ROBINSON, John (1650-1723) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 7 Nov. 1650, 2nd s. of John Robinson (d.1651), cooper of Cleasby, Yorks. and Elizabeth (d.1688), da. of Christopher Potter of Cleasby, Yorks. Add. 4275, f. 53. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. matric. 1670, BA 1673; Oriel, Oxf. fell. 1675-86, ord. 1677, MA 1684, DD 1710; Lambeth DD 1696. CSP Dom. 1696, p. 394. m. (1) 1686, Mary (d.1718), da. of William Langton of Lancs.; Add. 4275, f. 53. (2) 1719, Add. 70145, E. to A. Harley, 23 July 1719. Emma (c.1674-1748), da. of Sir Job Charlton^‡, bt. (1614-97), c.j. of Chester and Speaker of the House of Commons, and wid. of Thomas Cornwallis of Abermarlais, Carm.; d.s.p. d. 11 Apr. 1723; will 1 Feb. – 1 Mar. 1723, pr. 7 May 1723. TNA, PROB 11/591.

Offices Held

Ld. privy seal, 1711 – 13; PC 1711 – 23; ld. almoner 1713 – 14.

Sec. and chap. Swedish Legation, 1678 – 79, 1680 – 83, 1689 – 92, chargé d’affaires, 1679 – 80, agent in charge 1683 – 87, 1694 – 96, minister-resident 1696 – 1702; envoy 1702 – 09; principal adviser and interpreter to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough 1707; envoy plenip. peace negotiations, Utrecht, 1712 – 13.

Vic. Lastingham, Yorks. 1694 – 1709; preb. Canterbury 1697; dean, Wolverhampton 1709, Windsor 1709 – 14, chapel royal 1713 – 18.

Gov. Charterhouse 1713; Davies, Charterhouse in London, 355. commr. 50 new churches 1711–d., Commissions for Building Fifty New Churches ed. M.H. Port (London Rec. Soc. xxiii), pp. xxxiv-xxxv. Q. Anne’s Bounty c.1715; Christ Church Lib. Oxf. Mins. of the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty. visitor, Balliol, Oxf. 1713.

Parlimentarian

ROBINSON, John (1650-1723)

Associated with: Hampstead, Mdx.

Likenesses

oil on canvas by unknown artist, Oriel, Oxf.; engraving by G. Vertue after Michael Dahl, 1712, British Museum; engraving by M. Vandergucht (NPG 31421).

Author

Adams, Beverly

Kilburn, Matthew

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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