The Viscount Goderich

Period in Office:	September, 1827 – January, 1828
PM Predecessor:	George Canning
PM Successor:	The Duke of Wellington
Date of Birth:	1 November 1782
Place of Birth:	London
Date of Death:	28 January 1859
Place of Death:	Putney Heath, London
Political Party:	Tory

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (November 1, 1782 - January 28, 1859), known as 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).

After studying at Harrow and Cambridge, Robinson entered Parliament in 1806, and served in various minor positions in the government of Lord Liverpool, including Treasurer of the Navy, 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.

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 and Whigs, but it only lasted a few months and did not even meet Parliament. Goderich was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington.

In 1831 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.

Lord Ripon 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).

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

Lord and Lady Ripon are buried in the memorial chapel at All Saints Church, Nocton. Missing image
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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 Williams Wynn - President of the Board of Control
• William Stourges Bourne - First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
• Lord Bexley - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Lord Palmerston - Secretary at War

Preceded by: Nicholas Vansittart	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1823–1827	Succeeded by: George Canning
Preceded by: The Earl Bathurst	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1827	Succeeded by: William Huskisson
Preceded by: The Earl of Liverpool	Leader of the House of Lords 1827–1828	Succeeded by: The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by: George Canning	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1827–1828
Preceded by: Sir George Murray	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1830–1833	Succeeded by: Lord Stanley
Preceded by: The Lord Durham	Lord Privy Seal 1833–1834	Succeeded by: The Earl of Carlisle
Preceded by: Henry Labouchere	President of the Board of Trade 1841–1843	Succeeded by: William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by: Lord FitzGerald and Vesey	President of the Board of Control 1843–1846	Succeeded by: Sir John Cam Hobhouse

Preceded by: New Creation

Earl of Ripon

Succeeded by: George Robinson