Baron Rokeby

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The Baron Rokeby is a peerage in the Peerage of Ireland, created for Richard Robinson, the Archbishop of Armagh in 1777. The Baron Rokeby is also a Baronet in the Baronetage of Great Britain created in 1731 for Thomas Robinson. Both the Baronetcy and the Barony became extinct on the death of the 6th Baron.

[edit] Baronets, of Rokeby, Yorkshire (1731)

• Sir Thomas Robinson, 1st Baronet (1703-1777)
• Sir William Robinson, 2nd Baronet (1705-1785)
• Sir Richard Robinson, 3rd Baronet, previously created Baron Rokeby in 1777.

[edit] Barons Rokeby

• Richard Robinson, 1st Baron Rokeby (1708-1794)
• Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (1713-1800)
• Morris Robinson, 3rd Baron Rokeby (1757-1829)
• Matthew Montagu, 4th Baron Rokeby (1762-1831)
• Edward Montagu, 5th Baron Rokeby (1787-1847)
• Henry Montagu, 6th Baron Rokeby (1798-1883)

This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.