Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, 1st Baronet, (20 November 1857 – 16 October 1927) was an Irish

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Life and career

Henry Robinson was born in

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, the son of Sir Henry Robinson (1823–1893) and his wife Eva (née Medora), daughter of the 10th Viscount Valentia. Although he initially started work in a

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merchant's office, he followed his father into the Irish Civil Service at the age of nineteen. He served in a number of temporary positions before being appointed an inspector with the

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, with which he remained for the rest of his career. He eventually became vice-president of the Board, a position previously held by his father and generally the body's operational leader, in 1898, and retired in 1922. Robinson left Ireland in 1923, selling his

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house, and went to live in

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as his life was under threat. He published a couple of volumes of memories of his Irish life in 1923–24, entitled 'Memories, Wise and Otherwise'. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Christopher. He had four granddaughters through his daughter Eva Eleanor Hone (''d''. 1894), including the stained glass artist

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Recognition

Robinson was appointed

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(CB) in the

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and

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(KCB) in the 1900 Birthday Honours. He was appointed to the

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in the November

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, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable". He was created a

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in the 1920 New Year Honours.

Footnotes

References

*Obituary, ''

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'', 18 October 1927 *Brendan O'Donoghue, ''Activities Wise and Otherwise: The Career of Sir Henry Augustus Robinson, 1898–1922'', Irish Academic Press, 2015

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Henry Augustus 1857 births 1927 deaths Civil servants from Dublin (city) Civil servants in Ireland (1801–1922) Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Members of the Privy Council of Ireland