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(1775–79),

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(1783) and trained in the law at the

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(1785). He succeeded his father in 1815, inheriting, in addition to the baronetcy, Cranford Hall, Northamptonshire and Stretton Hall, Leicestershire. He was appointed

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for 1820–21 and elected MP for

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, sitting until 1832. Sir George Robinson died in 1833. He had never married and was succeeded by his nephew George Stamp Robinson (1797–1873).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, George 1766 births 1833 deaths 18th-century British landowners 19th-century British landowners Robinson baronets, of London People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 High sheriffs of Leicestershire