Baron Rosmead, of Rosmead in the County of Westmeath and of Tafelberg in

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. It was created on 11 August 1896 for the colonial administrator Sir Hercules Robinson, 1st Baronet. He had already been created a

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, of

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in the Parish of St Margaret,

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on 6 February 1891. The titles became extinct on the death of his son, the second Baron, in 1933. Several other members of the Robinson family also gained distinction. Hercules Robinson, father of the first Baron, was an admiral in the

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. Sir Henry Robinson, brother of the first Baron, was vice-president of the Local Government Board in Ireland between 1879 and 1891. Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, brother of the first Baron, was also a prominent colonial administrator. Frederick Charles Robinson, brother of the first Baron, was a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. Loftus Christopher Hawker Robinson, brother of the first Baron, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Sir Bryan Robinson, uncle of the first Baron, was a judge of the Supreme Court of

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between 1858 and 1877. Christopher Robinson, grandfather of the first Baron, was a judge of the King's Bench of Ireland. Bryan Robinson, great-grandfather of the first Baron, was Regius Professor of Physic at

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Barons Rosmead (1896)

* Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead (1824–1897) *Hercules Arthur Temple Robinson, 2nd Baron Rosmead (1866–1933)

Arms

Society events

Both the first and future second Barons Rosmead attended the

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on 7 August 1878 in

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. The first Baron was the father of the bride and the second, her brother, aged 12 at the time. The wedding attracted much attention from the colony's population and press and was attended by all the local dignitaries.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosmead Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1896