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Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet

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  1. 1.  Sir William Robinson, 1st BaronetSir William Robinson, 1st Baronet was born in 1655.

    Other Events:

    • Office: 1689; High Sheriff of Yorkshire
    • Office: From 1689 to 1695; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for North Allerton
    • Hereditary Title: From 13 Feb. 1689/90; 1st Baronet, of Newby, co. York [E., 1690]
    • Office: From 1698 to 1722; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for the City of York

    Family/Spouse: Mary Aislabie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 2nd Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point died on 2 Dec. 1738.
    2. 3. Rear-Admiral Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born circa 1685; died in 1754.
    3. 4. Thomas (Robinson), 1st Baron Grantham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 April 1695 in York, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 24 April 1695 in St. Michael le Belfrey, York, Yorkshire, England; died on 30 Sept. 1770; was buried on 6 Oct. 1770 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 2nd BaronetSir Metcalfe Robinson, 2nd Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) died on 2 Dec. 1738.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 22 Dec. 1736 to 2 Dec. 1738; 2nd Baronet, of Newby, co. York [E., 1690]

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died unmarried.


  2. 3.  Rear-Admiral Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd BaronetRear-Admiral Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born circa 1685; died in 1754.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Rear-Admiral of the White, Royal Navy
    • Office: 1718; Lord Mayor of York
    • Office: 1738; Lord Mayor of York
    • Hereditary Title: From 2 Dec. 1738 to 1754; 3rd Baronet, of Newby, co. York [E., 1690]

    Tancred married Mary Norton in 1713. Mary (daughter of Rowland Norton and Margaret Robinson) died in 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Thomas Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point died in April 1740.
    2. 6. Mary Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 7. Elizabeth Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 8. Althea Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1767.
    5. 9. Margaret Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 10. Sir William Robinson, 4th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1713; died on 4 March 1770.
    7. 11. Sir Norton Robinson, 5th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born after 1713; died in 1792.

  3. 4.  Thomas (Robinson), 1st Baron GranthamThomas (Robinson), 1st Baron Grantham Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born on 24 April 1695 in York, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 24 April 1695 in St. Michael le Belfrey, York, Yorkshire, England; died on 30 Sept. 1770; was buried on 6 Oct. 1770 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; Trinity College, Cambridge
    • Education: Westminster, Middlesex, England; Westminster School
    • Degree: 1715; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (Cantab.)
    • Degree: 1719; Master of Arts (M.A.) (Cantab.)
    • Office: From 1723 to 1730, Paris, France; Secretary of the Embassy
    • Office: From 1727 to 1734; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Thirsk
    • Office: From 1730 to 1748; Envoy to Vienna
    • Decoration: 26 June 1742; Knight of the Order of the Bath (K.B.)
    • Office: From 1748 to 1749; Junior Lord of Trade
    • Office: From 1748 to 1761; Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Christchurch
    • Office: From 1749 to 1754; Master of the Wardrobe
    • Decoration: 29 March 1750; Privy Counsellor (P.C.)
    • Office: From March 1754 to Nov. 1755; Secretary of State for the South
    • Office: From 1755 to 1760; Master of the Wardrobe
    • Office: From April 1755 to Sept. 1755; Lord Justice (Regent) of the Realm
    • Hereditary Title: From 7 April 1761 to 30 Sept. 1770; 1st Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761]
    • Office: From 1765 to 1766; Joint Postmaster General
    • Will: 7 June 1769
    • Probate: 12 Dec. 1770

    Notes:

    Office:
    Whig

    Decoration:
    He was invested at Vienna.

