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F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

1782 - 1859

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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 GOH-dritch), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828. A member of the rural landowning aristocracy, Robinson entered politics through family connections. In the House of Commons, he rose through junior ministerial ranks, achieving cabinet office in 1818 as President of the Board of Trade. In 1823, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a post he held for four years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich is the 10,434th most popular politician (up from 11,195th in 2019), the 2,327th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,326th in 2019) and the 361st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ranks 10,434 out of 19,576. Before him are John the Cappadocian, Johann Fust, Manuel González Flores, Septimius, Hermann of Salm, and Leo III, King of Armenia. After him are Mihrişah Kadın, Josip Manolić, John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, Matsudaira Sadanobu, and Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard.

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Among people born in 1782, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ranks 31. Before him are Georg August Goldfuss, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Conrad Graf, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, and Pierre Berthier. After him are Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Anthimus VI of Constantinople, Alexander von Benckendorff, Pōmare II, Orest Kiprensky, and Daniel Webster. Among people deceased in 1859, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ranks 40. Before him are Karl Baedeker, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, William Cranch Bond, Sergey Aksakov, Thomas Horsfield, and Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi. After him are Princess Anna of Saxony, William H. Prescott, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, Horace Mann, Stefan Bogoridi, and José de Madrazo y Agudo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ranks 2,327 out of 8,785. Before him are Geoffrey Hughes (1944), George Frederic Watts (1817), Sarah Miles (1941), William Kent (1685), Robert Kerr (1755), and John Webster (1578). After him are Charles Kay Ogden (1889), Murray Head (1946), David Blunkett (1947), Joan Hickson (1906), Francis Darwin (1848), and Rupert Grint (1988).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich ranks 361. Before him are Norman Lamont (1942), Mary McAleese (1951), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), Ernest Bevin (1881), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), and John Morley (1838). After him are David Blunkett (1947), William Fox (1812), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Andrew Bertie (1929), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), and Prince William of Gloucester (1941).

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