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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.
[{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.
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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.
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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.
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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.