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.
1770Sep, 30
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
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The Georgian king, Erekle II, abandoned by his Russian ally Count Totleben, wins a victory over Ottoman forces at Aspindza. - 16May
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British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.