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 See also:

• 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 See also:

• RIPON
• 1ST MARQUESS OF GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON RIPON (1827-1909)

RIPON (1827-1909)  , See also:

• BRITISH

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

• EARL

earl of See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

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
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• HOBART
• HOBART, GARRET AUGUSTUS (1844–1899)
• HOBART, JOHN HENRY (1775-1830)

Hobart, 4th earl of See also:

• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE (abbreviated Bucks)
• BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, EARLS OF

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 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 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
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

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

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York .in See also:

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

parliament in See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

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
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Robinson, 1st See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• GRANTHAM
• GRANTHAM, THOMAS ROBINSON

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
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• AIX

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

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

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
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Shelburne, had two sons . The See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

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

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

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
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland (1841-44) . The younger, 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:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

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
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

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 (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

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

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India 'board (184346) His son, the future 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, 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
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons for See also:

• HULL
• HULL (in O.Eng. hulu, from helan, to cover, cf. Ger. Hiille, covering)
• HULL (officially KINGSTON-UPON-HULL)
• HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)

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
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

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
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, and in See also:

• FEBRUARY

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

• DEATH

death of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Cornewall See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

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
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

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
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

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

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

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
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

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 (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

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, EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON, BULWERLYTTON, 1ST BARON (1803-1873)
• LYTTON, EDWARD ROBERT

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
• COURTENAY, RICHARD (d. 1415)
• COURTENAY, WILLIAM (c. 1342—1396)

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
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle the question of See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

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
• BENGAL, BAY OF

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

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

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

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

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
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

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
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

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
• LEEDS, THOMAS OSBORNE

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 .