Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685 – 2 September 1754) was an English

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and

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Life

He was the second son of

Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet (19 November 1655 – 22 December 1736), 1st Baronet of Newby-on-Swale, Yorkshire, was an English Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1689 and 1722. He was Lord Mayo ...

of Newby, Yorkshire and succeeded his elder brother Metcalfe to the baronetcy and

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in 1741. He joined the Royal Navy, was knighted and made commanding officer of HMS ''Solebay'' (1707) and ''Gosport'' (1708). After promotion to captain he successively commanded HMS ''Deptford'' (1710), ''Winchester'' (1712–14), ''Dreadnought'' (1716–18) and ''Britannia'' (1734–36). In 1736 he was made

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Squadron and in 1739

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. He retired from the Navy in 1741. Robinson was elected

in 1718 and again 1738. After his death in 1754, he was buried at the now demolished

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. Inside the church was a monument to his memory.

Family

Robinson married Mary Norton, daughter of Rowland Norton of

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, Yorkshire and had three sons (the eldest of whom predeceased him) and four daughters. He was succeeded by his eldest surviving son

Sir William Robinson, 4th Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only a ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robinson, Tancred Royal Navy admirals Knights Bachelor Baronets in the Baronetage of England Lord Mayors of York 1680s births 1754 deaths

Tancred Tancred or Tankred is a masculine given name of Germanic origin that comes from ''thank-'' (thought) and ''-rath'' (counsel), meaning "well-thought advice". It was used in the High Middle Ages mainly by the Normans (see French Tancrède) and espec ...