LORD RIBBON PRABU , BRITISH INDIA POLITICIAN BORN 1827 OCTOBER 24
LORD RIBBON PRABU , BRITISH INDIA POLITICIAN BORN 1827 OCTOBER 24 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 who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until the year before his death, which took place forty-eight years later. Background and education[edit source] Ripon was born at 10 Downing Street, London, the second son of Prime Minister F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (who was created Earl of Ripon in 1833), by his wife Lady Sarah Hobart, daughter of Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire. He was educated privately, attending neither school nor college.[1] He was awarded the honorary degree of DCL by Oxford University in 1870.[2] Diplomatic and political career, 1852–1880[edit source] Ripon served on Sir Henry Ellis' Britis...