Deaths on September 30

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham

Died on September 30, 1770

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1695)

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, (c. 1695 – 30 September 1770), of Newby, Yorkshire, was a British diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1727 and 1761.

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Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
Secretary of State for the Southern Department

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