Name | Thomas (Robinson) [1] | |
Suffix | 2nd Baron Grantham | |
Born | 30 Nov. 1738 | Vienna, Austria ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
Education | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England ![]() |
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Christ's College, Cambridge | ||
Education | Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() |
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Westminster School | ||
Decoration | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) [1] | |
Degree | 1757 [1] | |
Master of Arts (M.A.) (Cantab.) | ||
Office | 1761 [1] | |
Secretary to the Congress of Augsburg | ||
Office | From 1766 to 1770 [1] | |
Junior Lord of Trade | ||
Office | From 1770 to 1771 [1] | |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | ||
Office | 26 Feb. 1770 [1] | |
Privy Counsellor (P.C.) | ||
Hereditary Title | From 30 Sept. 1770 to 20 July 1786 [1] | |
2nd Baron Grantham, of Grantham, co. Lincoln [G.B., 1761] | ||
Office | Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Christchurch [1] | |
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Office | From 1771 to 1779 [1] | |
Ambassador to Madrid | ||
Office | From 1780 to 1782 [1] | |
First Lord of Trade | ||
Office | From 1782 to 1783 [1] | |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | ||
Probate | July 1786 [2] | |
Died | 20 July 1786 | Grantham House, Putney Heath, Surrey, England ![]() |
Buried | 27 July 1786 | Chiswick, Middlesex, England ![]() |
Person ID | I2800 | British Peerage & Gentry |
Last Modified | 11 Feb. 2022 |
Father | Thomas (Robinson), 1st Baron Grantham, b. 24 April 1695, York, Yorkshire, England ![]() | |
Mother | Frances Worsley, b. 1716, bur. 6 Nov. 1750, Chiswick, Middlesex, England ![]() | |
Married | 13 July 1737 | Hovingham, Yorkshire, England ![]() |
Family ID | F1388 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Lady Mary Jemima Yorke, b. 9 Feb. 1757, d. 7 Jan. 1830, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England ![]() | |||||||
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Last Modified | 11 Feb. 2022 | |||||||
Family ID | F1391 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Heraldry | ![]() | Arms of Robinson, of Newby, co. York (Baron Grantham, Baron Lucas of Crudwell, Viscount Goderich, Earl de Grey, Earl of Ripon, Marquess of Ripon) Vert a chevron between three bucks [standing] at gaze Or. Crest (1st Earl of Ripon): Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis a buck at gaze Or. Supporters (1st Earl of Ripon): On either side a wivern Or, gorged with a collar barry of three, the middle Argent the others Azure. Motto (1st Earl of Ripon): Foi est tout. Crest (1st Marquess of Ripon): Out of a coronet composed of fleurs-de-lis Or, a mount vert, thereon a stag at gaze of the first. Supporters (1st Marquess of Ripon): On either side a greyhound reguardant Sable. Motto (1st Marquess of Ripon): Qualis ab incepto. Source: Burke's General Armory (London: Harrison, 1884), page 861. |
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