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RUTHVEN, Edward Southwell (?1772-1836), of Bellville, Crossgar and Oakley, co. Down.

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b. ?1772, 1st s. of Rev. Edward Trotter, DD, of Oakley by Mary, da. of Very. Rev. James Dickson of Dromore, dean of Down. educ. Trinity, Dublin 6 Nov. 1787, aged 15; Wadham, Oxf. 11 Oct. 1790, aged 18; M. Temple 1791. m. 12 Mar. 1794, Harriet Jane, da. of Francis Price, MP [I], of Saintfield, co. Down, 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 1777; took name of Ruthven 1800.
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Lt. army 1800, 10 Drag. 1801–3.

Capt. Down militia 1793, Downpatrick yeoman inf. 1803.

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RUTHVEN, Edward Southwell (1773-1836), of Oakley, co. Down.
Main residences: Bellville, Crossgar, [I]; Oakley, co. Down, [I].
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RYDER, Dudley, Visct. Sandon (1798-1882).

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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.
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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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RYDER, Dudley, Visct. Sandon (1798-1882), of 39 Grovesnor Square, Mdx.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RYDER, Dudley (1798-1882)

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RYDER, Hon. Dudley (1762-1847), of Sandon, nr. Stone, Staffs.

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b. 22 Dec. 1762, 1st s. of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Rt. Rev. Richard Terrick, bp. of Peterborough 1757-64 and London 1764-77; bro. of Hon. Richard Ryder. educ. by Mrs Benfield, Hampstead; privately by Rev. Grainger; Harrow 1774-9; St. John’s, Camb. 1779. m. 30 July 1795, Lady Susan Leveson Gower, da. of Granville Leveson Gower, 1st Mq. of Stafford, 3s. 5da. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Harrowby 20 June 1803; cr. Earl of Harrowby 19 July 1809.
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Under-sec. of state for Foreign affairs Aug. 1789 – Feb. 1790; comptroller of Household Feb. 1790 – Apr. 1791; PC 3 Mar. 1790; commr. Board of Control Mar. 1790 – May 1791; member of Board of Trade Mar. 1790, vice-pres. Oct. 1790 – Nov. 1801; jt. paymaster-gen. Mar. 1791 – July 1800; treasurer of navy June 1800 – Nov. 1801; sec. of state for Foreign affairs May 1804 – Jan. 1805; chancellor of duchy of Lancaster July 1805 – Feb. 1806; extraordinary mission to Prussia Nov. 1805 – Jan. 1806; pres. Board of Control July – Nov. 1809; cabinet minister without office Nov. 1809 – June 1812; ld. pres. of Council June 1812 – Aug. 1827; commr. for building new churches 1818; member of judicial committee of Privy Council 1833.

Capt.-lt. Staffs militia 1795 – 99.

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RYDER, Hon. Dudley (1762-1847), of Sandon, Staffs.
Main residence: Sandon, nr. Stone, Staffs.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RYDER, Hon. Dudley (1762-1847)

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RYDER, Hon. Richard (1766-1832), of 56 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; Great Milton, Oxon. and Westbrook Hay, Herts.

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b. 5 July 1766, 2nd s. of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby, and bro. of Hon. Dudley Ryder. educ. Neasden, Mdx. by Rev. Richard Raikes; St. John’s, Camb. 1784; L. Inn 1788, called 1791. m. 1 Aug. 1799, Frederica, da. and h. of Sir John Skynner of Great Milton, ld. chief baron of Exchequer 1777-87, 1da. suc. 1st cos. once removed Thomas Ryder to Westbrook Hay 1812.
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Dep. paymaster c. 1797 – 1800; solicitor to Ordnance 1801 – 06, to Board of Control ?1804 – 06; second justice of S. Wales circuit 1804 – 07; commr. for nawab of Arcot’s debts until 1806; ld. of Treasury Sept. – Dec. 1807; PC 25 Nov 1807; judge adv.-gen. Nov. 1807 – Nov. 1809; sec. of state for Home affairs Nov. 1809-June 1812.

