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Marquess of Ripon was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The Marquess bore the subsidiary titles of Earl of Ripon, Viscount Goderich, Baron Grantham, and Earl de Grey. The Barony of Grantham in the Peerage of Great Britain was created for the politician Sir Thomas Robinson KB, in 1761. The Viscountcy of Goderich was first created in the Peerage of England in 1706 for Henry Grey, 12th Earl of Kent, along with the Earldom of Harold, as a subsidiary title of the Marquessate of Kent. It became extinct on the first holder's death in 1740. The Viscountcy of Goderich was created a second time in 1827, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, for the first holder's great-great-grandson, Frederick John Robinson, Chancellor of the Exchequer and brother of the 3rd Baron Grantham. Lord Goderich served as Prime Minister from 1827 to 1828, and was created Earl of Ripon in 1833. The Marquessate of Ripon was created for his son George, 2nd Earl of Ripon in 1871. All the titles became extinct in 1923.
Although knighted upon the English Restoration, the Robinsons were Lord Mayors of York in a previous era.

Baronets, of Newby in Yorkshire (1660)

Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 1st Baronet (c. 1630–1689)

Baronets, of Newby in Yorkshire (1690)

Sir William Robinson, 1st Baronet (1655–1736)

Sir Metcalfe Robinson, 2nd Baronet (c. 1683–1736)

Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet (c. 1685–1754)

Sir William Robinson, 4th Baronet (1713–1770)

Sir Norton Robinson, 5th Baronet (c. 1715–1792)

Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham (1781–1859) For further Baronets see Barons Grantham, below.

Viscount Goderich, first creation (1706)

Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent (1671–1740), also 12th Earl of Kent and 2nd Barons Lucas

Barons Grantham (1761)

Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham (c. 1695–1770)

Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham (1738–1786)

Thomas Philip Robinson, 3rd Baron Grantham (1781–1859), succeeded as 2nd Earl de Grey in 1833, also 6th Barons Lucas.

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 4th Baron Grantham, 2nd Earl of Ripon (1827–1909) For further Barons Grantham see Earls of Ripon, below.

Viscounts Goderich, second creation (1827)

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859), created Earl of Ripon in 1833

Earls of Ripon (1833)

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (1782–1859)

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon (1827–1909), succeeded as 4th Baron Grantham and 3rd Earl de Grey in 1859, created Marquess of Ripon in 1871

Marquesses of Ripon (1871)

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827–1909)

Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon (1852–1923)Further Information

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