Robinson, George Abercrombie, 1758-1832

1779-1808 officer of the East India Company; 1779 ensign; 1781 lieutenant; 1786 commissionary-general; 1788 aide de camp to the governor-general, Cornwallis; 1788-1792 head assistant, military auditor-general's office; 1798 garrison storekeeper, Fort William; 1798 secretary to the military board; 1798 captain; 1798 military auditor-general; 1805 private secretary to the governor-general, Cornwallis; 1808-1829 director, East India Company; 1812-1818 Member of Parliament for Honiton 1819-1820 deputy chairman, East India Company; 1820-1821 chairman, East India Company.

Epithet: officer of the East India Company and politician

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