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    Jonathan North
    Nov 29, 2020

    Colonel Robinson

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    I'm looking for some details of a Colonel Robinson (or Lieutenant-Colonel), active in Messina and Sicily in 1814 and 1815. Could anyone provide his first names and if he left any correspondence?

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    Ron McGuigan
    Nov 29, 2020

    William Robinson Royal Marine Artillery


    Captain 22 November 1809


    Brevet Major 23 February 1815


    Colonel in the service of the King of Sicily

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    Jonathan North
    Nov 30, 2020
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    He sounds like the one, in charge of some gunboats in Messina in 1814 and 1815. Many thanks!

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    Jonathan North
    Nov 30, 2020
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    He seems to have discovered the ruins of Oplontis, just south of Naples.

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    tomholmberg
    Nov 30, 2020
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    www.cambridge.org
    William Robinson: British Officer of Marines, ‘Discoverer’ of Oplontis | The Antiquaries Journal | Cambridge Core
    William Robinson: British Officer of Marines, ‘Discoverer’ of Oplontis - Volume 64 Issue 1

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    Garry Wills
    Nov 29, 2020

    Have you looked at Lt Col Morris Robinson who was based in Gibraltar in 1814? http://www.robinsonancestry.uk/name-index/morris-robinson-1759-1815

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    Jonathan North
    Nov 30, 2020
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    Thanks for this. An interesting career, but he died a bit early in 1815 and this one was till in Sicily in October 1815. Thanks though!

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