    Office:
    "He, in 1754, and in a greater degree Murray (afterwards Lord Mansfield), appear to have been the principal stay of the Newcastle Ministry, but Robinson was without Parliamentary influence, and unable to bear up against the struggle for power which ensued at that epoch. "By meer chance made Secretary of State, by meer chance brought out of it with a pension, which his family wanted and greater than he could have hoped or indeed did ask for; by meer chance made a peer. He wanted all this luck, for he was a very dull man, and from a great peculiarity of voice, gesture, diction, worse than a bad speaker, much worse than a silent man in Parliament. I should not do him justice if I did not mention (though it had no hand in his preferment) that he was a very honest and good natured man." (Lord Holland's Memoir.) "Though a good Secretary of State as far as the business of his office and that which related to foreign affairs, he was ignorant even of the language of a House of Commons controversy, and when he played the orator, which he too frequently attempted, it was so exceedingly ridiculous that those who loved and esteemed him could not always preserve a friendly composure of countenance." (Lord Waldegrave.) "He was a large, unwieldy man, and would in debate put his arms straight out, which made George Selwyn compare him to a signpost." (Colebrook, volume i, page 18.)" (Vicary Gibbs.)

    Hereditary Title:
    "As a peer he protested against the denial of privilege in the Wilkes case in 1763, and was a member of Rockingham's first administration, retiring with him in 1766." (Vicary Gibbs.)

    Thomas married Frances Worsley on 13 July 1737 in Hovingham, Yorkshire, England. Frances (daughter of Thomas Worsley and Mary Frankland) was born in 1716; died in in Earl's Court, Kensington, Middlesex, England; was buried on 6 Nov. 1750 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Thomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron Grantham  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Nov. 1738 in Vienna, Austria; died on 20 July 1786 in Grantham House, Putney Heath, Surrey, England; was buried on 27 July 1786 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England.
    2. 13. Hon. Theresa Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan. 1744/45 in Vienna, Austria; died on 21 Dec. 1775; was buried in Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England.
    3. 14. Hon. Frederick Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct. 1746; died on 28 Dec. 1792.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Thomas Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1) died in April 1740.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  2. 6.  Mary Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1)

    Family/Spouse: Thomas Pierce. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Elizabeth Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1)

    Notes:

    She died unmarried.


  4. 8.  Althea Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1) died in 1767.

    Notes:

    Died:
    She died unmarried.


  5. 9.  Margaret Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1)

  6. 10.  Sir William Robinson, 4th BaronetSir William Robinson, 4th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1) was born in 1713; died on 4 March 1770.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 1754 to 4 March 1770; 4th Baronet, of Newby, co. York [E., 1690]

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  7. 11.  Sir Norton Robinson, 5th BaronetSir Norton Robinson, 5th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (3.Tancred2, 1.William1) was born after 1713; died in 1792.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 4 March 1770 to 1792; 5th Baronet, of Newby, co. York [E., 1690]


  8. 12.  Thomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron GranthamThomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron Grantham Descendancy chart to this point (4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 30 Nov. 1738 in Vienna, Austria; died on 20 July 1786 in Grantham House, Putney Heath, Surrey, England; was buried on 27 July 1786 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; Christ's College, Cambridge
    • Education: Westminster, Middlesex, England; Westminster School
    • Decoration: Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.)
    • Office: Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Christchurch
    • Degree: 1757; Master of Arts (M.A.) (Cantab.)
    • Office: 1761; Secretary to the Congress of Augsburg
    • Office: From 1766 to 1770; Junior Lord of Trade
    • Office: From 1770 to 1771; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
    • Office: 26 Feb. 1770; Privy Counsellor (P.C.)
    • Hereditary Title: From 30 Sept. 1770 to 20 July 1786; 2nd Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761]
    • Office: From 1771 to 1779; Ambassador to Madrid
    • Office: From 1780 to 1782; First Lord of Trade
    • Office: From 1782 to 1783; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
    • Probate: July 1786

    Notes:

    Office:
    Whig

    "As an M.P. he was nominally a Whig, but supported the Court after 1766. As a peer he was a member of North's and of Shelburne's administrations; he afterwards supported Pitt. His rapacity in securing a pension of £2,000 p.a. when the Shelburne Ministry went out in 1783, though he was already in receipt of another pension of £3,000 p.a. for life, and had married a rich wife, was unfavourably noted." (Vicary Gibbs.)

