Frederick Robinson (1746–1792) Explained

Birth Date:11 October 1746
Death Date:28 December 1792
Constituency Mp:Ripon
Parliament:British
Term Start:1781
Term End:1787
Father:Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
Spouse:Katherine Gertrude Harris

The Hon. Frederic ("Fritz") Robinson (11 October 1746 – 28 December 1792) was an English MP.[1]

Robinson was the second son of Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham. His older brother Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham was Ambassador at Madrid 1771–8; Fritz accompanied him to Spain as his Secretary, though ill-health forced him to return to England in 1777.[2]

He became Tory MP for Ripon in 1781. In 1785, he married Katherine Gertrude Harris, the eldest surviving daughter of the musician and philosopher James Harris.[3] He resigned his seat and accepted a pension in December 1787, and purchased 8 Whitehall Gardens, today Malmesbury House, in 1788; after his death his widow continued to live there until her own death in 1834.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ROBINSON, Hon. Frederick (1746-92), of Newby, Yorks. History of Parliament Online. 29 November 2021.
  2. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=004-l_3&cid=27#27 Catalogue to Robinson correspondence
  3. Donald Burrows & Rosemary Dunhill, eds., Music and Theatre in Handel's World: The Family Papers of James Harris, 1732-1880, Oxford University Press, 2002, p. 1101.
  4. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67783 'Malmesbury House'