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Lowther blew up in early 1773, over local patronage; it saw a challenge to a duel, which Robinson turned down. Robinson resigned the post of law agent to the Lowther estates, and was succeeded in it by his first cousin, John Wordsworth, the poet's father.
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Robinson left legacies to Captain John Wordsworth and Richard Wordsworth of Staple Inn, London. His means were comparatively small. After his death his accounts were called for, and it was some time before they were passed, and the embargo placed by the crown on the transfer of his
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His wife died at Wyke House on 8 June 1805, aged 71, and was buried at
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296:. Hill parted company with his partner Edmund Sparke Willett in 1860; Willett was listed as proprietor in 1874. It was still in use as a mental hospital in 1958. In 1970 it was being used for mental health rehabilitation, and was
233:, obtaining with her a fortune. He also inherited from his grandfather, John Robinson, alderman of Appleby 1703–46, property in the county, and eighteen burgage tenures, carrying votes for the borough, in Appleby.
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made him his principal law agent and land steward. He was created a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of
Westmorland in 1762, and through the influence of Lowther was returned as Member of Parliament for
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Britain, Ireland, United States of America, and the Continent
245:, Bristol, on 26 October 1796, and was buried in Isleworth churchyard, where a monument was erected to her memory. Her home was at Wyke House, and all her children were born there.
155:. On his retirement from the post of secretary of the treasury, he came into a pension of £1,000 a year. After their quarrel Robinson offered his estates in Westmorland (including
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Connell, "‘The potent spirit of the black‐browed Jacko’: new light on the impact of John R obinson on high politics in the era of the American Revolution, 1770–84."
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Connell, Andrew. "‘The potent spirit of the black‐browed Jacko’: new light on the impact of John
Robinson on high politics in the era of the American Revolution, 1770–84."
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