Marquess of Ripon
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. It was created in 1870 for the Liberal
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politician George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...
. The Robinson family descended from William Robinson (d. 1616), a wealthy York
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merchant, Lord Mayor and Member of Parliament
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for York. His grandson Sir William Robinson also represented York in Parliament and served as High Sheriff of Yorkshire
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in 1638. Sir William's elder son Metcalfe Robinson
Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet
Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679 and from 1685 to 1689....
sat as Member of Parliament for York and was created a Baronet in 1660 (see Robinson Baronets
Robinson Baronets
There have been eleven Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Robinson, four in the Baronetage of England, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and six in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom...
). He died childless in 1689 when the baronetcy became extinct. The title was revived in the following year when his nephew William Robinson
Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet
Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet , 1st Baronet of Newby, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York....
was created a Baronet, of Newby in the County of York, in the Baronetage of England. Sir William represented both Northallerton
Northallerton (UK Parliament constituency)
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and York in Parliament. His eldest son Metcalfe, the second Baronet, only survived him by four days and was succeeded by his younger brother, Tancred, the third Baronet. He was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy
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. This line of the family failed on the death of his younger son, the fifth Baronet, in 1792.
The late Baronet was succeeded by his first cousin once removed, Thomas Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham, who became the sixth Baronet. He was the grandson of Thomas Robinson
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, KB, PC was a British diplomatist and politician. He was a younger son of Sir William Robinson, Bt...
, fourth son of the first Baronet. Thomas Robinson was a prominent diplomat and politician and served as Ambassador to the Austrian Empire, as Secretary of State for the Southern Department
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and as Leader of the House of Commons
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. In 1761 he was created Baron Grantham, of Grantham in the County of Lincoln, in the Peerage of Great Britain
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. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He was also a successful diplomat and politician and served as Ambassador to Spain and as Foreign Secretary. Lord Grantham married Lady Mary Jemima, daughter of Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke
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and Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey
Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey
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and 4th Baroness Lucas, daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent
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.
He was succeeded by his elder son Thomas, the aforementioned third Baron. In 1803 Thomas assumed the surname of Weddell in lieu of his patronymic. In 1833 he succeeded his maternal aunt as 2nd Earl de Grey
Earl de Grey
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and 6th Baron Lucas. His aunt Lady Amabel (or Annabella) Yorke had succeeded her mother the Marchioness Grey (on whose death the marquessate became extinct) in the barony of Lucas in 1797 and in 1816 she was created Countess de Grey, of Wrest in the County of Bedford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
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, with remainder to her sister Lady Mary Jemima and the heirs male of her body. Lady de Grey was the childless widow of Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth, son of Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont
Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont
Hugh Hume-Campbell, 3rd Earl of Marchmont PC FRS , styled Lord Polwarth between 1724 and 1740, was a Scottish politician....
. Thomas, the second Earl de Grey, also inherited the Grey family seat of Wrest Park, near Silsoe
Silsoe
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, Bedfordshire
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. The same year he succeeded in the earldom he assumed by Royal license the surname of de Grey in lieu of Weddell.
Lord de Grey had no sons and was succeeded in the barony of Lucas (which could be passed on through female lines) by his daughter, Anne (see Baron Lucas for further history of this title). He was succeeded in the other titles by his nephew, George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon. He was the only son of the Honourable F. J. Robinson, second son of the second Baron Grantham. F. J. Robinson was Chancellor of the Exchequer
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between 1823 and 1827 and served briefly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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between August 1827 and January 1828. In 1827 he was elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Goderich, of Nocton in the County of Lincoln. This was a revival of the viscountcy of Goderich created for his great-great-grandfather the Duke of Kent in 1706. In 1833 Robinson was further honoured when he was made Earl of Ripon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. On his death in 1859 he was succeeded by his only son, the aforementioned second Earl of Ripon. The latter also succeeded his uncle in the earldom of de Grey later in 1859, whereby he became known by style the "Earl de Grey and Ripon". He was a distinguished Liberal statesman and held office in every Liberal administration from 1861 until his death in 1908. In 1870 he was created Marquess of Ripon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was succeeded by his only son and only surviving child, the second Marquess. He represented Ripon
Ripon (UK Parliament constituency)
Ripon was a constituency sending members to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom until 1983, centred on the city of Ripon in North Yorkshire.-History:...
in Parliament between 1874 and 1880. He was childless and all the titles became extinct on his death in 1923.
Although knighted upon the English Restoration
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, the Robinsons were Lord Mayors of York in a previous era.
Robinson Baronets, of Newby (1690)
- Sir William Robinson, 1st BaronetSir William Robinson, 1st BaronetSir William Robinson, 1st Baronet , 1st Baronet of Newby, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament and Lord Mayor of York....
(1655–1736) - Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1683–1736)
- Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685–1754)
- Sir William Robinson, 4th Baronet (1713–1770)
- Sir Norton Robinson, 5th Baronet (c. 1715–1792)
- Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de GreyThomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey KG, PC, FRS , known as The Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, was a British Tory politician and statesman of the 19th century...
(1781–1859)
Barons Grantham (1761)
- Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 1st Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, KB, PC was a British diplomatist and politician. He was a younger son of Sir William Robinson, Bt...
(c. 1695–1770) - Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 2nd Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham PC was a British politician and statesman. He notably served as Foreign Secretary between 1782 and 1783.-Background and education:...
(1738–1786) - Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron GranthamThomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de GreyThomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey KG, PC, FRS , known as The Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, was a British Tory politician and statesman of the 19th century...
(1781–1859) (succeeded as 2nd Earl de GreyEarl de GreyThe titles of Marquess De Grey and Earl De Grey were created in the peerages of Great Britain and the United Kingdom respectively for descendants of the Greys, Duke of Kent and Earls of Kent, created 1465, who were unrelated or extremely distantly related to the family of the Earls Grey created...
in 1833)
Earls de Grey (1816)
- Amabel Yorke, 1st Countess De Grey (1751–1833)
- Thomas Philip De Grey, 2nd Earl De GreyThomas Robinson, 2nd Earl de GreyThomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey KG, PC, FRS , known as The Lord Grantham from 1786 to 1833, was a British Tory politician and statesman of the 19th century...
(1781–1859) - George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 3rd Earl De Grey, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...
(1827–1909)
Earls of Ripon (1833)
- Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859)
- George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of RiponGeorge Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...
(1827–1909) (succeeded as 4th Baron Grantham and 3rd Earl de Grey in 1859; created Marquess of Ripon in 1871)
Marquesses of Ripon (1871)
- George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Robinson, 1st Marquess of RiponGeorge Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon KG, GCSI, CIE, PC , known as Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later.-Background...
(1827–1909) - Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of RiponFrederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of RiponFrederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon GCVO , styled Viscount Goderich between 1859 and 1870 and Earl de Grey between 1870 and 1909, was a British courtier and Liberal politician.-Biography:...
(1852–1923)