William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson, GCMG, PC (10 September 1852 – 11 September 1918) was an English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons twice between 1885 and 1910.
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. [1] He was educated at Newcastle and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. [2] He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1880 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1892. [3]
At the 1885 general election Robson was elected Member of Parliament for Bow and Bromley and held the seat until 1886. [4] At the 1895 general election he was elected MP for South Shields and held the seat until 1910. [5]
He was the Solicitor General from 1905 to 1908. [3] Upon his appointment, he was knighted the same year. [6] In 1908, he was promoted to be the Attorney General from 1908 to 1910. On 19 July 1910, he was sworn of the Privy Council. [7]
On 12 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. [8] He was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG) in the 1911 New Year Honours for "services in connection with the North Atlantic Coast Fisheries Arbitration". [9] He resigned as Lord of Appeal two years later.
Robson married Catharine Burge, daughter of Charles Burge, of Portland Place, London on 26 May 1887. They had a family.
Robson died, aged 66, at Telham Court, Battle, Sussex.
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