Educated at Harrow and St. John's College, Cambridge, he was a Tory MP for Carlow (1806-07) and Ripon (1807-27), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1823-27), and prime minister (1827-28) in succession to Canning.

REFERENCES TO Frederick John Robinson, first earl of Ripon:

Earl of Sefton to Thomas Creevey, 13 February 1826 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Charles Lamb to Bernard Barton, [20 March 1826] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Lady Catherine Mackintosh to John Whishaw, [1827] in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

Augustus Granville Stapleton to William Jerdan, 7 May 1827 in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 19 June 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 13 August 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 9 September 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 23 September 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 14 October 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Earl Grey to Thomas Creevey, 15 December 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 14 December 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Earl of Sefton to Thomas Creevey, 12 January 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Allan Cunningham, 24 February 1828 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 26 February 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Herbert Hill, jun., 29 November 1829 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Sydney Smith to Lady Grey, 21 November 1830 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 21 February 1832 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 7 May 1834 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Gibson Lockhart to Henry Hart Milman, 17 February 1841 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897)