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Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

Name: Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761
Author: Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800 -- Correspondence

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    |   | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2 THOMAS ROBINSON, of Rokeby, bap.
    |   | | | |Jan. 4, 1650; buried, June 26, 1719, at Merton Abbey,
    |   | | | |Surrey.
    |   | | | | =
    |   | | | |GRACE, dau. of Sir Henry Stapylton, of Mytton,
    |   | | | |Yorks, and Elizabeth, dau. of Conyers, Lord D’Arcy,
    |   | | | |created Baron Holdernesse.
    |   | | | +----
    |   | | | |
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.1 ELIZABETH ROBINSON, b. 1674;
    |   | | | | |d. unmarried, 1739; buried at Merton Abbey; Co. of
    |   | | | | |Surrey.
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | |
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2 WILLIAM ROBINSON, of Rokeby;
    |   | | |   |bap. there, Sept. 23, 1675; m. 1698; d. Feb. 24, 1720;
    |   | | |   |buried at Merton Abbey. Seven sons and two daughters.
    |   | | |   | =
    |   | | |   |ANNE, dau. of Robert Walters, of Cundall, North
    |   | | |   |Riding, Yorks. She died in 1730. Her mother was a
    |   | | |   |Stordale, of Belton Park, Yorks. Buried at Merton
    |   | | |   |Abbey.
    |   | | |   +----
    |   | | |   |
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1 ANNE ROBINSON, b. York, 1699; m.,
    |   | | |   | |first Robert Knight, of Barrels, Warwickshire,
    |   | | |   | |father of the Earl of Catherlough, by whom she had a
    |   | | |   | |son, who died early; secondly, James Cresset,
    |   | | |   | |secretary to the Princess Dowager of Wales, and
    |   | | |   | |Comptroller of Army Accounts. She died in 1759.
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   |
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    |   | | |   | |ELIZABETH (1st wife), dau. of Charles Howard, 3rd
    |   | | |   | |Earl of Carlisle, widow of Nicholas, Lord Lechmere.
    |   | | |   | |She died at Bath April 10, and was buried at Rokeby,
    |   | | |   | |April 24, 1739. A monument to her and Sir Thomas in
    |   | | |   | |Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, with medallion
    |   | | |   | |portraits.
    |   | | |   | | =
    |   | | |   +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.2 SIR THOMAS ROBINSON, nicknamed
    |   | | |   | |“Long Sir T. R.,” Bart. of Great Britain, March 10,
    |   | | |   | |1730–31. b. in 1700; 1727, M.P. for Morpeth. First
    |   | | |   | |marriage, Oct. 25, 1728, at Belfreys, Yorks; 1735 to
    |   | | |   | |1742 Commissioner of Excise; Governor of Barbadoes,
    |   | | |   | |Jan. 1742–47. Sold Rokeby in 1769 to John Saurey
    |   | | |   | |Morritt. It had been 160 years in the family. Died at
    |   | | |   | |Prospect House, Chelsea, March 3, 1777.
    |   | | |   | | =
    |   | | |   | |SARAH, (2nd wife) dau. of Booth, Esq., of the
    |   | | |   | |family of Delaware, and widow of Samuel Salmon, of
    |   | | |   | |Barbadoes. She preferred to remain in Barbadoes when
    |   | | |   | |her second husband returned to England.
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Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth)

Montagu, Mrs. (Elizabeth), 1718-1800 -- Correspondence

|   | | | +----
    |   | | |
    |   | | | +----
    |   | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2 THOMAS ROBINSON, of Rokeby, bap.
    |   | | | |Jan. 4, 1650; buried, June 26, 1719, at Merton Abbey,
    |   | | | |Surrey.
    |   | | | | =
    |   | | | |GRACE, dau. of Sir Henry Stapylton, of Mytton,
    |   | | | |Yorks, and Elizabeth, dau. of Conyers, Lord D’Arcy,
    |   | | | |created Baron Holdernesse.
    |   | | | +----
    |   | | | |
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.1 ELIZABETH ROBINSON, b. 1674;
    |   | | | | |d. unmarried, 1739; buried at Merton Abbey; Co. of
    |   | | | | |Surrey.
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | |
    |   | | | | +----
    |   | | | +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2 WILLIAM ROBINSON, of Rokeby;
    |   | | |   |bap. there, Sept. 23, 1675; m. 1698; d. Feb. 24, 1720;
    |   | | |   |buried at Merton Abbey. Seven sons and two daughters.
    |   | | |   | =
    |   | | |   |ANNE, dau. of Robert Walters, of Cundall, North
    |   | | |   |Riding, Yorks. She died in 1730. Her mother was a
    |   | | |   |Stordale, of Belton Park, Yorks. Buried at Merton
    |   | | |   |Abbey.
    |   | | |   +----
    |   | | |   |
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.1 ANNE ROBINSON, b. York, 1699; m.,
    |   | | |   | |first Robert Knight, of Barrels, Warwickshire,
    |   | | |   | |father of the Earl of Catherlough, by whom she had a
    |   | | |   | |son, who died early; secondly, James Cresset,
    |   | | |   | |secretary to the Princess Dowager of Wales, and
    |   | | |   | |Comptroller of Army Accounts. She died in 1759.
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   |
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   | |ELIZABETH (1st wife), dau. of Charles Howard, 3rd
    |   | | |   | |Earl of Carlisle, widow of Nicholas, Lord Lechmere.
    |   | | |   | |She died at Bath April 10, and was buried at Rokeby,
    |   | | |   | |April 24, 1739. A monument to her and Sir Thomas in
    |   | | |   | |Poet’s Corner, Westminster Abbey, with medallion
    |   | | |   | |portraits.
    |   | | |   | | =
    |   | | |   +-|1.2.1.1.1.2.2.2.2 SIR THOMAS ROBINSON, nicknamed
    |   | | |   | |“Long Sir T. R.,” Bart. of Great Britain, March 10,
    |   | | |   | |1730–31. b. in 1700; 1727, M.P. for Morpeth. First
    |   | | |   | |marriage, Oct. 25, 1728, at Belfreys, Yorks; 1735 to
    |   | | |   | |1742 Commissioner of Excise; Governor of Barbadoes,
    |   | | |   | |Jan. 1742–47. Sold Rokeby in 1769 to John Saurey
    |   | | |   | |Morritt. It had been 160 years in the family. Died at
    |   | | |   | |Prospect House, Chelsea, March 3, 1777.
    |   | | |   | | =
    |   | | |   | |SARAH, (2nd wife) dau. of Booth, Esq., of the
    |   | | |   | |family of Delaware, and widow of Samuel Salmon, of
    |   | | |   | |Barbadoes. She preferred to remain in Barbadoes when
    |   | | |   | |her second husband returned to England.
    |   | | |   | +----
    |   | | |   |
    |   | | |   | +----

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Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

Elizabeth Montagu, the queen of the bluestockings, Volume 1 (of 2) : $b Her correspondence from 1720 to 1761

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