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GEORGE
GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
GEORGE, LAKE
GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)
GEORGE See also:
FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK See also:
SAMUEL
SAMUEL See also:
ROBINSON, EDWARD (1794–1863)
ROBINSON, HENRY CRABB (1777–1867)
ROBINSON, JOHN (1575–1625)
ROBINSON, JOHN (1650-1723)
ROBINSON, JOHN THOMAS ROMNEY (1792–1882)
ROBINSON, MARY [" Perdita "] (1758–1800)
ROBINSON, SIR JOHN BEVERLEY, BART
ROBINSON, SIR JOSEPH BENJAMIN (1845– )
ROBINSON, THEODORE (1852-1896)
ROBINSON, 1ST See also:
MARQUESS (1760-1842)
MARQUESS, or MARQUIS (Fr. marquis, Ital. marchese; from med. Lat. marchio, marchisus, i.e. comes marchiae, " count of the March ")
MARQUESS OF (1827-1909) , See also:

BRITISH

British statesman, only son of the 1st See also:

EARL

earl of Ripon and his wife See also:

LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Sarah, daughter of See also:

Robert See also:

Hobart, 4th earl of See also:

Buckinghamshire, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

LONDON

London on the 24th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1827. The Robinson See also:

FAMILY

family was descended from an eminent See also:

HAMBURG

Hamburg See also:

MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, See also:

William Robinson (1522-1616), who, represented See also:

York .in See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in See also:

Elizabeth's reign. His See also:

GREAT

great-See also:

GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson was in 1660 created a See also:

BARONET

baronet. See also:

Thomas Robinson, 1st See also:

Baron See also:

Grantham (1695-1770), son of a later holder of the baronetcy, was created a peer in 1761, having been an indefatigable diplomatist plenipotentiary at the See also:

peace of See also:

Aix-la-Chapelle, and secretary of See also:

state. The 2nd Baron Grantham (1738-1786), See also:

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at See also:

MADRID

Madrid, and See also:

FOREIGN

foreign secretary under See also:

Lord Shelburne, had two sons. The See also:

elder of these, succeeding as 3rd Baron Grantham (1781-1859), became in 1833 2nd Earl de See also:

Grey, in right of his maternal aunt, and assumed the surname of de Grey; he was lord-See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant of See also:

Ireland (1841-44). The younger, Frederick See also:

John (1782-1859), created See also:

VISCOUNT (through O. Fr. viscomte, mod. vicomte, from Low Lat. vice-comes, cf. Portug. visconde, Ital. visconte)

Viscount Goderich in 1827 and earl of Ripon in 1833, was the well-known " Prosperity Robinson " who was See also:

CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

EXCHEQUER

exchequer from 1823 to 1827; as Lord Goderich he became See also:

PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister (and a peculiarly weak one) from See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1827 to See also:

JANUARY

January 1828, colonial secretary in 1831 and 1832, lord privy See also:

seal (1833-34), See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of See also:

Trade (1841-43), and president of the See also:

India 'board (184346) His son, the future marquess, began his See also:

POLITICAL

political See also:

LIFE

life as attache to a See also:

SPECIAL

special See also:

MISSION

mission to See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels in 1849. In 1851 he married Henrietta Vyner (d. 1907), and their eldest son, after-wards known as Earl de Grey, was born in 1852. Under his See also:

COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Viscount Goderich he was returned to the See also:

House of See also:

COMMONS

Commons for See also:

Hull in 1852 as an advanced Liberal. In 1853 he was elected for See also:

HUDDERSFIELD

Huddersfield, and in 1857 for the See also:

West See also:

RIDING

Riding of See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire. In January 1859 he succeeded ,to his See also:

FATHER

father's title, and in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November of the same See also:

YEAR

year to that• of his See also:

UNCLE

uncle, Earl de Grey.

