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Authorised form of nameRobinson; Sir; Thomas (c 1703 - 1777)
Datesc 1703 - 1777
Place of deathHis house at Chelsea, London
Date of death03 March 1777
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
South-east corner of the chancel of Merton church, Surrey
Memorials:
Monumental inscription in Westminster Abbey
OccupationArchitect
ActivityEducation:
Exeter College, Oxford (matriculated 1721); Middle Temple (admitted 1722)
Career:
Travelled to Italy and Greece; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards (1727-1731); MP for Morpeth (1727-1734); Commissioner of Excise (1735-1742); he spent huge amounts of money on balls and entertainments; Governor of Barbados, where he was frequently in dispute with the Assembly over his grandiose building plans (1742-1747); Director of Entertainments at Ranelagh Gardens, which he brought to the height of its fame; his continued extravagance led him to dispose of Rokeby (1769); his buildings include the west court of Castle Howard, the rebuilding of Rokeby (1725-1730) and the church at Glynde, Sussex (1763-1765)
Honours:
Bt 1731
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1726
ProposerMartin Folkes
RelationshipsSon of William Robinson of Rokeby, Yorkshire, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Robert Walters of Cundall, Yorkshire.
Married: 1) Elizabeth, widow of Nicholas Lechmere, 1st Baron Lechmere and daughter of Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Arthur Capel, 1st Earl of Essex, second, in Barbados, Elizabeth, widow of Samuel Salmon, an ironmonger, and daughter of - Booth, who paid £10,000 to be a lady, but refused to follow her husband to England
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Sedgwick; GEC Baronetage; Colvin
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1777, p147 (obituary)
London Magazine 1777, p165 (obituary)
Notes:
BR (source: GEC) gives birth date as 1703.
CodeNA547
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/2/542Letter, 'Antiquities found at Portici from James Gray to Thomas Robinson29 October 1754
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