Thomas Robinson (1695 - 1770)

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Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham was born on 24 April 1695 at Belfreys, Yorkshire, England.^[1] He was the son of Sir William Robinson, 1st Bt. and Mary Aislabie.^[2] He married Frances Worsley, daughter of Thomas Worsley and Mary Frankland, on 13 July 1737.4 He died on 30 September 1770 at age 75.^[3]

He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, in 1719 with a Master of Arts (M.A.). He was Secretary of the Embassy between 1723 and 1730 at Paris, France. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Thirsk between 1727 and 1734. He was Envoy to Vienna between 1730 and 1748. He held the office of Junior Lord of Trade from 1748 to 1749. He held the office of Master of the Wardrobe between 1749 and 1754. He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Christchurch between 1749 and 1761. He held the office of Secretary of State for the South from 1754 to 1755. He held the office of Regent of the Realm in 1755. He held the office of Master of the Wardrobe between 1755 and 1760. He was invested as a Knight Bachelor. He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.).^[3] He was created 1st Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [Great Britain] on 7 April 1761.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume VI, page 82.
2. ↑ L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 231.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 232.

See also:

• Thomas' peerage record & photo are on thepeerage.com
• Wikidata: Item Q337754