F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich

Tags: Prime Minister.

Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl of Ripon PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859) styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich /ˈɡoʊdrɪtʃ/ GOHD-rich between 1827 and 1833 the name by which he is best known to history was a British statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between August 1827 and January 1828.A member of the rural landowning aristocracy Robinson entered politics through family connections.

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active years end date

1823-02-21, 1827-04-20, 1828-01-21, 1843-05-15

active years start date

1818-01-24, 1823-01-31, 1827-08-31, 1841-09-03

alma mater

St John's College Cambridge

birth date

1782-11-01

birth place

London

death date

1859-01-28

death place

London, Wimbledon Common

monarch

George III of the United Kingdom, George IV of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria

order in office

President of the Board of Trade, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer

party

Tory

prime minister

Robert Peel, Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool

successor

Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington, William Ewart Gladstone, William Huskisson, George Canning