Marquess of Ripon, in the County of York was a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1871 for the
Liberal politician
George Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon. The Robinson family descended from William Robinson (d. 1616), a wealthy
York merchant, Lord Mayor and
Member of Parliament for
York. His grandson Sir William Robinson also represented York in Parliament and served as
High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1638. Sir William's elder son
Metcalfe Robinson sat as Member of Parliament for York and was created a Baronet in 1660 (see
Robinson Baronets). He died childless in 1689 when the baronetcy became extinct. The title was revived in the following year when his nephew
William Robinson was created a
Baronet, of Newby in the County of York, in the
Baronetage of England. Sir William represented both
Northallerton and York in Parliament. His eldest son Metcalfe, the second Baronet, only survived him by four days and was succeeded by his younger brother, Tancred, the third Baronet. He was a
Rear-Admiral in the
Royal Navy. This line of the family failed on the death of his younger son, the fifth Baronet, in 1792.