Person Robinson; Sir; Thomas (c 1703 - 1777) Robinson Thomas Sir c 1703 - 1777 Male His house at Chelsea, London 03 March 1777 Burial: South-east corner of the chancel of Merton church, Surrey Memorials: Monumental inscription in Westminster Abbey

Rokeby, Yorkshire (to 1769); Prospect Place, by the Ranelagh Gardens

Architect Education: 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 Son 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 Fellow 30/11/1726 Martin Folkes Sources: 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. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 c 1700 or 1703 - 3 Mar 1777 NA547 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes f872e01f-233b-4b14-990d-973a9c9d4042