FitzRalph was the son of William FitzRalph, who was a landowner in Derbyshire and was High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and the Royal Forests 1170–1180 and was seneschal of Normandy 1178–1200.
Robert held a prebend in the diocese of York before he was Archdeacon of Nottingham in 1185.
[1] FitzRalph was elected to the see of Worcester on 1 July 1190[2] and consecrated on 5 May 1191.
He died in 1193, probably on 27 June[3] but possibly on 14 July.
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