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| Robert Spencer Robinson R.N. | Explanation |
| Son of Sir John Robinson (1754-1832), Bt., Archdeacon of Armagh |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 6 January 1809 | | Born (Welford Park, Berkshire) |
| 10 May 1841 | | Married Clementina, daughter of Admiral Sir John Louis |
| 1847 | | Wrote 'Observations on the Steam Ships of the Royal Navy'. |
| 7 December 1868 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath), civil |
| 3 June 1869 | | F.R.S. (Fellow of the Royal Society) |
| 1871 | | Wrote 'Results of Admiralty Organisation as Established by Sir James Graham and Mr Childers'. |
| Stood as independent Liberal critic of Gladstone's naval policy at the Hull by-election, without success |
| 27 July 1889 | | Died (London) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 6 December 1821 | Entered Navy |
| 27 September 1830 | Lieutenant |
| 28 June 1838 | Commander |
| 5 November 1840 | Captain |
| 9 June 1860 | Rear-Admiral |
| 2 April 1866 | Vice-Admiral |
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
| 14 July 1871 | Retired Admiral |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 5 May 1831 | 1834 | Lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by Lord James Townshend, South America, flagship |
| 18 March 1836 | | Lieutenant in Asia, commanded by William Fisher, Mediterranean |
| 26 September 1837 | | Lieutenant in Tyne, commanded by John Townshend, Mediterranean |
| 20 July 1839 | | Commander in Phoenix, Mediterranean |
| 1840 | | Commander in Hydra, Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
| 15 February 1850 | 26 September 1852 | Captain in Arrogant (until paying off at Portsmouth), Lisbon |
| 15 June 1854 | 24 January 1656 | Captain in Colossus (from commissioning), North America and West Indies, then (1855) the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 13 February 1856 | 29 August 1856 | Captain in Royal George (until paying off at Sheerness), troop transport from the Crimea |
| 25 August 1856 | | Captain in Ajax, Superintendent of the steam reserve, Devonport |
| 1 February 1858 | 25 April 1859 | Captain in Exmouth, guard ship of Ordinary, Plymouth |
| 25 April 1859 | 25 May 1860 | Captain in Wellington, guard ship of Ordinary, Plymouth |
| 7 February 1861 | 14 February 1871 | Controller of the navy (until Gladstone decided, in the light of the loss of the Captain, for which he was quite unfairly blamed by Childers - that the appointment would not be extended at the end of his second five-year term) |
| 9 December 1869 | 8 February 1871 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (3rd Naval Lord) |
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