28_, 94, 99, 100
Walton, Miss, i. 8
Warburton, Colonel, ii. 76
Warburton, Dr. William, Bishop of Gloucester, _Pope’s Works_, ii. 18;
on Lord Bolingbroke, ii. 61, 63
Watson, R.A., Colonel, i. 80
Webster, attorney in Cheapside, ii. 100
Wedderburn, Sir John, ii. 195
Weller, Jane (Mrs. Greenland), ii. 92
Wells and Hartley, i. 181
Wemyss, James, 5th Earl of, i. 177
Wentworth, M.P. for York City, i. 107, 209
Wentworth, Edward, 9th Baron, i. 201
Wentworth, General, i. 210
Weser river, ii. 109
Wesley, or Wellesley, Garrett, 1st Earl Mornington, i. 169; ii. 80
West, LL.D., Gilbert T., “Tubby,” i. 278, 279, 288; ii. 1, 11, 12, 38,
40, 72;
translation of _Pindar_, i. 90;
and of Lucian’s _Triumph of the Gout_, i. 283; ii. 47;
Clerk of the Privy Council, ii. 4;
introduces Bower to. Mrs. Montagu, ii. 163;
his “evergreen-nevergreen” garden, ii. 19;
Paymaster to Chelsea Hospital, ii. 51, 52, 85;
death of son, ii. 68;
his death, ii. 86, 87;
his letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 9, 24, 28, 30–32, 42–44, 54, 57,
63, 71, 77, 81;
Mrs. Montagu’s letters to, i. 294, 295; ii. 8, 9, 17, 19, 20, 25,
41, 43, 46, 47, 55, 60, 61, 65, 71, 73, 74, 78, 82, 83, 86
West, Mrs. Gilbert T. (Catherine Bartlett), i. 90, 278, 279; ii. 1, 4,
10, 16, 18, 30, 32, 40, 63, 68, 71, 86, 88;
letter from Mrs. Montagu, ii. 21
West, Maria (Viscountess Bridport), i. 278; ii. 10, 23, 30, 32, 40,
57, 86, 87, 92, 115, 135
West, Dr. Richard, i. 278
West, Richard, ii. 12, 25, 38, 54, 63, 68, 71
West, Admiral Temple, ii. 1, 57, 83, 87, 89, 90
West, Mrs. Temple, ii. 22
Westcote, of Ballymore, William Henry, Baron, i. 284; ii. 32;
Governor of South Carolina, ii. 68, 78;
Governor of Jamaica, ii. 182
Westmorland, Lord, i. 90, 104
Wey Hill Fair, ii. 57
Weymouth, Lady, i. 50
Wharton, Duke of, i. 60
Wheatears, i. 160, 200, 286; ii. 197
Whiston, Mr., ii. 223
Whitehead, Paul, ii. 84
Widdrington, Lady, i. 39
Willes, John, Lord Chief Justice, i. 222; ii. 217
William Rufus, i. 204, 247
William of Wickham, i. 247
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury, ii. _115_, 124
Williams, Lady Frances, ii. 115, 124, 162, 216, 247
Williams, Mrs., ii. 161, 162
Williamson, Mr., i. 142
Wilmington, Earl of, i. 100
Wilmot, Elizabeth (Countess Sandwich), ii. 113
Wilmot, Dr., i. 162, 254
Wilson, Dr., ii. 217
Wilton House, Lord Pembroke’s place, i. 249
Wimpole, Lord Oxford’s seat, i. 7
Winchester, Dr., ii. 17
Winchester Cathedral, i. 247
Winchilsea, Lady (Molly Palmer), i. 21
Winchilsea, Daniel, 7th Earl of, i. 21
Winchilsea, Daniel, 8th Earl of, i. 102
Windsor, Lord, i. 166
Windsors, Miss, i. 39
Winnington, Mr., i. 100
Witney blankets, i. 179
Woffington, Margaret, i. 92, 93
Wolfe, Brigadier-General, ii. _134_, 140, 155, 172
Woodward, Dr. John, geologist, i. 241
Worksop Manor, i. 125
Wortley, Mrs. Anne, _i. 51_
Wortley, Sir Francis, i. 237
Wortley, Sidney (Montagu), i. 237
Wright, John, publisher, _ii. 161_
Wye river, ii. 112
Y
Yarmouth, Lady (Amelia S. de Walmoden), ii. 126, 154
York, county meeting at, i. 209
Yorke, Mr., ii. 217
Yorke, Mrs., i. 129, 194, 195
Yorke, General, ii. 142, 143, 154
Young, Dr. Edward (_Night Thoughts_), i. 59–61, 84, 85, 90, 91, 95,
133, 169, 199, 202–204, 213; ii. 199, 200, 236, 250;
Clerk of the Closet, ii. 249;
his letters to Mrs. Montagu, ii. 240, 248, 251, 257;
_Resignation_, ii. 257
Young, Sir William, i. 100, 235
Z
Zincke, Christian Frederick, miniature painter, i. 45–48
Zorndorff, battle of, ii. 142
ROBINSON PEDIGREE
The Robinsons are said to be originally descended from the Robertsons of Struan, or Strowan, in Perthshire, Scotland; the Clan Donachie, of whom are many descendants to this time, 1905. For descent, _vide_ “The New Peerage,” by William Owen, of 1785; “Collins’ Baronetage,” 1741; “Lodge’s Irish Peerage,” 1739; “Longmate’s Irish Peerage,” 1808, etc.
