John Robinson (bishop of London) - Wikipedia John Robinson (bishop of London) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Redirected from John Robinson (1650–1723)) Jump to navigation Jump to search This article is about an Anglican Bishop. For other people named John Robinson who also served as Bishops, see Bishop John Robinson The Right Reverend and Right Honourable John Robinson Bishop of London Church Church of England Diocese Diocese of London Elected c. 1714 Term ended 1723 (death) Predecessor Henry Compton Successor Edmund Gibson Other posts Bishop of Bristol 1710–1714 Orders Consecration c. 1714 Personal details Born (1650-11-07)7 November 1650 Cleasby, North Yorkshire Died 11 April 1723(1723-04-11) (aged 72) Hampstead, London Buried All Saints Church, Fulham Nationality English Denomination Anglican Parents John Robinson (d. 1651) Occupation Diplomat Alma mater Brasenose College, Oxford John Robinson (7 November 1650 – 11 April 1723) was an English diplomat and prelate. Contents 1 Early life 2 Writings 3 Other 4 References Early life[edit] Robinson was born at Cleasby, North Yorkshire, near Darlington, a son of John Robinson (died 1651). Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he became a fellow of Oriel College, and in about 1680 he became chaplain to the British embassy to Stockholm. He remained in Sweden for nearly thirty years. During the absence of the minister, Philip Warwick, Robinson acted as resident and as envoy extraordinary, and he was thus in Sweden during a very interesting and important period, and was performing diplomatic duties at a time when the affairs of northern Europe were attracting an unusual amount of attention. Among his adventures not the least noteworthy was his journey to Narva with Charles XII in 1700. In 1709 Robinson returned to England, and was appointed Dean of Windsor and of Wolverhampton; in 1710 he was elected bishop of Bristol, and among other ecclesiastical positions he held that of Dean of the Chapel Royal. In August 1711 he became Lord Privy Seal, this being, says Lord Stanhope, "the last time that a bishop has been called upon to fill a political office." Echoing his Scandinavian connections, the motto on his coat of arms is written in runic characters. In 1712 the bishop represented Great Britain at the important congress of Utrecht, and as first plenipotentiary he signed the treaty of Utrecht in April 1713 that ended the War of the Spanish Succession. Just after his return to England he was chosen Bishop of London in succession to Henry Compton. In 1718 he fostered a plan for the union of the English and Swedish churches, supported by Count Gyllenberg, Swedish Ambassador to London. The plan fell through because of the opposition of most Swedish bishops, although Svedberg of Skara and Gezelius, Bishop of Turku (Finland) were in favour. The reason for the opposition was that the Church of England was too Calvinist for them [1]. He died at Hampstead, having been a great benefactor to Oriel College, and is buried at All Saints Church, Fulham, London. Writings[edit] Robinson wrote an Account of Sweden together with an Extract of the History of that Kingdom. By a person of note who resided many years there (London, 1695). This was translated into French (Amsterdam, 1712), and in 1738 was published with Viscount Molesworth's Account of Denmark in 1692. Some of his letters are among the Strafford papers in the British Museum. Other[edit] A member of the same family was Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson and Gary Weiss, critic of Patrick M. Byrne. Robinson's older brother, Christopher Robinson, immigrated to the Virginia Colony and became the patriarch of one of Virginia's First Families. He is also related to Christopher Robinson and the Robinson political family of Upper Canada. References[edit]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Robinson, John (diplomatist)". Encyclopædia Britannica. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 422–423. John Robinson's Account of Sweden, 1688: the original 1688 manuscript, edited and collated with the 1693 manuscript and the published editions from 1694, with an introduction by John B. Hattendorf. (Stockholm, Sweden: Karolinska Förbundet, 1998) Diplomatic posts Preceded by Philip Warwick British Envoy to Sweden 1683–1703 Succeeded by ? Political offices Preceded by The Duke of Newcastle Lord Privy Seal 1711–1713 Succeeded by The Earl of Dartmouth Church of England titles Preceded by John Hall Bishop of Bristol 1710–1714 Succeeded by George Smalridge Preceded by Henry Compton Bishop of London 1714–1723 Succeeded by Edmund Gibson v t e Bishops of London Post-Augustine Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc Post-Conquest William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Belmeis I Gilbert Universalis Anselm (quashed) Robert de Sigello Richard de Belmeis II Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Église Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock 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