Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of, statesman, younger son of Lord Grantham, entered Parliament in 1806 as a Tory; rose to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and was for a few months in 1827 Prime Minister; was subsequently in different Cabinets Colonial Secretary, Lord Privy Seal, and President of the Board of Trade; created an Earl In 1833 (1782‒1859).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ripley, George * Ripon, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquis of