Nicholas Robinson (mayor)

He was a rich corn merchant who had paid £4500 for the land in Aigburth, Liverpool, upon which he had Sudley House built as his home around 1824.

[6] He contested unsuccessfully against Thomas Colley Porter for the office of mayor in 1827, in an election that was notorious for the bribery that ensued.

Escott says that the main issues were "management of the docks, local commerce, ‘junta’ domination and proposals for a householder and property-based franchise".

The two sides co-operated with a subsequent inquiry that resulted in three people being prosecuted and disenfranchised for bribery.

[7][8] William Rathbone was one of Robinson's two proposers for the mayoralty in October 1828, on which occasion his election was unopposed.