The Robertsons of Struan, or Strowan, Perthshire, N.B., afterwards Barons of Struan, descended from the “Comes de Atholia,” Earls of Athole in the direct line.
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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.
| =
|(?) Wife’s name unknown to me.
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+-|1.2.1 RALPH ROBINSON, settled at Brignall, Yorkshire.
| | =
| |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
| |at the coronation of Charles I.
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| |MARY, daughter of Thomas Hill, Esq., of Thornton, Yorks;
| |buried, Jan. 21, 1633.
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| |
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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
| | |their vehemence.
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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
| | | |knowledge of law.
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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,
| | | | |Surrey.
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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
| | | | |Abbey.
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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
| | | | | |portraits.
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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,
| | | | | |_ætat_ 14.
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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.
| | | | +----
| | | |
| | | | +----
| | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.3 ANNE, bap. Dec. 8, 1665; d. Dec., 1665.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|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.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.5 JOHN, bap. Dec. 9, 1632; d. Oct., 1638.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|1.2.1.1.1.6 THOMAS, bap. May 16, 1635;
| | | |d. Dec., 1635.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | +-|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.
| | | +----
| | |
| | | +----
| | | |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._
| | | | =
| | +-|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 |
| | | |Sterne. |
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| | | | |2.1 LYDIA.
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| | | | |REV. JOHN BOTHAM.
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| | | | +-|2.1.1–5 Five children.
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| | | |
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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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| | | | +-|2.2.2 LYDIA.
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| | | | |ALEXANDER DE MEDALLE.
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| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|2.2.2.1 son died young.
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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.
| | | | | =
| | | | |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.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|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.
| | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|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.
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|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.
| | | | | | =
| | | | | |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.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.4 ROBERT ROBINSON, a captain in the
| | | | | |East India service; d. in China, 1756; unmarried.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|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.
| | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|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.
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5.2 SARAH.
| | | | | | | =
| | | | | | |SAMUEL TRUMAN.
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.5.3 MARY.
| | | | | | =
| | | | | |SIR SAMUEL EGERTON BRYDGES, as his second
| | | | | |wife; several children by him.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.6 JOHN ROBINSON, Fellow of Trinity
| | | | | |Hall, Cambridge; d. 1800; unmarried.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|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.
| | | | | | =
| | | | | |MARY, 2nd dau. of John Greenland, and sister of
| | | | | |Mrs. Morris Robinson. She was a wealthy widow. 1st
| | | | | |husband, R. Dukes, Esq.
| | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.8.1.1.7.1 SARAH, an only child.
| | | | | | =
| | | | | |WILLIAM HOUGHAM, of Barton Court, Kent.
| | | | | +----
| | | | |
| | | | | +----
| | | | +-|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.
| | | | | | =
| | | | | |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.
| | | | | +----
| | | | | |
| | | | | | +----
| | | | | +-|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.
Mismatched quotation marks have been made standard.
The Robinson Pedigree chart was printed on a loose sheet of paper, and inserted inside the back cover of Volume One. It is shown here at the end of Volume Two. It has been rearranged to fit within the confines of this file. Entries have been numbered.
In the index punctuation, the use of volume numbers, and the use of italics have been standardized.
Other changes that have been made: Volume 1
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”.
Page 264: Please note that the apostrophe has been left as printed in “the Lady Stanhopes’”
Other changes that have been made: Volume 2
Footnote 47: “Sir T. Newton” changed to “Sir I. Newton”. Note that “Roubilliac” has been left as printed.
Page 69: Duplicate “of” removed from “To complete the measure of of his good usage”.
Page 88: “_souffre douelur_” changed to “_souffre douleur_”.
Footnote 145: “Northumerland” changed to “Northumberland”.
Page 148: In “... the gold pap boat; and Lady Besborough.” the semicolon was originally printed as a full stop. Note that “Besborough” has been left as printed.
Footnote 312: “In 1775, Colman” changed to “In 1757, Colman”.
Page 278: “_neé_” changed to “_née_”.
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