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  2. George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    Lord Ripon was a fast, accurate game shooter, who was noted to down 28 pheasants in sixty seconds at a shooting party guest on the Sandringham House estate. [4] He also holds the record of the greatest recorded lifetime bag of birds shot: 556,000, including 241,000 pheasants.

  4. Marquess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich - Wikipedia

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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 / 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 ...

  6. Sarah Robinson, Countess of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Albinia Louisa Robinson, Countess of Ripon (née Hobart; 22 February 1793 – 9 April 1867) was the wife of F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1827 and 1828.

  7. Earl de Grey - Wikipedia

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    On succeeding to the earldom of de Grey, Lord Ripon styled himself "Earl de Grey and Ripon". In 1871, he was created Marquess of Ripon, whereafter Earl de Grey became the courtesy title used by the heir apparent to the marquessate. [5] Ripon was succeeded by his son and only surviving child, Frederick Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon. The second ...

  8. Ilbert Bill - Wikipedia

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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.

  9. Gwladys Robinson, Marchioness of Ripon - Wikipedia

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    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 ...