George Henry Robins

(1777-1847)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Robins, George Henry, 1778-1847 DNB: Robins, George Henry (1777-1847), auctioneer LBT ID: GeRobin1847 VIAF ID: 78478744 LOC ID: no2003117059	B/BAP: 1777-05-29 DIED: 1847-02-08
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Flamboyant auctioneer who aroused controversy in selling the contents of Walpole's Strawberry Hill in 1842. He served with Byron on the Drury-Lane steering committee.
REFERENCES TO George Henry Robins: Sir George Beaumont to Samuel Rogers, 13 November 1826 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1813 Found 2: ¶ 17 ¶ 18 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 20: Personal Affairs Found 1: ¶ 2 Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (London: Edward Moxon, 1858) Chapter X. Found 1: ¶ 24 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter XI. 1825-1827.