John Robinson (7 November 1650 – 11 April 1723) was an English diplomat and prelate. He became the Bishop of London and Dean of Windsor, succeeding to Henry Compton.
Early life
Robinson was born at Cleasby, North Yorkshire, near Darlington, a son of John Robinson (died 1651) a cooper by trade and Elizabeth Potter. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he became a fellow of Oriel College. He graduated from Oxford in 1873.
He died at Hampstead, having been a great benefactor to Oriel College, Robinson's older brother, Christopher Robinson, immigrated to the Virginia Colony and became the patriarch of one of Virginia's First Families. He is also related to Christopher Robinson and the Robinson political family of Upper Canada.
References
- John Robinson's Account of Sweden, 1688: the original 1688 manuscript, edited and collated with the 1693 manuscript and the published editions from 1694, with an introduction by John B. Hattendorf. (Stockholm, Sweden: Karolinska Förbundet, 1998)