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William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson, GCMG, PC (10 September 1852 – 11 September 1918) was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons twice between 1885 and 1910.
Background and early life
[edit]Robson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the son of Robert Robson merchant of Newcastle-on-Tyne and his wife Emily Jane Snowden, daughter of William Snowden of Newcastle-on-Tyne.[1] He was educated at Newcastle and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2] He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1880 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1892.[3]
Political career
[edit]At the 1885 general election Robson was elected Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley and held the seat until 1886.[4] At the 1895 general election he was elected MP for South Shields and held the seat until 1910.[5]
Government
[edit]He was the Solicitor General from 1905 to 1908.[3] Upon his appointment, he was knighted the same year.[6] In 1908, he was promoted to be the Attorney General from 1908 to 1910. On 19 July 1910, he was sworn of the Privy Council.[7]
Peerage
[edit]On 12 October 1910, Robson was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and a life peer with the title Baron Robson, of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland.[8] He was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in the 1911 New Year Honours for "services in connection with the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration".[9] He resigned as Lord of Appeal two years later.
Family
[edit]Robson married Catharine Burge, daughter of Charles Burge, of Portland Place, London on 26 May 1887. They had a family.
Robson died, aged 66, at Telham Court, Battle, Sussex.
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References
[edit]- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886
- ^ "Robson, William Snowdon (RB875WS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). "Robson, William Snowdon Robson, Baron". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 32 (12th ed.). London & New York: The Encyclopædia Britannica Company. p. 288. - ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 4)
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 4)
- ^ "No. 27865". The London Gazette. 19 December 1905. p. 9084.
- ^ "No. 28396". The London Gazette. 19 July 1910. p. 5137.
- ^ "No. 28425". The London Gazette. 18 October 1910. p. 7321.
- ^ "No. 28452". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1911. p. 2.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench. 1918.