Jt. registrar, consistory ct. of Canterbury bef. 1808, sole registrar 1813 – d.; bencher, L. Inn 1811, treasurer 1819.

Capt. Staffs. supp. militia 1797; vol. London and Westminster light horse 1798.

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RYDER, Hon. Richard (1766-1832), of Westbrook Hay, nr. Hemel Hempstead, Herts. and 37 Grovesnor Street, Mdx.
Main residences: 56 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx. and Great Milton, Oxon and Westbrook Hay, Herts.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RYDER, Hon. Richard (1766-1832)

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RUSSELL, Lord John I (1766-1839), of Woburn Abbey, Beds.

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b. 6 July 1766, 2nd s. of Francis Russell, Mq. of Tavistock, o.s. of John, 4th Duke of Bedford, by Lady Elizabeth Van Keppel, da. of William Anne, 2nd Earl of Albemarle; bro. of Lord William Russell. educ. Loughborough House, Lambeth Wick;J. H. Adeane, Early Married Life of Lady Stanley, 3. Westminster 1776. m. (1) 21 Mar. 1786, Hon. Georgiana Elizabeth Byng (d. 11 Oct. 1801), da. of George, 4th Visct. Torrington, 3s.; (2) 23 June 1803, Lady Georgiana Gordon, da. of Alexander, 4th Duke of Gordon [S], 7s. 3da. suc. bro. Francis as 6th Duke of Bedford 2 Mar. 1802, KG 25 Nov. 1830.
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Ensign, 3 Ft. Gds. 1783, ret. 1785; lt.-col. Beds. vols. 1803.

PC 12 Feb. 1806, ld. lt. [I] Mar. 1806-Apr. 1807.

Recorder, Bedford 1802 – d.

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RUSSELL, Lord John (1766-1839).
Main residence: Woburn Abbey, Beds.
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Commons 1790-1820
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RUSSELL, John I (1766-1839)

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RUSSELL, Lord John II (1792-1878).

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b. 18 Aug. 1792, 3rd s. of John Russell II, 6th Duke of Bedford, by 1st w., and bro. of Francis Russell, Mq. of Tavistock, and Lord George William Russell. educ. by Dr Moore, Sunbury 1800-1; Westminster 1803-4; privately by Dr Edmund Cartwright 1804-5; by Rev. John Smith at Woodnesborough, nr. Sandwich 1805-8; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12. m. (1) 11 Apr. 1835, Adelaide (d. 1 Nov. 1838), da. of Thomas Lister of Armitage Park, Staffs., wid. of her 2nd cos. Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale, 2da.; (2) 20 July 1841, Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot Murray Kynynmound, da. of Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto, 3s. 1da. cr. Earl Russell 30 July 1861, KG 21 May 1862; GCMG 25 Mar. 1869.
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PC 22 Nov. 1830; paymaster-gen. Dec. 1830 – Dec. 1834; sec. of state for Home affairs Apr. 1835 – Sept. 1839; ecclesiastical commr. 1836; sec. of state for War and Colonies Sept. 1839 – Sept. 1841; first ld. of Treasury July 1846 – Feb. 1852, Nov. 1865 – July 1866; sec. of state for Foreign affairs Dec. 1852 – Feb. 1853, June 1859 – Nov. 1865; in cabinet without office Feb. 1853 – June 1854; ld. pres. of Council June 1854 – Feb. 1855; 4th charity commr. 1854 – 56; special mission to Vienna Feb. – Apr. 1855; sec. of state for Colonies May-July 1855.

Rector, Glasgow Univ. 1846 – 47, Aberdeen Univ. 1863–6.

Capt. Beds. militia 1810.

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RUSSELL, Lord John (1792-1878).
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See S. Walpole, Life of Lord John Russell, 2 vols. (1889); and J. Prest, Lord John Russell (1972).

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RUSSELL, John II (1792-1878)

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