NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of, 1782-1859 NRA: Robinson Frederick John (1782-1859) 1st Earl of Ripon statesman DNB: Robinson, Frederick John, first Viscount Goderich and first earl of Ripon LBT ID: LdGoder1 VIAF ID: 38446447 LOC ID: n87912199 | B/BAP: 1782-11-01 DIED: 1859-01-28 |
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Educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, he was a Tory MP for Carlow
(1806-07) and Ripon (1807-27), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1823-27), and prime minister
(1827-28) in succession to Canning. | |