Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby

Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby (14 July 1757 – 10 May 1829), was a British politician.

The Lord Rokeby
Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
In office
1790–1796
Preceded bySir Richard Sutton, Bt
The Viscount Palmerston
Succeeded byFrancis Burdett
Sir John Scott
Personal details
Born
Morris Robinson

(1757-07-14)14 July 1757
London, England
Died10 May 1829(1829-05-10) (aged 71)
Thornby, Leyburn, York
RelationsMatthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (uncle)
Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron Rokeby (brother)
Parent(s)Morris Robinson
Jane Greenland
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

Early life

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Robinson was born on 14 July 1757 and was baptised in the parish of St Andrew Holborn. He was the eldest son of Jane (née Greenland) Robinson and Morris Robinson, an attorney of the Six Clerks Office in Chancery of London.[1][2] His paternal aunt was the reformer Elizabeth Robinson Montagu (who married Edward Montagu, grandson of the Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich). His maternal grandfather was John Greenland, of Lovelace, Kent.[3]

He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1775 to 1777 and also entered Lincoln's Inn to study law in 1775.[3]

Career

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He was brought into Parliament by the 2nd Duke of Newcastle for Boroughbridge, and was expected to support Pitt's administration. Lord Rokeby, who ended up opposing Pitt over his perceived neglecting of the Navy and "opposed Pitt’s measures against treason and sedition in limine", held the seat until 1796.[3]

In 1800 he succeeded his uncle, the eccentric Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby, in the barony and his estates. This was an Irish peerage and, therefore, did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords.[4] The barony had been created in 1777 for Lord Archbishop of Armagh Richard Robinson, the Lord Primate of All Ireland, who had also inherited the English baronetcy of his eccentric elder brother Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet.[3]

Personal life

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Lord Rokeby died at Thornby, near Leyburn, York in May 1829, aged 71. He was unmarried, but had one illegitimate son, so was, therefore, succeeded in the barony by his younger brother, Matthew, an admirer of Pitt, who had adopted the surname of Montagu.[3][5]

References

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  1. ^ Rokeby.), Matthew MONTAGU (Baron (1830). Minutes of evidence taken before the Committee for Privileges, to whom the petition of ... Matthew Baron Rokeby ... praying that his right to vote at the Election of Peers of Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom may be admitted, stands referred. p. 11. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Letter from Elizabeth Montagu to Jane (Greenland) Robinson". emco.swansea.ac.uk. Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (EMCO). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e "ROBINSON, Morris (1757-1829), of Thoralby, nr. Leyburn, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. ^ Cokayne, George Edward (1895). Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct, Or Dormant. G. Bell & sons. pp. 391–393. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ^ Montagu, Elizabeth (16 June 2011). Elizabeth Montagu, the Queen of the Bluestockings: Her Correspondence from 1720 to 1761. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-02953-7. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Boroughbridge
1790–1796
With: Sir Richard Sutton, Bt
Succeeded by
Baronetage of England
Preceded by Baronet
(of Rokeby Park)
1800–1829
Succeeded by
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Rokeby
1800–1829
Succeeded by