George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon 1827-1909

Paternal Family Tree: Robinson Family 3

In 1814 [his father] Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 31] and [his mother] Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire [aged 53] and [his grandmother] Margaretta Bourke.

On 24th October 1827 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon was born to Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 44] and Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart [aged 34] at 10 Downing Street, Westminster [Map].

In 1833 [his father] Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 50] was created 1st Earl Ripon.

On 8th April 1851 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 23] and Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 17] were married. He the son of Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 68] and Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart [aged 58]. They were first cousin once removed.

On 29th January 1852 [his son] Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon was born to George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 24] and [his wife] Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 18]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.23%. He married 1885 Constance Gwladys Herbert Marchioness Ripon, daughter of Sidney Herbert 1st Baron Herbert Lea.

On 28th January 1859 [his father] Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon [aged 76] died. He has a monument at All Saints' Church, Nocton [Map] sculpted by Matthew Noble [aged 41]. His son George [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Ripon, 2nd Viscount Gooderich of Nocton in Lincolnshire. [his wife] Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 25] by marriage Countess Ripon.

Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon: On 17th April 1833 she was born to Henry Vyner and Mary Gertude Robinson. On 8th April 1851 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon and she were married. He the son of Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon and Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart. They were first cousin once removed. In 1871 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon was created 1st Marquess Ripon. She by marriage Marchioness Ripon. On 28th February 1907 Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon died.

On 18th November 1864 [his sister-in-law] Theodosia Harriett Elizabeth Vyner [aged 30] died.

The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy

The Gesta Normannorum Ducum [The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy] is a landmark medieval chronicle tracing the rise and fall of the Norman dynasty from its early roots through the pivotal events surrounding the Norman Conquest of England. Originally penned in Latin by the monk William of Jumièges shortly before 1060 and later expanded at the behest of William the Conqueror, the work chronicles the deeds, politics, battles, and leadership of the Norman dukes, especially William’s own claim to the English throne. The narrative combines earlier historical sources with firsthand information and oral testimony to present an authoritative account of Normandy’s transformation from a Viking settlement into one of medieval Europe’s most powerful realms. William’s history emphasizes the legitimacy, military prowess, and governance of the Norman line, framing their expansion, including the conquest of England, as both divinely sanctioned and noble in purpose. Later chroniclers such as Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni continued the history, extending the coverage into the 12th century, providing broader context on ducal rule and its impact. Today this classic work remains a foundational source for understanding Norman identity, medieval statesmanship, and the historical forces that reshaped England and Western Europe between 800AD and 1100AD.

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The Times. 3rd February 1866. Her Majesty [aged 46] drove out yesterday morning and afternoon. Mr. Engleheart arrived at Osborne on Thursday, and had the honour of dining with Her Majesty and the Royal family yesterday. The Queen held a Council today, which was attended by Earl Russell [aged 73], Earl de Grey and Ripon [aged 38], and Mr. Guschen.

Mr. Helps was Clerk of the Council.

Earl Cowley [aged 61], Viscount Sydney [aged 60], and Sir Charles Young [aged 70], Garter King of Arms, arrived from London this morning. Lord Cowley was introduced by Lord Sydney, Lord Chamberlain (Sir Charles Young attending with the insignia of the Order of the Garter), and Her Majesty invested Lord Cowley with the Riband and Badge of the Garter.

Earl Russell and Earl de Grey had audiences of Her Majesty.

Note. On 3rd February 1866 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley 1st Earl Cowley was appointed 747th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

In 1867 [his mother] Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart [aged 74] died.

In 1869 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 41] was appointed 760th Knight of the Garter by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [aged 49].

In 1871 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 43] was created 1st Marquess Ripon. [his wife] Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 37] by marriage Marchioness Ripon.

Around 1880 John Hungerford Pollen [aged 59] resigned his position at the South Kensington Museum to become private secretary to George Robinson [aged 52], 1st Marquess of Ripon, whom he then accompanied on a visit to India.

The London Gazette 24843. India Office, May 6, 1880. THE Queen has been pleased to appoint the Most Honourable the Marquess of Ripon [aged 52], K.G., to be Governor-General of India.

In 1885 Frederick Oliver Robinson 2nd Marquess Ripon [aged 32] and Constance Gwladys Herbert Marchioness Ripon [aged 25] were married. He the son of George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 57] and Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 51].

