| Authorised form of name | Robinson; Sir; Robert Spencer (1809 - 1889) |
| Dates | 1809 - 1889 |
| Date of birth | 06 January 1809 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 27 July 1889 |
| Activity | Career:
Entered the Royal Navy (1821); Commander (1838); Rear Admiral (1860); Controller of the Navy (1861-1871); Vice-Admiral (1866); Lord of the Admiralty (1868-1871); Admiral (1871)
Honours:
KCB 1868 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1869 |
| Relationships | Son of Sir John Robinson, Archdeacon of Armagh, and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of James Spencer of Rathanagan, Kildare; married (1841) Clementina, daughter of Admiral Sir John Louis |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1889 vol 46 pp xl-xli signed by W J J W
Notes:
William Bovill has signed the election certificate twice |
| Code | NA6351 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1869/15 | Robinson, Sir Robert Spencer: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/656 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 2 August 1889 |
| MS/426/540 | Note of a letter from [the Secretaries of] the Royal Society; to various individuals | 8 May 1855 |
| MC/8/374 | Letter from Rob [Robert] Spencer Robinson, Admiralty, to the Royal Society | 4 June 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |