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George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, KG, GCSI, CIE, VD, PC (24 October 1827 – 9 July 1909), styled Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and known as the Earl of Ripon in 1859 and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician and Viceroy and Governor General of India who served in every Liberal cabinet between 1861 and 1908.
In his famous resolution on local self-government on 18 May 1882, Ripon addressed the twin considerations of administrative efficiency and political education. The Ripon Resolution, which focused on towns, provided for local bodies consisting of a large majority of elected non-official members and presided over by a non-official chairperson.
On 13 April 1833, Sarah's husband was made Earl of Ripon, making her now a countess. Nocton Hall burned down in 1834 and was rebuilt. [10] Lady Sarah arranged that all the local children could attend school for a penny a week, paying the difference herself. [11] Lord Ripon died in 1859 and their son became the 2nd Earl of Ripon. [11]
The Marchioness of Ripon by Adolf de Meyer,1910. Constance Gwladys Robinson, Marchioness of Ripon (22 April 1859 – 28 October 1917 [1]), was a British patron of the arts.. She was a close friend of Oscar Wilde, who dedicated his play A Woman of No Importance to her; other celebrated friends included Nellie Melba, whose success in London was largely due to Lady Ripon's support, Nijinsky and ...
Ripon previously had higher education facilities in the form of the College of Ripon and York St John until 2001. [67] This college had its roots in two Anglican teacher training colleges, which were founded in York in 1841 for men and 1846 for women. [67] The women's college moved to Ripon in 1862.
Charlotte Violet Allen was no expert at historic home restoration when she and her husband first bought their 1882 cottage in 2018. But, as the 33-year-old influencer tells PEOPLE, a little ...
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An illustration published in The Graphic on 25 January 1884 depicting a meeting in the Bombay Town Hall in support of the bill. The Ilbert Bill was a bill introduced to the Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) of British India on 9 February 1883 which stipulated that non-white judges could oversee cases that had white plaintiffs or defendants.