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Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron Rokeby (1712-1800) was an English eccentric nobleman who preferred a watery environment to a dry one.
Lord Rokeby was born Matthew Robinson in a Scottish family that had settled in Kent.
Robinson became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, briefly became a Whig and supported the accession of William of Orange.
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 Matthew Quay - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Matthew Quay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Matthew Quay - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Matthew Quay.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 14832
     Sir Matthew Robinson-Morris, 2nd Baron Rokeby was born in 1713.
He was the son of Matthew Robinson and Elizabeth Drake.
     Morris Robinson was the son of Matthew Robinson and Elizabeth Drake.
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 thePeerage.com - Index to British Orders
Fitz Maurice, Nicholas, 2nd Baron of Kerry and Lixnaw (1312), by John FitzThomas (afterwards Earl of Kildare) 
Somerset, Henry, 2nd Earl of Worcester (1523), by the Duke of Suffolk 
Blayney, Henry, 2nd Lord Blayney, Baron of of Monaghan (1626) 
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 Zoctagon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
I’ve decided that Britain has the best eccentrics.
There was Matthew Robinson, 2nd Baron of Rokeby who enjoyed baths so much that he bathed in the sea every day, regardless of the weather.
After building a more convenient indoor swimming pool he became increasingly detached from society, sparking rumours that he was a cannibal.
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