Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
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| Period in Office: | September, 1827 – January, 1828 |
| PM Predecessor: | George Canning |
| PM Successor: | The Duke of Wellington |
| Date of Birth: | 1 November 1782 |
| Place of Birth: | London |
| Date of Death: | 28 January 1859 |
| Place of Death: | Putney Heath, London |
| Political Party: | Tory |
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon (November 1, 1782 - January 28, 1859), known as Frederick John Robinson (until 1827), The Viscount Goderich (1827-1833), and The Earl of Ripon (1833 onwards), was a British statesman and Prime Minister (when he was known as Lord Goderich).
After studying at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge, Robinson entered Parliament in 1806, and served in various minor positions in the government of Lord Liverpool, including joint-Paymaster of the Forces, from which position he sponsored the Corn Laws of 1815, before entering the Cabinet in 1818 as President of the Board of Trade. In 1823 Robinson succeeded Nicholas Vansittart as Chancellor of the Exchequer. While he held this position he was called "Prosperity Robinson" by the sarcastic journalist William Cobbett. William Cobbett also gave him the name "Goody Goderich" during the an economic crisis in 1825.
In 1827 he was raised to the peerage as Viscount Goderich, of Nocton in the County of Lincoln, and served as Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Lords in George Canning's short-lived government. On Canning's death Goderich succeeded him as leader of a tenuous coalition of moderate Tories - also known as the Canningites and Whigs, but it only lasted a few months and did not even meet Parliament. Goderich was succeeded by the Duke of Wellington.
In 1830 Goderich moved over to the Whigs and joined Lord Grey's cabinet, again as Colonial Secretary. In 1833 he was created Earl of Ripon, and became Lord Privy Seal. But the next year he broke with the Whigs over Irish disestablishment.
Lord Ripon later served in Peel's second administration as President of the Board of Trade (1841-1843) and then as President of the Board of Control (1843-1846).
His son, George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, was a noted Liberal statesman and Cabinet Minister.
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Lord Goderich's Government, September 1827 - January 1828
- Lord Goderich - First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Lyndhurst - Lord Chancellor
- The Duke of Portland - Lord President of the Council
- Lord Carlisle - Lord Privy Seal
- Lord Lansdowne - Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Dudley - Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- William Huskisson - Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
- John Charles Herries - Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Lord Anglesey - Master-General of the Ordnance
- Charles Grant - President of the Board of Trade and Treasurer of the Navy
- Charles Williams Wynn - President of the Board of Control
- William Stourges Bourne - First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
- Lord Bexley - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Palmerston - Secretary at War
| Preceded by: The Lord Charles Somerset | Paymaster of the Forces 1813–1817 (jointly with Charles Long) | Succeeded by: Charles Long | |||
| Preceded by: Nicholas Vansittart | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1823–1827 | Succeeded by: George Canning | |||
| Preceded by: The Earl Bathurst | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1827 | Succeeded by: William Huskisson | |||
| Preceded by: Sir George Murray | Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1830–1833 | Succeeded by: Lord Stanley | |||
| Preceded by: The Lord Durham | Lord Privy Seal 1833–1834 | Succeeded by: The Earl of Carlisle | |||
| Preceded by: Henry Labouchere | President of the Board of Trade 1841–1843 | Succeeded by: William Ewart Gladstone | |||
| Preceded by: Lord FitzGerald and Vesey | President of the Board of Control 1843–1846 | Succeeded by: Sir John Cam Hobhouse
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