Frederick Robinson (1746–1792)

Frederick Robinson
Member of the British Parliament
for Ripon
In office
1781–1787
Personal details
Born11 October 1746
Died28 December 1792
SpouseKatherine Gertrude Harris
Parent

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]

References

  1. ^ "ROBINSON, Hon. Frederick (1746-92), of Newby, Yorks". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ Catalogue to Robinson correspondence at Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
  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. ISBN 0-19-816654-0
  4. ^ 'Malmesbury House', Survey of London: volume 13: St Margaret, Westminster, part II: Whitehall I (1930), pp. 162-166. Date accessed: 24 June 2008.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Ripon
1780–1787
With: William Aislabie to 1781
William Lawrence from 1781 		Succeeded by