After 1890. Statue of William Forster below the entrance to Bradford Cathedral [Map] sculpted by J Harvard. The cost was raised by public subscriptions. The statue was unveiled by the George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 62] in 1890 and the occasion was marked by a procession led by the Black Dyke Mills Band to Forster Square where a crowd of over 10,000 watched the unveiling. Forster's statue was moved to a different positon in Forster square in 1967 as part of the redevelopment of the City Centre and removed from Forster Square in 2004 to make space for the building of the Broadway Shopping Centre. After the shopping centre was completed in 2015 the statue was erected outside an entrance.

William Forster: On 11th July 1818 he was born. On 5th April 1886 he died.

1897. Hubert Von Herkomer [aged 47]. Portrait of George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 69].

On 28th February 1907 [his wife] Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon [aged 73] died.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 9th July 1909 George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon [aged 81] died. His son Frederick [aged 57] succeeded 2nd Marquess Ripon, 4th Earl de Grey, 3rd Earl Ripon, 3rd Viscount Gooderich of Nocton in Lincolnshire, 5th Baron Grantham, 8th Baronet Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire. Constance Gwladys Herbert Marchioness Ripon [aged 50] by marriage Marchioness Ripon.

Spanish Chronicle. Chronicle of King Henry VIII of England being a Contemporary Record of some of the Principal Events of the Reigns of Henry VIII and Edward VI.

Written in Spanish by an Unknown Hand. Translated, with Notes and Introduction by Martin A. Sharp Hume, Knight of the Royal Spanish Order of Isabel the Catholic.

London: George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1889.

To the Most Noble The Marquis of Ripon, K.G., This book is inscribed in humble testimony of admiration and respect. M. S. H.

I beg to acknowledge my obligation to James Gairdner, Esq., of the Record Office, for valuable advice and assistance in preparing this work for the press. M. S. H

Royal Ancestors of George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon 1827-1909

Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 24 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 14 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Son of King James IV of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Philip III of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 27 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 19 Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Ancestors of George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon 1827-1909

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Robinson

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Robinson of York

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Metcalfe

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Robinson 1st Baronet

Great x 4 Grandfather: Charles Tancred of Arden, Yorkshire

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Tancred

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Robinson 1st Baron Grantham

Great x 3 Grandfather: George Aislabie of Studley Royal, Yorkshire

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Aislabie

Grandfather: Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham

father: Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl Ripon 9 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Simon Yorke of Dover

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Yorke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Yorke 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip Yorke 2nd Earl of Hardwicke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Charles Cocks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret Cocks Countess Hardwicke

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Somers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mary Somers

Grandmother: Mary Jemima Yorke Baroness Grantham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Campbell 1st Earl Breadalbaine and Holland 4 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Campbell 2nd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland 5 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Rich 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Campbell 3rd Earl Breadalbaine and Holland 6 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edward Villiers 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Henrietta Villiers Countess Breadalbaine and Holland 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Frances Howard 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jemima Campbell 2nd Marchioness Grey 7 x Great Granddaughter of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Anthony Grey 11th Earl Kent 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Grey 1st Duke Kent 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Lucas Countess Kent 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Amabel Grey 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Crew 2nd Baron Crew 12 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jemima Crew Marchioness Kent 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Armine 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

George Frederick Samuel Robinson 1st Marquess Ripon 10 x Great Grandson of King James IV of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hobart 3rd Baronet 12 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Hobart 4th Baronet 13 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Hampden

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Hobart 1st Earl Buckinghamshire 14 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Joseph Maynard

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Maynard Lady Hobart

Great x 1 Grandfather: George Hobart 3rd Earl Buckinghamshire 15 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bristow

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bristow Countess Buckinghamshire

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wooley

Great x 3 Grandmother: Catherine Wooley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine Norbury

Grandfather: Robert Hobart 4th Earl Buckinghamshire 13 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 3rd Earl Lindsey 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Bertie 1st Duke Ancaster and Kesteven 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wharton Countess Lindsey 9 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Vere Bertie 11 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Farington

Great x 3 Grandmother: Albinia Farington Duchess Ancaster and Kesteven

Great x 1 Grandmother: Albinia Bertie Countess Buckinghamshire 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Drury Wray 9th Baronet 9 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Cecil Wray 11th Baronet 10 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Casey

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ann Casey 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

mother: Sarah Albinia Louisa Hobart 14 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Bourke

Grandmother: Margaretta Bourke