because of his quick temper and general aggressiveness, was an influential 
     
     player in Island politics during most of his lifetime holding official 
     
     positions such as Speaker of the House of Assembly and Receiver of Quit 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rents. He was also the author of WW 
     
     published in London in i806 which details the geography, history, culture, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and, very charmingly, the plant, animal and fish life of the island. He 
     
     became a considerable landowner and established his seat at Mount 
     
     Stewart. 
     
    
   
   
    
     5. Joseph Robinson (cal742-l807), a South Carolina Loyalist & military 
     
     officer, became a respected Island lawyer, judge, farmer and politician. He 
     
     was at one time Speaker of the House and later a member of the Council. 
     
     With Robert Hodgson he was an early advocate of escheat, the penalizing of 
     
     the lands of proprietors who were delinquent in fulfilling the terms of 
     
     their grants. ’