[2] For a couple of years Robinson and Clark ran their respective offices independently, then decided to reunite in London.
The Adelaide office was taken over by Arthur J. Walkley, previously an employee, and became a minor partner of the new company; he died 1 March 1942 after being struck by a tram.
Robinson was ever on the lookout for business opportunities in Australia: in 1905 when the Broken Hill mines were struggling with a host of problems he organised a luxury private carriage on the "Barrier" train for an invited group of industrialists and investors, who invested thousands of pounds of British capital into the North and South mines, Zinc Corporation, and Amalgamated Zinc Companies.
[5] In 1919 the stockbroking firm of Knights, Jessop & Stanton was involved in the takeover of Lionel Robinson, Clark & Co.[6] Although he made his fortune through mining stocks, Robinson was also interested in industrials: he was a major shareholder director of the London Motor Omnibus Company, and the London Underground Railways.
As a director of the omnibus company he was concerned at the reputation motor 'buses had for unreliability, and insisted on a daily overhaul of each bus, whether giving problems or not, with immediate beneficial results.
He had a charming personality, and his cheerful disposition made him a host of friends who still retained a pleasant recollection of the days he spent among them.
and were inseparable both in business and sport, but on the death of his partner Clark lost a great part of his enthusiasm for racing, and allowed his stable to become became a skeleton of its earlier self.
[8]In 1921 he fielded a team against Warwick Armstrong's Australian XI at Old Buckenham Hall, which attracted a large number of spectators.
[9] Around 1937 Old Buckenham Hall became the new site of a school for boys, which was founded in 1862 by the Misses Ellen and Margaret Ringer in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Clark purchased Windlesham Moor, a picturesque Surrey mansion in 50 acres of grounds on the edge of Windsor Forest, in 1921 and, like Robinson, never returned to Australia.
They sold the property to South African millionaire Philip Hill in 1942, and on his death passed to his wife, who became Mrs. Warwick Byant.
[10] Windlesham Moor was rented for Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten as a country retreat directly after their marriage in November 1947 and while Sunninghill Park, which had been largely damaged by fire, was being rebuilt.
Their Australian successes included: Although Clark and Robinson were living in England they continued over a long period to keep a few horses with Bradfield.
Anthony Bennett Robinson (15 September 1832 – 12 November 1908) born in Bath, Somersetshire,[16] married Harriet Salmon née Barton (1840 – 24 March 1910).