    Family/Spouse: Lady Mary Jemima Yorke. Mary was born on 9 Feb. 1757; died on 7 Jan. 1830 in Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Thomas Philip (de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Dec. 1781; died on 14 Nov. 1859 in 4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England.
    2. 16. Frederick John (Robinson), 1st Earl of Ripon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Nov. 1782; died on 28 Jan. 1859.
    3. 17. Hon. Philip Robinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Oct. 1783; died in June 1794.

  9. 13.  Hon. Theresa Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 1 Jan. 1744/45 in Vienna, Austria; died on 21 Dec. 1775; was buried in Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England.

    Theresa married John (Parker), 1st Baron Boringdon on 18 May 1769 in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. John was born in in Saltram House, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England; died on 27 April 1788 in Devon, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. John (Parker), 1st Earl of Morley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1772.

  10. 14.  Hon. Frederick RobinsonHon. Frederick Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 11 Oct. 1746; died on 28 Dec. 1792.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine Gertrude Harris. Catherine died on 8 June 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 15.  Thomas Philip (de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey of WrestThomas Philip (de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 8 Dec. 1781; died on 14 Nov. 1859 in 4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; St. John's College, Cambridge
    • Hereditary Title: From 20 July 1786 to 14 Nov. 1859; 3rd Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761]
    • Hereditary Title: From 4 May 1833 to 14 Nov. 1859; 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest, co. Bedford [U.K., 1816]
    • Hereditary Title: From 4 May 1833 to 14 Nov. 1859; 6th Baron Lucas of Crudwell, co. Wilts [E., 1663]
    • Probate: 25 Jan. 1860, Principal Registry, London, Middlesex, England; Granted to the Right Honourable Anne Florence Dowager Countess Cowper of Wrest Park in the County of Bedford Widow the Daughter and Henry Vyner of Newby Hall in the County of York Esquire the Executors (Effects under £100,000)

    Notes:

    He assumed the surname de Grey by royal licence dated 23 June 1833.

    Family/Spouse: Lady Henrietta Frances Cole. Henrietta died on 2 July 1845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Anne Florence (Weddell), suo jure 7th Baroness Lucas of Crudwell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 June 1806; died on 23 July 1880 in 4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England.
    2. 20. Hon. Frederick William Weddell  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 April 1810; died on 6 Feb. 1831.
    3. 21. Lady Mary Gertrude Weddell  Descendancy chart to this point died on 11 July 1892 in Newby Hall, Skelton, Yorkshire, England.

  2. 16.  Frederick John (Robinson), 1st Earl of RiponFrederick John (Robinson), 1st Earl of Ripon Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 1 Nov. 1782; died on 28 Jan. 1859.

    Other Events:

    • Office: Lord Privy Seal
    • Office: Secretary of State for the Colonies
    • Office: From 1827 to 1828; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
    • Hereditary Title: From 28 April 1827 to 28 Jan. 1859; 1st Viscount Goderich [U.K., 1827]
    • Hereditary Title: From 13 April 1833 to 28 Jan. 1859; 1st Earl of Ripon [U.K., 1833]

    Frederick married Lady Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart on 1 Sept. 1814. Sarah died on 9 April 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. George Frederick Samuel (Robinson), 1st Marquess of Ripon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Oct. 1827; died on 9 July 1900.

  3. 17.  Hon. Philip RobinsonHon. Philip Robinson Descendancy chart to this point (12.Thomas3, 4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 18 Oct. 1783; died in June 1794.

  4. 18.  John (Parker), 1st Earl of Morley Descendancy chart to this point (13.Theresa3, 4.Thomas2, 1.William1) was born on 3 May 1772.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 27 April 1788; 2nd Baron Boringdon of Boringdon, co. Devon
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Nov. 1815; 1st Earl of Morley
    • Hereditary Title: From 29 Nov. 1815; 1st Viscount Boringdon of North Molton, co. Devon



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