Family and Education
b. 19 May 1798, 1st s. of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, by Lady Susan Leveson Gower, da. of Granville, 1st Mq. of Stafford. educ. by Mrs Braidwood, Hackney 1803-6; by Rev. Hooker, Rottingdean 1806; by Rev. Cross at Latton, nr. Harlow 1807-9; by John Thelwall at 1 Bedford Place, Mdx. 1809; by Rev. Gilbert Beresford at Trowbridge, later at Aylestone, nr. Leicester 1810-15; Christ Church, Oxf. 1816. m. 15 Sept. 1823 at Berne, Lady Frances Stuart, da. of John Stuart, 1st Mq. of Bute, 4s. 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Harrowby 26 Dec. 1847; KG 28 June 1859.
Offices Held
Sec. to Board of Control Dec. 1830 – May 1831; commr. for building new churches 1845; ecclesiastical commr. 1847 – 80; PC 31 Mar. 1855; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster Mar. – Dec. 1855; ld. privy seal Dec. 1855 – Feb. 1858.
Lt. Staffs. militia 1819, capt. 1826.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RYDER, Dudley (1798-1882)
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