William Henry Robinson

William Henry Robinson

Male 1784 - 1826  (42 years)

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  • Name William Henry Robinson 
    Born 26 Mar 1784  [1
    Christened 26 Mar 1784  St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Died 12 Nov 1826  Denston Hall, Denston, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried St. Nicholas, Denston, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00813  Eliots of Port Eliot
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2021 

    Father John Robinson,   d. 23 May 1819, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Rebecca Clive,   b. 15 Sep 1760,   d. 18 Nov 1795, St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Family ID F00139  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

    • --- Requested in his will that he be buried without honors at the churchyard nearest where he died. He also wrote that the monument placed in his memory at Denston should read: "Wm Hy R died at __________ severely afflicted in mind and body."

      --- "Bury and Norwich Post" 23 May 1821, page 2:
      TO THE EDITOR OF THE BURY POST.
      Sir, -- Duly impressed with the anxiety manifested in your Journal to promote the public good, I feel no doubt you will oblige me in stating that W.H. Robinson, Esq., of Denston Hall, has, without hesitation, at the request of his tenants, reduced their rents 20 per cent. I earnestly hope an example so meritorious will be generally followed. . . .

      --- "Bury and Norwich Post" 22 Nov 1826, page 2:
      DIED. On Sunday the 12th inst. at Denston Hall, in this county, William Henry Robinson, Esq.

      --- "The London Magazine" Vol 2-3, 1784, page 333:
      BIRTHS. March 26. Lady of John Robinson, Esq. a daughter and a son.

      --- "Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology" Volume 6, 1888, page 409:
      MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PARISH OF DENSTON, SUFFOLK.
      (Table Monument between High Chancel and South Chancel; partly within altar rails.)
      On top.

      This monument was erected
      by William Henry Robinson, son of
      Liet Genl Robinson & Rebecca his wife,
      A.D. 1822.
      De Carle, of Bury executed it.
      Sacred to the Memory of
      William Henry Robinson Esqr.
      who died November 23rd 1826,
      Aged 42 years.

  • Sources 
    1. "Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology" Volume 6, 1888, page 409.

    2. Scan of Original Baptism Record.

    3. [S00004] FMP Parish Records Collection, www.findmypast.co.uk, (Transcriptions of Parish Christenings, Marriages and Burials).

    4. "Bury and Norwich Post" 22 Nov 1826, page 2.