Sir George Robinson, 1st Baronet
Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, 1st Baronet (29 March 1758 – 13 February 1832) was a British politician and Chairman of the East India Company.
Life
[edit]He was the son of John Robinson of Calcutta, who died at the Cape of Good Hope in 1779, and Margaret, daughter of George Leslie of Kimrawgie, North Britain.[1][2] He joined the East India Company in 1779 as a cadet and was successively promoted to ensign, Commissary-General (1786), Aide-de-Camp to Lord Cornwallis (Governor-General of Bengal) (1788), Head Assistant in the Military Auditor-General's office (1788–92), Garrison Storekeeper at Fort William and Secretary to the Military Board, captain (1798) and Military Auditor-General (1798). He retired in 1802 and served as Private Secretary to Cornwallis from July to October, 1805.[2]
Robinson became a director of the East India Company from 1808 to 1829, acting as chairman in 1820 and 1826.[2][3] He was also a director of the Globe Insurance Company. He was elected as the MP for Honiton in 1812 (until 1818).[2]
On 11 November 1823, Robinson was created the first Baronet of Batts House, Somerset .[4] The title became extinct in 1944 on the death of Sir Douglas Robinson, 6th Baronet.[5] He died on 13 February 1832 at his son William Scott Robinson's house in Dyrham, after a long illness. His wife Margaret predeceased him on 21 May 1824.
Family
[edit]On 27 March 1794 Robinson married, in Calcutta, Margaret Southwell, the illegitimate daughter of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, with whom he had seven sons and a daughter:[2][6]
- George Best – died young
- Francis Matilda – died young
- Sir George Best Robinson, 2nd Baronet – became the second chief superintendent of British trade in China in 1835.[7]
- Francis-Horsley
- The Rev. William Scott Robinson, Rector of Dyrham, Gloucestershire[8]
- Charles Cornwallis – died young
- Henry Sterling
- Edward Innes
References
[edit]- ^ John Debrett (1840). The baronetage of England. revised, corrected and continued by G.W. Collen. p. 468.
- ^ a b c d e "Robinson, George Abercrombie (1758-1832), of Batts House, Trull, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ The India List and India Office List for 1905. London: Harrison and Sons. 1905.
- ^ "No. 17962". The London Gazette. 30 September 1823. p. 1615.
- ^ "Robinson, Sir Douglas Innes". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 25 July 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Obituary: Sir G.A. Robinson, Bart". The Gentleman's Magazine. 102 (1): 270. 1832.
- ^ Slade, John (1835). "Official Notification". The Canton Register. 8 (4).
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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