Sir Thomas Robinson
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, (c. 169530 September 1770), of Newby, Yorkshire, was a Kingdom of Great Britain, British diplomat and politician who sat in the British House of Commons, House of Commons between 1727 and 1761. Early life Robinson was a younger son of Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet, Sir William Robinson, Bt (1655–1736) of Newby-on-Swale, Yorkshire, who was Member of Parliament for York (UK Parliament constituency), York from 1697 to 1722. His elder brother was Rear Admiral Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet, Sir Tancred Robinson. He had been a scholar and minor fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge. Career Robinson gained his earliest diplomatic experience in Paris. At the 1727 British general election he was returned as Member of Parliament for Thirsk (UK Parliament constituency), Thirsk on the Frankland interest, after his eldest brother, for whom the seat had originally been intended, resigned h ...
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The Right Honourable
''The Right Honourable'' (abbreviation: ''Rt Hon.'' or variations) is an honorific Style (form of address), style traditionally applied to certain persons and collective bodies in the United Kingdom, the former British Empire and the Commonwealth of Nations. The term is predominantly used today as a style associated with the holding of certain senior public offices in the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, Australia. ''Right'' in this context is an adverb meaning 'very' or 'fully'. Grammatically, ''The Right Honourable'' is an adjectival phrase which gives information about a person. As such, it is not considered correct to apply it in direct address, nor to use it on its own as a title in place of a name; but rather it is used in the Grammatical person, third person along with a name or noun to be modified. ''Right'' may be abbreviated to ''Rt'', and ''Honourable'' to ''Hon.'', or both. ''The'' is sometimes dropped in written abbreviated form, but is al ...
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