William Robson, Baron Robson

For other persons named William Robson, see William Robson (disambiguation).

William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson PC, QC (10 September 1852 – 11 September 1918) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician.

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he was educated at Caius College, Cambridge. Called to the Bar in 1880, he became a Queen's Counsel in 1892. From 1885 to 1886, he was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Bow and Bromley and for South Shields from 1895 to 1910. He was Solicitor General for England and Wales between 1905 and 1908, and Attorney General for England and Wales between 1908 and 1910. Knighted in 1905, he was appointed to the Privy Council. On 7 October 1910, he was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and additionally a life peer with the title Baron Robson, of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland, however resigned as Lord of Appeal already two years later. He died, aged 66, in Sussex.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by (constituency created)	Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley 1885–1886	Succeeded by Sir John Colomb
Preceded by James Cochran Stevenson	Member of Parliament for South Shields 1895–1910	Succeeded by Russell Rea
Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Carson	Solicitor General for England and Wales 1905–1908	Succeeded by Sir Samuel Evans
Preceded by Sir John Lawson Walton	Attorney General for England and Wales 1908–1910	Succeeded by Sir Rufus Isaacs