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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.
Marquess of Ripon, in the County of York, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1871 for the Liberal politician George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon . [ 1 ]
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced / ˈ ɡ oʊ d r ɪ tʃ / GOH-dritch [1]), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of ...
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]
A long time friend of King Edward VII, [4] in July 1901 he was appointed Treasurer to Queen Alexandra. [5] He was made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in December 1901, [6] and promoted to Knight Grand Cross (GCVO) in 1909. [7] In 1909 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and took his seat in the House of Lords. [2]
The Ripon Festival was a large pageant for its time, but the following years saw not only more pageants, but also larger and more complex pageants as the movement grew. The Historic Pageants in Britain Website details some 656 historical pageants in the UK since 1900, 117 of which had more than 1,000 performers.
Although more widely known for his activities outside of Ripon, John Aislabie, during his time as Member of Parliament for Ripon, created the Studley Royal Park with its water garden and erected the Ripon Obelisk (designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor). [26] [22] Newby Hall was also created during this period by Christopher Wren. [22]
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.