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See also:- ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
- ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
- ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
- ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
- ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
- ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
- ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
- ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
ROBINSON, See also:JOHN (1650-1723) , See also:English diplomatist and See also:prelate, a son of John Robinson (d. 1651), was See also:born at Cleasby, near See also:Darlington, on the 7th of See also:November 1650. Educated at Brasenose See also:College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, he became a See also:fellow of See also:Oriel College, and about 168o See also:chaplain to the See also:British See also:embassy to See also:Stockholm, and remained in See also:Sweden for nearly See also:thirty years. During the See also:absence of the See also:minister, See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Warwick, Robinson acted as See also:resident and as See also:envoy extraordinary, and he was thus in Sweden during a very interesting and important See also:period, and was per-forming See also:diplomatic duties at a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time when the affairs of See also:northern See also:Europe were attracting an unusual amount of See also:attention. Among his adventures not the least noteworthy was his See also:journey to See also:Narva with See also:Charles XII. in 1700. In 1709 Robinson returned to See also:England, and was appointed See also:dean of See also:Windsor and of See also:Wolverhampton; in 1710 he was elected See also:bishop of See also:Bristol, and among other ecclesiastical positions he held that of dean of the See also:Chapel Royal. In See also:August 1711 he became See also:lord privy See also:seal, this being, says Lord See also:Stanhope, " the last time that a bishop has been called upon to fill a See also:political See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office." In 1712 the bishop re-presented England at the important See also:congress of See also:Utrecht, and at first plenipotentiary he signed the treaty of Utrecht in See also:April 1713. Just after his return to England he was chosen bishop of See also:London in See also:succession to See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Compton. He died at See also:Hampstead on the 11th of April 1723, having been a See also:great benefactor to Oriel College. Robinson wrote an See also:Account of Sweden:
together with an See also:Extract-of the See also:History of that See also:Kingdom. By a See also:person of See also:note who resided many years there (London, 1695). This was translated into See also:French (See also:Amsterdam, 1712), and in 1738 was published with See also:Viscount See also:Molesworth's Account of See also:Denmark in 1692. Some of his letters are among the See also:Strafford papers in the British Museum.
A member of the same See also:family was See also:Sir See also:Frederick Philipse Robinson (1763–1852), a Virginian soldier, who fought for England during the See also:American See also:War of See also:Independence. On the conclusion of See also:peace he went to England, and in 1813 and 1814 he commanded a See also:brigade under See also:Wellington in See also:Spain. After-wards he was See also:governor of See also:Tobago, and he became a See also:general in 1841. He died at See also:Brighton on the 1st of See also:January 1852.
End of Article: ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
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