F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Ripon
PC
The Right Honourable The Earl of Ripon PC
	Portrait of Frederick Robinson by Thomas Lawrence, c. 1824
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
	In office; 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828
Monarch	George IV
Preceded by	George Canning
Succeeded by	The Duke of Wellington
Prime Minister
Ministerial offices
President of the Board of Control
	In office; 17 May 1843 – 30 June 1846
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by	The Lord FitzGerald and Vesey
Succeeded by	Sir John Hobhouse
President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 3 September 1841 – 15 May 1843
Prime Minister	Sir Robert Peel
Preceded by	Henry Labouchere
Succeeded by	William Ewart Gladstone
	In office; 24 January 1818 – 21 February 1823
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	The Earl of Clancarty
Succeeded by	William Huskisson
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; 3 April 1833 – 5 June 1834
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey
Preceded by	The Lord Durham
Succeeded by	The Earl of Carlisle
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
	In office; 22 November 1830 – 3 April 1833
Prime Minister	The Earl Grey
Preceded by	Sir George Murray
Succeeded by	Edward Stanley
	In office; 30 April 1827 – 3 September 1827
Prime Minister	George Canning
Preceded by	The Earl Bathurst
Succeeded by	William Huskisson
Chancellor of the Exchequer
	In office; 31 January 1823 – 20 April 1827
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	Nicholas Vansittart
Succeeded by	George Canning
Treasurer of the Navy
	In office; 12 February 1818 – 8 February 1823
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	George Rose
Succeeded by	William Huskisson
Paymaster of the Forces
	In office; 26 November 1813 – 9 August 1817
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	Lord Charles Somerset
Succeeded by	The Lord Farnborough
Vice-President of the Board of Trade
	In office; 29 September 1812 – 24 January 1818
Prime Minister	The Earl of Liverpool
Preceded by	George Rose
Succeeded by	Thomas Wallace
Personal details
Born	Frederick John Robinson; 1 November 1782; Skelton-on-Ure, Yorkshire, England
Died	28 January 1859 (aged 76); Putney Heath, Surrey, England
Resting place	All Saints' Church, Nocton
Political party	Pittite Tory (1806–1834); Conservative (1834–1846);
Spouse	Sarah Hobart (m. 1814)
Parent	2nd Baron Grantham (father);
Alma mater	St John's College, Cambridge
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Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (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 /ˈɡoʊdrɪtʃ/ GOH-dritch), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828.

A member of the rural landowning aristocracy, Robinson entered politics through family connections. In the House of Commons, he rose through junior ministerial ranks, achieving cabinet office in 1818 as President of the Board of Trade. In 1823, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a post he held for four years. In 1827, he was raised to the peerage, and in the House of Lords was Leader of the House and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.

In 1827, Prime Minister George Canning died after only 119 days in office, and Goderich succeeded him. However, he was unable to hold together Canning's fragile coalition of moderate Tories and Whigs, and he himself resigned after only 144 days. Canning and Goderich were the two shortest-ruling Prime Ministers in British history, until Liz Truss in 2022.

After leaving the premiership Goderich served in the cabinets of two of his successors, the Earl Grey and Sir Robert Peel.

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