Sir George Best (2nd bart) Robinson

1797 - 1855  (57 years)

• Name	George Best (2nd bart) Robinson
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	14 Nov 1797	Cape of Good Hope
  Gender	Male
  Death	1855
  Person ID	I172024	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, Bart,   b. Bef 1823   d. 31 May 1824, Dyrham, Gloucester (Age 1 year)
  Mother	Margaret Howard   d. 1824
  Marriage	27 Mar 1794	Calcutta, India
  Family ID	F69657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Douglas,   b. Abt 1772   d. 1843 (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	5th Dec. 1825	Dyrham, Gloucester
  Children	1. Sir George Abercrombie (3rd bart) Robinson,   b. 1826, West Cowes, Isle of Wight d. Yes, date unknown   2. Douglas Robinson,   b. 1826, West Cowes, Isle of Wight d. 5th July 1883, 12 Lypiatt Terrace Cheltenham, England (Age 57 years)   3. Charles Douglas Robinson,   b. Abt 1828, Macao, China d. 18 Apr 1864, Christchurch, New Zealand (Age 36 years)   4. Louisa Robinson,   b. Abt 1829, Macao, China d. 9 Dec 1882, Exeter College, Oxford, Oxford, England (Age 53 years)   5. Napier Douglas Robinson,   b. 3 Dec 1836, Macao, China d. 9 Oct 1869 (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F68580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  The Robinson Baronetcy, of Batts House in the County of Somerset, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 11 November 1823 for George Robinson, who had earlier represented Honiton in Parliament. The title became extinct on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1944. The 1st Baronet may also be the father of Reverend William Villiers Robinson, who was the Rector at Grafton, Northamptonshire, England. There is an inscription in Holy Trinity Church, which is situated in Portland St., Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England commemorating Sir George Best ROBINSON, Bart. who died Jan. 27, 1855. This is the same church in which there is a plaque to some of the children of Major-General Robert Douglas, Louisa's husband's grandfather. Sir George succeeded his father on the 13th Feb. 1832. He was for some years her Majesty's Chief Superintendent in China, in which post he succeeded Lord Napier, and his administration in that capacity was mentioned with approbation by the leading statesmen in both houses of Parliament in the debates on the Opium war, in 1840. Margaret Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk, Died 31 May 1824, Married 27 March 1794 ,Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, of Batt's House, 1st Baronet, son of John Robinson, of Calcutta and Margaret Leslie ,Born 29 March 1758 , Died 13 February 1832 Robinson Baronets, of Batts House (1823) 1st Baronet Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, (1758-1832) 2nd Baronet Sir George Best Robinson, (1797-1855) 3rd Baronet Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, (1826-1891) 4th Baronet Sir William Le Fleming Robinson, (1830-1895) 5th Baronet Sir Ernest William Robinson, (1862-1924) 6th Baronet Sir Douglas Innes Robinson, (1863-1944) Sir George died "in his brother's house in Dyrham. Robinson, 2nd Baronet, eldest son of the late Sir G. Abercrombie Robinson, M.P. for Honiton, by Margaret, daughter of the 16th Earl of Suffolk and Berks.— He succeeded to the title in 1832, having married, in 1825, Louisa, daughter and heir of the late Major-General Douglas, of Garlston, by whom (who died in 1843) he has left four sons, and a daughter, married to Captain Douglas, Bengal Native Infantry. The late baronet succeeded the late Lord Napier as her Majesty's Chief Superintendent in China, where he served for many years with great ability. The present baronet, Sir George Abercrombie Robinson, is unmarried : he was born in 1826, and was formerly captain 22nd Foot.