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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:MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800) , See also:English actress and author, was See also:born in See also:Bristol on the 27th of See also:November 1758, the daughter of a See also:captain of a whaler named Darby. In 1774 she was married to See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Robinson, a clerk in See also:London, where her remarkable beauty brought her many attentions; and when, after two years of fashionable See also:life, her See also:husband was arrested for See also:debt, she shared his imprisonment. She had been a precocious See also:child, encouraged to write verses, and while in See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:Bench See also:prison she completed the collection published in two volumes in 1775. On her See also:release, thanks to See also:Garrick, she secured an engagement at See also:Drury See also:Lane, making a successful first See also:appearance .as Juliet in 1776. On the 3rd of See also:December 1779 she was Perdita in Garrick's version of The See also:Winter's See also:Tale, and her beauty so captivated See also:George, See also:prince of See also:Wales (afterwards
George IV.), then in his eighteenth See also:year, that he began a See also:correspondence with her, See also:signing himself " Florizel." She was for about two years his See also:mistress, but he then deserted her, even dishonouring his See also:bond for £20,000, payable when he came of See also:age, and See also:left her to obtain a See also:pension of £500 in See also:exchange for it from See also:Charles See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James See also:Fox. Owing to the hostility of public See also:opinion, she feared to return to the See also:stage, but she published some more volumes of her writings. There are numerous charming portraits of " Perdita "; two in the See also:Wallace Collection, by See also:Reynolds and by See also:Gainsborough, reveal " her See also:grave, refined beauty." See also:Hoppner, See also:Cosway and See also:Romney also painted her.
See See also:Memoirs of Mary Robinson, " Perdita," with introduction and notes by J. F. Molloy (1894).
End of Article: ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
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