George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon

His Excellency The Most Honourable The Marquess of Ripon KG GCSI CIE VD PC
Leader of the House of Lords Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office 10 December 1905 – 14 April 1908
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded by	The Marquess of Lansdowne (Leader of Lords) The Marquess of Salisbury (Lord Privy Seal)
Succeeded by	The Earl of Crewe
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by	The Lord Knutsford
Succeeded by	Joseph Chamberlain
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office 1 February 1886 – 20 July 1886
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	Lord George Hamilton
Succeeded by	Lord George Hamilton
Viceroy and Governor-General of India
In office 8 June 1880 – 13 December 1884
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Preceded by	The Lord Lytton
Succeeded by	The Earl of Dufferin
Lord President of the Council
In office 9 December 1868 – 9 August 1873
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by	The Duke of Marlborough
Succeeded by	Henry Bruce
Secretary of State for India
In office 16 February 1866 – 26 June 1866
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl Russell
Preceded by	Charles Wood
Succeeded by	Viscount Cranborne
Secretary of State for War
In office 28 April 1863 – 16 February 1866
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord Palmerston The Earl Russell
Preceded by	Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt
Succeeded by	Marquess of Hartington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India
In office 21 January 1861 – 31 July 1861
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord Palmerston
Preceded by	Hon. Thomas Baring
Succeeded by	Hon. Thomas Baring
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War
In office 31 July 1861 – 28 April 1863
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord Palmerston
Preceded by	Hon. Thomas Baring
Succeeded by	Marquess of Hartington
In office 18 June 1859 – 21 January 1861
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Prime Minister	Lord Palmerston
Preceded by	The Earl of Rosslyn
Succeeded by	Hon. Thomas Baring
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 28 January 1859 – 9 July 1909 Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Earl of Ripon
Succeeded by	The 2nd Marquess of Ripon
Member of Parliament for West Riding of Yorkshire
In office 24 April 1857 – 28 January 1859
Preceded by	Richard Cobden
Succeeded by	John William Ramsden
Member of Parliament for Huddersfield
In office 22 April 1853 – 24 April 1857
Preceded by	William Crompton-Stansfield
Succeeded by	Edward Akroyd
Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull
In office 31 July 1852 – March 1853
Preceded by	Matthew Talbot Baines
Succeeded by	William Digby Seymour
Personal details
Born	(1827-10-24)24 October 1827 10 Downing Street, London
Died	9 July 1909(1909-07-09) (aged 81) Studley Royal Park, North Yorkshire
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Henrietta Vyner ​ ​ (m. 1851; died 1907)​
Children	Oliver Mary
Parents	F. J. Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (father) Sarah Hobart (mother)

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.