Samuel Robinson (19 October 1666 – 9 December 1729) of

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, Hertfordshire was an English Member of Parliament.ROBINSON, Samuel (1666–1729), of Cheshunt, Herts.
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from 1686. He was the Member of

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in the parliaments of 1710–1713 and 1 June 1714–1715. He died unmarried, leaving his property to a friend, Timothy Drew of .

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