Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

The Right Honourable Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (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).

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The Right Honourable - November 1 - 1782 - January 28 - 1859 - British - Prime Minister

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After studying at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson entered Parliament in 1806, 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. In 1823 Robinson succeeded Nicholas Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer. While he held this position he was called "Prosperity Robinson" by the sarcastic journalist William Cobbett. William Cobbett also gave him the name "Goody Goderich" during the an economic crisis in 1825.

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Harrow - St John's College, Cambridge - Lord Liverpool - Paymaster of the Forces - Corn Laws - 1815 - President of the Board of Trade - 1823 - Chancellor of the Exchequer - William Cobbett - 1825

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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. 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. Goderich was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington.

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1827 - Nocton - County of Lincoln - Secretary of State for War and the Colonies - Leader of the House of Lords - Canningite - Duke of Wellington

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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. But the next year he broke with the Whigs over Irish disestablishment.

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1830 - Lord Privy Seal

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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).

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Peel's - President of the Board of Trade - President of the Board of Control

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His son, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, was a noted Liberal statesman and Cabinet Minister.

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