Thomas (Robinson), 2nd Baron Grantham

1738 - 1786  (47 years)

• Name	Thomas (Robinson)  [1]
  Suffix	2nd Baron Grantham
  Born	30 Nov. 1738	Vienna, Austria   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Education	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   [1]
  	Christ's College, Cambridge
  Education	Westminster, Middlesex, England   [1]
  	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]
  	Whig "As an M.P. he was nominally a Whig, but supported the Court after 1766. As a peer he was a member of North's and of Shelburne's administrations; he afterwards supported Pitt. His rapacity in securing a pension of £2,000 p.a. when the Shelburne Ministry went out in 1783, though he was already in receipt of another pension of £3,000 p.a. for life, and had married a rich wife, was unfavourably noted." (Vicary Gibbs.)
  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   [1]
  Buried	27 July 1786	Chiswick, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Person ID	I2800	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	11 Feb. 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas (Robinson), 1st Baron Grantham,   b. 24 April 1695, York, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 30 Sept. 1770  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Frances Worsley,   b. 1716,   bur. 6 Nov. 1750, Chiswick, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 34 years)
  Married	13 July 1737	Hovingham, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Family ID	F1388	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Mary Jemima Yorke,   b. 9 Feb. 1757,   d. 7 Jan. 1830, Whitehall, Westminster, Middlesex, England  (Age 72 years)
  Children	+ 1. Thomas Philip (de Grey), 2nd Earl de Grey of Wrest,   b. 8 Dec. 1781,   d. 14 Nov. 1859, 4, St. James's Square, St. James's, Middlesex, England  (Age 77 years) + 2. Frederick John (Robinson), 1st Earl of Ripon,   b. 1 Nov. 1782,   d. 28 Jan. 1859  (Age 76 years)   3. Hon. Philip Robinson,   b. 18 Oct. 1783,   d. June 1794  (Age 10 years)
  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume VI, page 83. [S22] The Complete Peerage, G. E. Cokayne, with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden (eds.), (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1910–59; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, 2000), volume VI, page 84.