Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet

For other people named William Robinson, see William Robinson (disambiguation).

Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet (19 November 1655 – 22 December 1736), 1st Baronet of Newby-on-Swale, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York.

Robinson was descended from a wealthy York merchant, also called William Robinson, who had been Lord Mayor of York and its MP during the reign of Elizabeth I. His uncle Metcalfe Robinson had been created a baronet in 1660, but died without issue in 1689, so that the baronetcy became extinct; on 13 February 1690, William was made a baronet to revive the title.

Sir William was MP for Northallerton from 1689 to 1695, and for York from 1698 until 1722. He was also High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1689 and Lord Mayor of York in 1700.

He had five sons and one daughter. His oldest son, Metcalfe, survived him by only four days, the baronetcy then passing to his second son, Tancred, who became a Rear Admiral of the White and was twice Lord Mayor of York. His fourth son, Thomas served as Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Leader of the House of Commons, and was raised to the peerage as Baron Grantham in 1761.

References

• Dictionary of National Biography
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Parliament of England
Preceded by Sir David Foulis Sir Henry Marwood	Member of Parliament for Northallerton 1689–1695 With: Thomas Lascelles	Succeeded by Thomas Lascelles Sir William Hustler
Preceded by Tobias Jenkins Edward Thompson	Member of Parliament for York 1698–1707 With: Tobias Jenkins 1698–1701 Edward Thompson 1701 Tobias Jenkins 1701–1705 Robert Benson 1705–07	Succeeded by Parliament of Great Britain
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Parliament of England	Member of Parliament for York 1708–1722 With: Robert Benson 1708–1713 Robert Fairfax 1713–15 Tobias Jenkins 1715–1722	Succeeded by Sir William Milner Edward Thompson, Jr
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Newby) 1690–1736	Succeeded by Metcalfe Robinson