Robinson, Matthew

Contents:

  1. Personal and family information
    1. Personal information
    2. Family
  2. Domicile region and Migration
    1. Place of Birth (Town)
    2. Domicile Region
    3. Migration
  3. Social Information
    1. Social Class
    2. Social Mobility
    3. Occupation
  4. Education
    1. Formal
    2. Private
    3. Languages known
  5. Sources
  6. Notes
  7. Sent letters
  8. Received letters

Personal and family information

Personal information

Person ID MR
Sex Male
First Name Matthew
Last Name Robinson [senior]
Married name -
Spouse Elizabeth Robinson née Drake
Spouse's Rank Lower gentry
Spouse's Title -
Year of Marriage 1712
Life span 84
Year of Birth 1694
Year of Death 1778

Family

Father Thomas Robinson [senior]
Father's Rank [Lower gentry]
Father's Title -
Mother

Domicile region and Migration

Place of Birth (Town)

Town

Domicile Region

Address Town County Country From To Notes
- - Yorkshire England - [1725] 1
West Layton Hall Wensleydale North Yorkshire England - [1725]

1 The Robinsons lived in Yorkshire and West Layton Hall until 1725, when they moved to Mount Morris, which Elizabeth Robinson née Drake had inherited.

Migration

Address Town County Country From To Notes
[Bond Street] London Middlesex England - 1778 1
Mount Morris - Kent England [1725] -

1 Matthew Robinson [senior] died at Bond Street in 1778.

Social Information

Social Class

Rank Lower gentry
Title Esquire
From -
To -

Social Mobility

-

Occupation

Education

Formal

Institution Trinity College
Highest Degree -
From -
To -

Private

-

Languages known

-

Sources

Bibliography IDs

Climenson, 1906a; Memoirs of the late Lord Rokeby, 1810

Notes

Climenson states that Matthew Robinson [senior] was "a person of great intellectual parts, a conversationalist and wit, the life of the coffee-houses" and also reveals that he was a talented painter.

Sent letters

No letters

Received letters

Letter ID Year From To
BC_1740_EMONTAGU_MR_1 1740 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1740_EMONTAGU_MR_2 1740 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1740_EMONTAGU_MR_3 1740 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1740_EMONTAGU_MR_4 1740 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1742_EMONTAGU_MR 1742 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1760_EMONTAGU_MR 1760 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1768_EMONTAGU_MR_1 1768 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1768_EMONTAGU_MR_2 1768 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1769_EMONTAGU_MR_1 1769 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew
BC_1769_EMONTAGU_MR_2 1769 Montagu, Elizabeth (née Robinson) Robinson, Matthew