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Jonathon "Jack" Robinson was an MP and Secretary of the British Treasury from 1770 to 1782. During a heated debate in Parliament a Mr Sheridan (an opposition MP) was attacking bribery and its author when members shouted "Name! Name! Sheridan looked fixedly at Robinson and retorted "Yes I could name him as soon as I could say Jack Robinson!"

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Jonathon "Jack" Robinson was an MP and Secretary of the British Treasury from 1770 to 1782. During a heated debate in Parliament a Mr Sheridan (an opposition MP) was attacking bribery and its author when members shouted "Name! Name! Sheridan looked fixedly at Robinson and retorted "Yes I could name him as soon as I could say Jack Robinson!"

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his name was Jack Roosevelt Robinson

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Jack Roosevelt Robinson

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Jack Robinson is not a character in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The main characters in the story are Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and the three ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

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Jack Robinson has written:

'Jack Robinson' -- subject(s): Portrait photography, Portraits, Entertainers, Authors

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