792 Frederick Robinson aka Earl de Grey

Constituency : Ripon  1874-80

Frederick  succceded  Henry  Storks  at  Ripon.

Frederick  was  the  grandson  of  the  former  Prime  Minister  Lord  Goderich, created  Earl  of  Ripon  in  1833  and  a  close  ally  of  Peel  thereafter. He  was  educated  at  Eton. When  his  grandfather  died  in  1859  he  became  Viscount  Goderich. His  father  served  in  Gladstone's  first  ministry  and  was  upgraded  to  a  marquess  in  1871  upon  which  Frederick    was  styled  Earl  de Grey. That  same  year  his  father  despatched  him  to  the  US  as  part  of  the  delegation  to  settle  the  Alabama  claims.

Frederick stood  down  in  1880.

Frederick  was   a  close  friend  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  and  became  Queen  Alexandra's  Treasurer  in  1901. He  became  Marquess  of  Ripon  in  1909. He was  a  keen  shooter  said  to  hold  the  lifetime  record  for  birds  shot.

Frederick  collapsed  and  died  after  a  morning's  shooting  in  1923  aged  71. He  is  alleged  to  have  been  the  grandfather  of  the  novelist  Barbara  Taylor  Bradford  whose  grandmother  Edith  was  in  service  on  his  estate.