Mark Robinson

Posted by Dan Robinson on Saturday 4th of November 2017 23:24

My grx4 grandfather. His sons Admiral Mark, and Commander Charles R. RN
Have a lot of information and photo of portrait.

Posted by Brian Stephens on Saturday 12th of April 2014 13:13

ROBINSON MARK, Rear-admiral, who died in November 1799, entered the naval service at the age of fourteen: he was actively engaged in most of the combats under the command of Sir Peter Warren and Lord Hawke. His heroism was eminently conspicuous at the reduction of Guadaloupe, where his ship sunk under him. He was afterwards appointed to the command of the Toway on the coast of America, where he had the satisfaction of preserving Charlestown from the effects of an alarming conflagration, a service for which the merchants of South Carolina expressed their gratitude by a public vote of thanks, and a very large piece of plate, bearing a suitable inscription. Under Lord Keppel he commanded the Worcester, whence he was transferred to the Shrewsbury, in which ship he led the British fleet five times into actions. In the last of these he was disabled by a severe wound in the hip and the loss of a leg.