His grandson Sir William Robinson also represented York in Parliament and served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1638.

[2][3] The title was revived in the following year when his nephew William Robinson was created a Baronet, of Newby in the County of York, in the Baronetage of England.

He was the grandson of Thomas Robinson (fourth son of the first Baronet), a prominent diplomat and politician who served as Ambassador to the Austrian Empire, as Secretary of State for the Southern Department and as Leader of the House of Commons; in 1761 he was created Baron Grantham, of Grantham in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of Great Britain.

He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron, who was also a successful diplomat and politician who served as Ambassador to Spain and as Foreign Secretary.

His aunt Lady Amabel (or Annabella) Yorke had succeeded her mother the Marchioness Grey (on whose death the marquessate became extinct) in the barony of Lucas in 1797 and in 1816 she was created Countess de Grey, of Wrest in the County of Bedford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, with remainder to her sister Lady Mary Jemima and the heirs male of her body.

The same year he succeeded to the earldom, he assumed by Royal licence the surname of de Grey in lieu of Weddell.

F. J. Robinson was Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1823 and 1827, and he served briefly as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between August 1827 and January 1828.