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William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George Personal Computer was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1910.

Background

Robson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the son of Robert Robson merchant of Newcastle-on-Tyne and his wife Emily Jane Snowden, daughter of William Snowden of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Education

He was educated at Newcastle and at Caius College, Cambridge.

Career

He was called to the Bar in 1880 and became a Queen"s Counsel in 1892. At the 1895 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for South Shields and held the seat until 1910. He was Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1905 to 1908, and Attorney General for England and Wales from 1908 to 1910.

In 1905, he knighted and was appointed to the Privy Council.

On 7 October 1910, Robson was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and a life peer with the title Baron Robson, of Jesmond in the County of Northumberland. He resigned as Lord of Appeal two years later.

Robson died, aged 66, at Telham Court, Battle, Sussex. Robson married Catharine Burge, daughter of Charles Burge, of Portland Place, London on 26 May 1887.

They had a family.

Achievements

  • He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George) in the 1911 New Year Honours in recognition of his services in connection with the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration.

Membership

23rd United Kingdom Parliament. 26th United Kingdom Parliament. 27th United Kingdom Parliament.

28th United Kingdom Parliament.

29th United Kingdom Parliament]

At the 1885 general election Robson was elected Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley and held the seat until 1886.