A few months after entering the Upper House he was appointed under-secretary for See also:

war, and in See also:

FEBRUARY

February 186r under-secretary for India. Upon the See also:

DEATH

death of See also:

Sir George Cornewall See also:

Lewis in See also:

APRIL

April 1863 he became secretary for war, with a seat in the See also:

CABINET

cabinet. In 1866 he was appointed secretary of state for India. On the formation of the See also:

Gladstone See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1868, Lord Ripon was appointed lord president of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, and held that See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office until within a few months of the fall of the See also:

government, in 1893, when he resigned on purely private grounds. In 1869 he was created a See also:

Knight of the Garter. In 1871 Lord Ripon was appointed chairman of the High See also:

JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

Joint-See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission on the See also:

ALABAMA

Alabama ' claims, which arranged the treaty. of See also:

Washington. In recognition of his services he was elevated to a marquessate (1871). In 1874 he became a convert to See also:

ROMAN

Roman Catholicism, and this involved his resignation of the. office of See also:

GRAND

grand See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

ENGLISH

English Freemasons. On the return of Gladstone to See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power in 188o Lord Ripon was appointed See also:

VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy of India, the See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment exciting a See also:

storm of controversy, the marquess being the first Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic to hold the viceregal office. He went out to See also:

REVERSE

reverse the Afghan policy of Lord See also:

Lytton, and See also:

KANDAHAR

Kandahar was given up, the whole of See also:

AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan being secured to Abdur Rahman. The new viceroy was also called upon to decide See also:

GRAVE

grave questions between the native See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population and the See also:

RESIDENT

resident British, and he resolved upon a liberal policy towards the former, among his See also:

MEASURES

measures being the See also:

REPEAL (O.F. rapel, modern rappel, from rapeler, rappeler, revoke, re and appeler, appeal)

repeal of the See also:

VERNACULAR (Lat. verna, dim. vernaculus, a slave horn in his master's house)

Vernacular See also:

PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, the See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of See also:

LOCAL

local government and the appointment of an See also:

EDUCATION

Education Commission. He extended the rights of the natives, and in certain directions curtailed the privileges of Europeans.

Several of the viceroy's measures, notably the Ilbert See also:

BILL

Bill of 1883-so named after its author Sir See also:

Courtenay Ilbert—irritated the Anglo-See also:

INDIAN

Indian population, and it was fiercely assailed. The purpose of this bill was disclosed in the statement that " the government of India had decided to See also:

settle the question of See also:

jurisdiction over See also:

EUROPEAN

European British subjects in such a way as to remove from the See also:

CODE (Lat. codex)

code, at once and completely, every judicial disqualification which is based merely on See also:

RACE

race distinctions," in Act to subject Europeans in certain cases to trial by native magistrates. This announcement raised a storm of indignation among the European community in India, and the government were obliged virtually, though not avowedly, to abandon their measure. Act III. of 1884 was a See also:

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise, which, while subjecting Europeans to the jurisdiction of native See also:

DISTRICT

district magistrates orsessions See also:

JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges, reserved to them the right to demand trial by a See also:

JURY

jury of which at least See also:

HALF

half should be Europeans. There probably never was a viceroy so unpopular among Anglo-See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians or so popular with the natives. On Lord Ripon's departure from India in November 1884 there were extraordinary manifestations in his favour on the See also:

PART

part of the See also:

HINDU

Hindu population of See also:

Bengal and Bombay, and more than a, thousand addresses were presented to him. On his arrival in See also:

England the marquess delivered a number of vigorous speeches in See also:

defence of his adminstration. In 1886 he became first lord of the See also:

ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty in the third Gladstone See also:

MINISTRY

ministry; and on the return of the Liberals to power in 1892 he was appointed colonial secretary, which See also:

POST

post he continued to hold until the resignation of the government in 1895. He was included in Sir See also:

Henry See also:

Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet at the See also:

close of 1905 as lord privy seal, an office which he retained in nog when Mr See also:

ASQUITH, HERBERT HENRY (1852– )

Asquith formed his new ministry, but whichhe resigned later in the same year. He died at his seat, Studley Royal, near Ripon, on the gth of See also:

JULY

July 1909, when his only son, Earl de Grey, who has been treasurer of the See also:

queen's See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household since 190.1, became the 2nd marquess. For many years Lord Ripon was president of the Yorkshire See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science at See also:

Leeds; and chairman of the West Riding See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

County Council.

End of Article: RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

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