| The Viscount Goderich | |
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| In office 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828 | |
| Monarch | George IV |
| Preceded by | George Canning |
| Succeeded by | The Duke of Wellington |
| In office January 31, 1823 – April 20, 1827 | |
| Monarch | George IV |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Vansittart |
| Succeeded by | George Canning |
| Born | 1 November 1782 London |
| Died | 28 January 1859 (aged 76) Putney Heath, London |
| Political party | Tory |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC (November 1, 1782 – January 28, 1859), Frederick John Robinson until 1827, The Viscount Goderich 1827–1833, and The Earl of Ripon 1833 onwards, was a British statesman and Prime Minister (when he was known as Lord Goderich). The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap George Canning (11 April 1770 &ndash 8 August 1827 was a British statesman and Politician who served as Foreign Secretary and is at present the shortest serving Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( c The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1823 ( MDCCCXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley, PC ( 29 April 1766 &ndash 8 February 1851) was an English Politician, George Canning (11 April 1770 &ndash 8 August 1827 was a British statesman and Politician who served as Foreign Secretary and is at present the shortest serving Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wimbledon and Putney Commons are a large open space in south-west London, totalling 1140 acres (4 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. In the political tradition of some English-speaking countries, the term Tory has referred to a variety of political parties and Creeds since it was Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom
He was born to Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham and his wife, Lady Mary Yorke. Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham, PC, ( Vienna, 30 November 1738 &ndash 20 July 1786) British politician and statesman Mary Jemima Robinson Baroness Grantham ( 9 February 1757 &ndash 7 January 1830, Whitehall, London) was a British peeress After studying at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson entered Parliament in 1806. St John's College, an institution known formally as The Master Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge is a He was made Privy Counsellor in 1812, and served in various minor positions in the government of Lord Liverpool, including joint-Paymaster of the Forces, from which position he sponsored the Corn Laws of 1815, before entering the Cabinet in 1818 as President of the Board of Trade. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770 &ndash 4 December 1828 was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the The Paymaster of the Forces was a British government position The Corn Laws were Import tariffs designed to support domestic British corn prices against competition from less expensive foreign-grain imports between 1815 and 1846 The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 In 1823 Robinson succeeded Nicholas Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial While he held this position he was called "Prosperity Robinson" by the sarcastic journalist William Cobbett. William Cobbett ( 9 March 1763 &ndash 18 June 1835) was an English political pamphleter Farmer and prolific William Cobbett also gave him the name "Goody Goderich" during an economic crisis in 1825.
In 1827 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Goderich, of Nocton in the County of Lincoln, and served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords in George Canning's short-lived government. Nocton is a Village 10 kilometres (7 miles south of Lincoln in Lincolnshire within the North Kesteven area of the county within the East Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position most often Lord President On Canning's death Goderich succeeded him as leader of a tenuous coalition of moderate Tories - also known as the Canningites and Whigs, but it only lasted a few months and did not even meet Parliament. Canningites was the name used for a faction of British Tories in the 1800s through the 1820s who were led by George Canning. Goderich had been an able minister but when it came to leading he was unsure and the government couldn't be run effectively as a number of Tory MPs stepped in to become the unofficial Prime Minister in an effort to help Goderich run the country. It is reported that when Goderich resigned to George IV he burst into tears and George IV had to lend Goderich a handkerchief as he didn't have one. Goderich was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS ( c
In 1830 Goderich moved over to the Whigs and joined Lord Grey's cabinet, again as Colonial Secretary. In 1833 he was created Earl of Ripon, and became Lord Privy Seal. The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom ranking beneath the But the next year he broke with the Whigs over Irish disestablishment.
He later served in Peel's second administration as President of the Board of Trade (1841–1843) and then as President of the Board of Control (1843–1846). Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 &ndash 2 July 1850 was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and
His son, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, was a noted Liberal statesman and Cabinet Minister. George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC ( 24 October 1827 &ndash 9 July
The Earl of Ripon served as President of the Royal Society of Literature from 1834 to 1845. The Royal Society of Literature is the "senior literary organisation in Britain " [1]
Lord Goderich's Government, September 1827 – January 1828
- Lord Goderich - First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Lyndhurst - Lord Chancellor
- The Duke of Portland - Lord President of the Council
- Lord Carlisle - Lord Privy Seal
- Lord Lansdowne - Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Dudley - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- William Huskisson - Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
- John Charles Herries - Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Lord Anglesey - Master-General of the Ordnance
- Charles Grant - President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
- Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn - President of the Board of Control
- William Sturges Bourne - First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
- Lord Bexley - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Palmerston - Secretary at War
References
- ^ Wright, Thomas (1846). The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, usually but not Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the British government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position most often Lord President John Singleton Copley 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772 &ndash 1863 Lord Chancellor of England, was a British Politician The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke of Portland PC ( 24 June 1768 &ndash 27 March 1854 The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle KG PC ( 17 September 1773 &ndash 7 October 1848) was an English Statesman The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom ranking beneath the Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS ( 2 July 1780 – 31 January 1863) The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office John William Ward 1st Earl of Dudley PC ( 9 August 1781 &ndash 6 March 1833) known as the Honourable John Ward from The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the United Kingdom Government heading the William Huskisson (11 March 1770 &ndash 15 September 1830 was a British Statesman, financier and Member of Parliament for several constituencies including The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons John Charles Herries (1778 &ndash 1855 was an English Politician and Financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial Field Marshal Henry William Paget 1st Marquess of Anglesey KG GCB GCH ( 17 May 1768 &ndash 29 April The Master-General of the Ordnance (MGO was an important British military position before 1855, when its duties were largely abolished Charles Grant 1st Baron Glenelg, PC ( 26 October 1778 &ndash 23 April 1866) was a Scottish Politician and The Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the June 28, 2007 The Treasurer of the Navy was an office in the British government between the mid-16th and early 19th century Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn ( 9 October 1775 &ndash 2 September 1850) was a British politician of the early- to mid-19th century The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and William Sturges Bourne ( 7 November 1769 - 1 February 1845) was a British Tory politician The Commission of Woods Forests and Land Revenues was established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley, PC ( 29 April 1766 &ndash 8 February 1851) was an English Politician, The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is in modern times a Sinecure office in the Government of the United Kingdom. "Lord Palmerston" and "Henry Temple" redirect here The Secretary at War was a political position in the British government with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the British army, but Biographia Britannica Literaria: Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland. J. W. Parker.
External links
- More about Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich on the Downing Street website.
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