George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

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Portrait from the time as Viceroy of India, from an 1880 magazine

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG , GCSI , CIE , PC (born October 24, 1827 in London , † July 9, 1909 in Studley Royal , Ripon , North Yorkshire ) was a British statesman and diplomat. He was a member of the Whig Party, which in 1859 became the Liberal Party .

Life

As the second son of the Conservative Prime Minister Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (later Earl Ripon) and Sarah Louisa Albinia (née Hobart), he was born in 1827 at No. Downing Street. 10 born in London.

On April 8, 1851, he married his cousin Henrietta Ann Theodosia Vyner. There were two children from this marriage: Frederick Oliver and Mary Sarah.

He began his political career in 1852 as a member of the House of Commons with a mandate from Kingston upon Hull , later for the constituency of Huddersfield and West Riding of Yorkshire . On November 14, 1859 he was heir to his father's title Earl of Ripon and Viscount Goderich and thus as a peer member of the House of Lords , the House of Lords . Later that year, he became the heir to a cousin of the older title Earl de Gray .

From 1861 until his death he was a cabinet member in every Liberal government. 1863–1866 he was Minister of War , 1866 Minister of State for India and 1868–1873 Lord President of the Council (chairman of the Privy Council , an advisory body to the monarch).

As head of a delegation sent to the US capital Washington, DC in May 1871 , he negotiated the Washington Treaty , which resolved disputes between the two states and prevented an impending war. The main points of contention were American claims on the Alabama question , the Irish Republican Brotherhood (Fenian Brotherhood), which operated from the USA, and border disputes with the new British Dominion Canada . After the successful conclusion of the contract, the title of Marquess of Ripon was created for him , which he received on June 23, 1871.

From 1870 Ripon was Grand Master of the English Masonic Lodges until he suddenly resigned from his office in 1874. On September 4, 1874, he converted to Catholicism and became involved in many Roman Catholic organizations.

From 1880 to 1884 he was Viceroy of India . There he tried to introduce the Ilbert Bill , named after his secretary , which should give the Indian people greater rights, including a. the right of Indian judges to speak about European law. However, as the British feared they would lose the legal upper hand in India, this plan was unsuccessful.

In 1886 he was First Lord of the Admiralty , 1892 to 1895 Secretary of State for the Colonies . From 1905 to 1908 he was Lord Seal Keeper and Leader of the House of Lords . The former Nile waterfall Ripon Falls was named after him.

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predecessor Office successor
Robert Bulwer-Lytton Viceroy of India
1880–1884 		Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood
New title created Marquess of Ripon
1871-1909 		Frederick Robinson
Frederick Robinson Earl of Ripon
Viscount Goderich
1859-1909 		Frederick Robinson
Thomas de Gray Earl de Gray
1859-1909 		Frederick Robinson
George Hamilton First Lord of the Admiralty
1886 		George Hamilton
personal data
SURNAME Robinson, George, 1st Marquess of Ripon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Robinson, George Frederick Samuel (maiden name); Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquess of Ripon (full name); 2. Viscount Goderich (title of nobility); 3rd Earl de Gray (title of nobility); 2. Earl Ripon (title of nobility)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British politician, Member of the House of Commons and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1909
Place of death Studley Royal , Ripon , North Yorkshire