John Robinson (Harwich MP)

John Robinson (1727–1802) was an English lawyer, politician and government official.

John Robinson, engraving by William Bond after George Francis Joseph

He was a treasury secretary of obscure origin, characterized by extraordinary diligence, efficiency, persistence, and deep conservatism.[1]

  1. ^ Andrew Connell, "‘The potent spirit of the black‐browed Jacko’: new light on the impact of John R obinson on high politics in the era of the American Revolution, 1770–84." Historical Research 86.232 (2013): 292-312.