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.
{1} WILLIAM ROBERTSON 7th Baron of Struan.
=[{Robert}] [{William}]
A Daughter of Creighton.
[{1.1}] Robert Robinson, of Struan, from whom descended the Alexander Robertsons, of Struan.
[{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.
=[{Ralph}] [{Henry}] [{Ursula}]
(?) Wife’s name unknown to me.
[{1.2.1}] Ralph Robinson, settled at Brignall, Yorkshire.
=[{William}]
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.
[{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.
=[{William}] [{John}] [{Catherine}]
Mary, daughter of Thomas Hill, Esq., of Thornton, Yorks; buried, Jan. 21, 1633.
[{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.
=[{Mary}] [{William}] [{Frances}] [{Matthew}] [{John}] [{Thomas}] [{Thomas}] [{Leonard}]
Frances, daughter of Leonard Smelt, Esq., of Kirby
Fletham, Yorks. Her mother was an Allanson.
[{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.
[{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.
=[{Frances}] [{Thomas}] [{Anne}]
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.
[{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.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2}] Thomas Robinson, of Rokeby, bap. Jan. 4, 1650; buried, June 26, 1719, at Merton Abbey, Surrey.
=[{Elizabeth}] [{William}]
Grace, dau. of Sir Henry Stapylton, of Mytton, Yorks, and Elizabeth, dau. of Conyers, Lord D’Arcy, created Baron Holdernesse.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.1}] Elizabeth Robinson, b. 1674; d. unmarried, 1739; buried at Merton Abbey; Co. of Surrey.
[{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.
=[{Anne}] [{Thomas}] [{Robert}] [{William}] [{Henry}] [{John}] [{Richard}] [{Grace}] [{Septimus}]
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.
[{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.
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.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.3}] Robert, 2nd son, died, ætat 14.
[{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.
[{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.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.6}] John Robinson, died young, unmarried.
[{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.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8}] Grace Robinson, b. 1718, m. 1739, d. Dec. 28, 1776; left 4 surviving children.
=[{Robert}] [{William}] [{John}] [{Grace}]
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.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.1}] Robert Freind, b. 1740; d. 1780.
[{1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.8.2}] William Maximilian.
[{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.
[{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.
[{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.
=[{George}]
George Gray, of Sudwich, Durham; descended from the Grays of Chillingham and Wark.
[{1.2.1.1.1.3.1}] The Rev. George Gray, who succeeded his uncle, the Rev. Matthew Robinson, as Vicar of Burneston.
[{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.
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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.
=[{Thomas}] [{Deborah}] [{Frances}] [{Mary}] [{Sarah}] [{Margaret}]
Deborah (2nd wife), dau. of Sir John Collet, Sheriff of London. She was the ancestress of the 2nd House of Robinson.
[{1.2.1.1.1.8.1}] Thomas Robinson, b. 1667; d. 1720.
=[{Matthew}] [{Thomas}] [{Leonard}]
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[{Lydia}]; the other, the Rev. Laurence Sterne.[{Elizabeth}]
[{2.1}] Lydia.
=[{Five children}]
Rev. John Botham.
[{2.1.1–5}] Five children.
[{2.2}] Elizabeth.
=[{Lydia}] [{Lydia}]
The Rev. Laurence Sterne.
[{2.2.1}] Lydia, died an infant.
[{2.2.2}] Lydia.
=[{son}]
Alexander de Medalle.
[{2.2.2.1}] son died young.
[{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.
=[{Matthew}] [{Thomas}] [{Morris}] [{Robert}] [{William}] [{John}] [{Charles}] [{Elizabeth}] [{Sarah}]
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.
[{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.
[{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.
=[{Morris}] [{Matthew}]
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.
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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.
[{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.
=[{Matthew}] [{Sarah}] [{Mary}]
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.
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Samuel Truman.
[{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.
[{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.
=[{Sarah}]
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.
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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.
=[{John}]
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.
=[{Honor}]
Thomas Baker, of Westminster. Consul at Algiers in 1698.
[{1.2.1.1.1.8.2.1}] Honor.
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William Chetwynd, afterwards 3rd Viscount Chetwynd.
1st, Gibbons, Esq.
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[{1.2.1.1.1.8.3}] Frances.
=[{Leonard}] [{John}]
2nd, Bourne, Esq.
[{1.2.1.1.1.8.3.1}] Leonard.
[{1.2.1.1.1.8.3.2}] John
[{1.2.1.1.1.8.4}] Mary
=[{James}] [{William}] [{Deborah}] [{Anne}]
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
=[{Robinson}] [{Deborah}] [{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}] [{Deborah}] [{Sarah}]
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.
=[{William}]
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. York.
=[{Mary Lucy Anne}]
[{1.2.1.1.3}] Catherine Robinson Hers the first marriage at Rokeby in 1613.
=[{William}]
Richard Smith (2nd husband), of Cottingham. Second marriage took place at Rokeby, Oct. 1, 1626.
[{1.2.1.1.3.1–3}]
Mary.
Lucy.
Anne.
co-heiresses.
[{1.2.1.1.3.4}] William,
and other issue.
[{1.2.2}] Henry Robinson, a citizen of London; bought Cranstay, Northamptonshire, from Sir Thomas Cecil; d. 1585; left issue.
=[{Henry}]
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.
=[{Henry}]
Mary, daughter of Sir William Glover.
[{1.2.2.1.1}] Henry, b. 1625.
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Anne Birch, by whom he had three sons and one
daughter.
[{1.2.3}] Ursula Robinson.
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Thomas More, a London merchant.