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persecution, he went to Amster- 

 dam. In 1609 he became pastor of 

 a church at Leiden, where he 

 formed the idea of a Puritan colony 

 in America. In 1620, largely 

 owing to his efforts, the Pilgrim 

 Fathers set sail, but Robinson 

 himself never crossed to them. He 

 died at Leiden, March 1, 1625. 

 Robinson is regarded as one of the 

 founders of Congregationalism. 

 His name is perpetuated by the 

 Congregational church at Gains- 

 borough, and his numerous theo- 

 logical works were reprinted in 

 1851. See Congregationalism ; 

 Pilgrim Fathers ; consult also 

 John Robinson, O. S. Davis, 1903 ; 

 New Facts concerning J. Robin- 

 son, C. Burrage, 1910. 



Robinson, SIR JOHN RICHARD 

 (1828-1903). British journalist. 

 Born Nov. 2, 1828, at Witham, 

 Essex, son of 

 a Congrega- 

 tional minis- 

 ter, he was 

 apprenticed to 

 a firm of book- 

 sellers at Shep- 

 ton Mallet, 

 and after be- 

 ing on the staff 

 Sir John Robinson, of The Bedford 

 British journalist Mercury and 



Elliott * Fry The Wiltg J n . 



dependent, settled in London in 

 1848 as sub-editor of The Inquirer. 

 In 1855 he edited an evening paper, 

 The Express, and in 1868 began 

 his long connexion with The Daily 

 News as general manager, a post 

 which, with the exception of the 

 period 1887-96, when he acted as 

 editor, he retained until his retire- 

 ment in Feb., 1901. Knighted in 

 1893, he died in London, Nov. 30, 

 1903. See Recollections of Sir John 

 R. Robinson, F. Moy Thomas, 1904. 



Robinson, SIR JOSEPH BEN- 

 JAMIN (b. 1840). South African 

 capitalist. Born Aug. 3, 1840, he 

 was occupied 

 in farming and 

 trading in wool 

 until he bought 

 a tract of some 

 20,000 acres of 

 land on the 

 V a a 1 river, 

 1867. The dis- 

 covery of dia- 

 monds on his Sir Joseph Robinson, 

 property made S ' African capitalist 

 Robinson a wealthy man, and he 

 played an important part in poli- 

 tics and was mayor of Kimberley, 

 1880. He owned goldfields, and 

 became chairman of the Robinson 

 South African Banking Company. 

 He was made a baronet in 1908. 



Robinson, MARY (1758-1800). 

 English actress and royal favourite.' 

 Born at Bristol, Nov. 27, 1758, 



Mary Robinson, 

 British actress 



flhe came to 

 London, and 

 having re- 

 ceived tuition 

 from Garrick, 

 made her first 

 appearance as 

 Juliet at 

 Drury Lane, 

 Dec. 10, 1776. 

 OnDec.3,1778, 

 she appeared 

 as Perdita to Smith's Leontes in 

 Garrick's adaptation of The Win- 

 ter's Tale, and captured the affec- 

 tions of the prince of Wales, after- 

 wards George IV, who quickly tired 

 of her. She was subsequently the 

 mistress of Charles James Fox, and 

 of Colonel Tarleton, and died in 

 poverty, Dec. 26, 1800. 



Robinson, SIR THOMAS (1698- 

 J 770). British politician, The son 

 of Sir W. Robinson (1655-1736), a 

 Yorkshire 

 baronet, he 

 was educated 

 at Trinity Col- 

 lege, Cam- 

 bridge. He was 

 ambassador at 

 Vienna, 1730- 

 48. I n 1754, 

 being the'n an 

 M.P., he was 

 made secretary 

 of state and 



Thomas Robinson, 

 2nd Baron Grantham 



After Bomney 



leader of the House of Commons 

 under the duke of Newcastle, but 

 he resigned in 1755. In 1761 he 

 was made Baron 

 Grantham, and he \. 

 died Sept. 30, j 

 1770. His son ' 

 Thomas, the 2nd . 

 baron (1738-86), I 

 was ambassador | 

 at Madrid, 1771- 

 79, and secretary 

 for foreign affairs, 

 1782-83. His son 

 Thomas Philip, 

 3rd baron (1781- 

 1859), became Earl 

 de Grey and took 

 the name of de 

 Grey on the death 

 of his aunt, who 

 had been made 

 Countess de Grey 

 in 1816. He was 

 first lord of the 

 admiralty, 1834- 

 35, and lord -lieu- 

 tenant of Ireland, 

 1841-44. On his 

 death his titles, in- 

 cluding the barony 

 of Grantham, 

 passed to his 

 nephew, who be- 

 came the m a r- 

 quess of Ripon 

 (q.v.). 



Robinson, WILLIAM HEATH (b. 

 1872). British artist. Born May 

 31, 1872, the son of Thomas Robin- 

 son, an artist, he studied art in 

 London at the R.A. school, and 

 soon made his mark as an illustra- 

 tor of books. He was better known, 

 however, by his humorous draw- 

 ings in The Sketch and other 

 British and American periodicals. 



Robinson, WILLIAM LEEFE 

 (1895-1918). British airman. Born 

 in India, July 14, 1895, he was com- 

 missioned from 

 Sandhurst i n 

 1914 and 

 joined the 

 R.F.C. the fol- 

 lowing year, 

 being trained 

 in England. 

 On the occa- 

 sion of the Zep- 

 pelin raid on 

 London, Sept. 

 3, 1916, Robinson attacked one 

 ship, and after two hours aloft 

 attacked another, bringing her 

 down in flames at Cuffley. For 

 this he received the Victoria Cross 

 for bringing down the first Zep- 

 pelin in England. In May, 1917, 

 he was brought down at Douai 

 while flying, and remained a 

 prisoner until Dec. 14, 1918. He 

 died at Stanmore, Dec. 31, 1918. 



Robinson Crusoe. Novel by 

 Defoe. The first part was published 

 April 25, 1719, with the full title 

 of The Life and Strange Surprising 



W. Leefe Robinson, 

 British airman 



Robinson Crusoe sees the footprint of Man Friday on 

 the sands of his uninhabited island 



From a drawing by n. L. Bacon 



