Goderich, Frederick John Robinson, Viscount

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Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st earl Of - 1782–1859, British statesman, better known as Viscount Goderich. Entering Parliament as a Tory in 1806, he sponsored the unpopular corn law of 1815 in the House of Commons. However, as president...