F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Goderich

PC
The Right Honourable The Viscount Goderich ; PC
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
	In office; 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	George Canning
Succeeded by	The Duke of Wellington
Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 31 January 1823 – 20 April 1827
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	Nicholas Vansittart
Succeeded by	George Canning
Personal details
Born	1 November 1782; London
Died	28 January 1859 (aged 76); Putney Heath, London
Political party	Tory
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), better known with the title The 1st Viscount Goderich, was a British statesman and Prime Minister.

He was born to the 2nd Baron Grantham and his wife, the former Lady Mary Yorke. After studying at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge,^[1] Robinson entered Parliament in 1806. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1812, 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 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 - also known as the Canningites and Whigs, but it only lasted a few months and did not even meet Parliament. Goderich had been an able minister but when it came to leading he was unsure and the government couldn't be run effectively as a number of Tory MPs stepped in to become the unofficial Prime Minister in an effort to help Goderich run the country. It is reported that when Goderich resigned to King George IV he burst into tears and the King had to lend Goderich a handkerchief as he didn't have one. Goderich was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington.

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.

He later served in Sir Robert 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, Viscount Goderich (who succeeded him as Earl of Ripon and was later created Marquis of Ripon), was a noted Liberal statesman and Cabinet Minister.

Lord Ripon served as President of the Royal Geographical Society from 1830 to 1833, and President of the Royal Society of Literature from 1834 to 1845. ^[2]

Lord Goderich's Government, September 1827 – January 1828

References

^ "Robinson, the Hon. Frederick John (RBN799FJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Wright, Thomas (1846). Biographia Britannica Literaria: Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland. J.W. Parker.

External links

More about Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich on the Downing Street website.

Political offices
Preceded by George Rose	Vice-President of the Board of Trade 1812 – 1818	Succeeded by Thomas Wallace
Preceded by Lord Charles Somerset	Paymaster of the Forces 1813 – 1817 with Charles Long	Succeeded by Charles Long
Preceded by The Earl of Clancarty	President of the Board of Trade 1818 – 1823	Succeeded by William Huskisson
Preceded by George Rose	Treasurer of the Navy 1818 – 1823	Succeeded by William Huskisson
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 George Canning	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828	Succeeded by The Duke of Wellington
Preceded by The Earl of Liverpool	Leader of the House of Lords 1827 – 1828	Succeeded by The Duke of Wellington
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
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Michael Symes	Member of Parliament for Carlow 1806 – 1807	Succeeded by Andrew Strahan
Preceded by Sir James Graham Charles Allanson-Winn	Member of Parliament for Ripon with George Gipps 1807–1826 Lancelot Shadwell 1826–1827 1807 – 1827	Succeeded by Lancelot Shadwell Louis Hayes Petit
Peerage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Earl of Ripon 1833 – 1859	Succeeded by George Robinson
New creation	Viscount Goderich 1827 – 1859	Succeeded by George Robinson

[1] "Robinson, the Hon. Frederick John (RBN799FJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] Wright, Thomas (1846). Biographia Britannica Literaria: Or, Biography of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland. J.W. Parker.

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