Letters and papers concerning the birth and upbringing of Margaret Southwell, wife of George Abercrombie Robinson, from Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire (d.1783), his daughter and heiress Lady Diana le Fleming (d. 1816) and Margaret's guardians, and from Margaret to her husband. ...
Letter from Col. William Scott (?1754-1804), Bengal Army 1771-1804 and Resident at Lucknow, 1799-1804. Also later correspondence with Robinson's fellow-trustees about Scott's estate, his mistress and his illegitimate children.
Letters from Francis Rawdon Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Governor-General of India 1813-23, to Robinson and his predecessor Campbell Marjoribanks as chairmen of the East India Company. Also copies of Hastings's testimonial for Sir John Gordon (1779-1835), founder of Gordon's Ho...
Letters from Colin Shakespear (d.1835), Bengal Civil Service 1790-1835 and General Superintendent of Shakespearean Bridges 1824-28, about troubles at Bharatpur and in Burma.
Correspondence of members of the Canning and Leigh families with George and Margaret Robinson, and related legal correspondence about Robinson's trusteeship for the Leigh daughters.