Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon GCVO

Royal Victorian Order

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 (29 January 1852 – 23 September 1923), styled Viscount Goderich between 1859 and 1870 and Earl de Grey between 1870 and 1909, was a British courtier and Liberal

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

Biography

Ripon was the only son and only surviving child of George Robinson, 1st Marquess 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...

 and grandson of Prime Minister Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC , styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman...

. His mother was Henrietta Anne Theodosia, daughter of Henry Vyner.

Lord Ripon entered Parliament for the Ripon constituency

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 1874, a seat he held until 1880. In 1909 he succeeded his father in the marquessate and took his seat in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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. He also served as Treasurer to Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark

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, queen consort of the United Kingdom.

Lord Ripon married Lady Constance Gwladys

Lady Constance Gwladys

Lady Constance Gladys was a British patron of the arts.-Biography:She was born in 1859 to Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea. She married St George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale and after his death she married Frederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon . They had no children. She died in...

, daughter of Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea PC was an English statesman and a close ally and confidante of Florence Nightingale.-Early life:...

 and widow of St George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale

St George Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale

St George Henry Lowther, 4th Earl of Lonsdale was a British nobleman, the eldest son of Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale and Emily Caulfeild. From 1872 until his accession in 1876, he was styled Viscount Lowther....

, in 1885. They had no children. She died in October 1917, aged 58.

Lord Ripon survived her by six years and died in September 1923, aged 71. On his death all his titles became extinct.

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