William Wood Robinson

Last Name: 
Robinson
First Name: 
William Wood
Grave Plot No.: 
320
Spatial: 
Date of birth: 
1801
year of death: 
1843
date of death: 
19.08.1843
Ethnicity / Origin: 
British
Age at death: 
42 years
Gender: 
Male
Full Epitaph: 
"SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF W.W. ROBINSON ESQR. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST 1843 AGED 42 YEARS Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. ??? "
Occupation: 
Wine merchant and general dealer in the firm of W.W. Robinson & Co.
Place of death: 
Calcutta
Tomb architecture: 
Column on pedestal.
Detailed information: 

"He was the founder and co-owner of the shop 'William Wood Robinson & company' along with George Warren Wright, at Wellesly-Place, Calcutta. Later he was an imprisoned as an insolvent debtor at the Common Gaol of Kolkata. 'The Gazzette' of 14th July 1831 records him filing a petition in the Court for the
Relief of Insolvent Debtors' at Calcutta, praying for relief under, the provisions of an Act of Parliament, made and passed in the ninth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George IV (in 1830). (See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/18920/page/679/data.pdf).
His petition was finally granted on 22nd September, 1838 (See: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/19691/page/5/data.pdf) and since then Robinson didn't look back.
The company which started off with a simple wine business in the Old Council House street, soon expanded and a memoir called ""A Tiger's Hunt,"" in the Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer in 1839, reports how by then they had gained a reputation for making saddles for elephants, from Indian Oak-wood. (See: https://books.google.co.in/booksid=m0MFAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover). By 1841 Robinson was a member of the Calcutta Trade Association and had become a somewhat prominent figure in the Calcutta businessmen. Although the number of Indian workers in his shop is difficult to trace the The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer, for 1841, reports of a British subject, by the name of G.A. Sheppard, who was working in his shop by then. (See: https://books.google.co.in/books?id=6iQoAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover). Their prosperity was on the rise and by 1842, The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer not only listed them under Wine merchants but also mentioned their name in the list of 'Provisioners and Bakers' in Calcutta. By now the Company had already employed another Brit by the name R. Sterling, as an assistant. (See: https://books.google.co.in/booksid=LNEQCLbWoP4C&printsec=frontcover). It can therefore be presumed that at the time of Robinson's death in 1843, his shop which had gradually grown into a prominent company, was doing extremely well and Robinson was a popular figure in the city."

Buried by: 
James Charles, Snr.Minister, St.Andrew's Church.
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Biblical References: 
Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
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Sudipto Mitra