Baron Ribblesdale, of Gisburne Park in the County of York, was a title in the

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. It was created on 26 October 1797 for Thomas Lister, the former

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for

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. His great-grandson (the title having descended from father to son), the fourth Baron, was a

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politician and served as

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from 1892 to 1895. He had no surviving male issue (both his sons were killed in action) and on his death on 21 October 1925 the barony became extinct. Gisburne Park was sold after the death of his sisters. The first Baron's father, Thomas Lister, grandfather, Thomas Lister, and uncle, Nathaniel Lister (of

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, Staffordshire), also represented Clitheroe in the

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. The latter's grandson,

Thomas Henry Lister Thomas Henry Lister (1800 – 5 June 1842) was an English novelist and biographer, and served as Registrar General in the British civil service. He was an early exponent of the silver fork novel as a genre and also presaged "futuristic" writing i ...

, was a novelist and

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. Sir Reginald Lister (1865–1912), third son of the third Baron, was a diplomat.

Ancestors

* Thomas Lister (1688-1745), Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1710–1745 *

Thomas Lister (1723-1761) Thomas or Tom Lister may refer to: * Thomas Lister (Jesuit) (c. 1559–c. 1628), English Jesuit writer * Thomas Lister (regicide) (1597–1668), colonel in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War, MP for Lincoln, and judge at the trial ...

, son of the above, Member of Parliament for Clitheroe 1745–1761

Barons Ribblesdale (1797)

Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale (22 March 1752 – 22 September 1826) of Gisburne Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who represented Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency), Clitheroe in the House of Commons between 177 ...

(1752–1826) *

Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (23 January 1790 – 10 December 1832) was an English Peer of the Realm. Lister was the son of Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale, and Rebecca Feilding. He attended Westminster School from 1800 to 1804 a ...

(1790–1832) *

Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (28 April 1828 – 25 August 1876) was an English Peer of the Realm. Lister was the only son of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale and Adelaide, the daughter of Thomas Lister (1772–1828). He was born a ...

(1828–1876) *

Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale (29 October 1854 – 21 October 1925) was a British Liberal politician. Early life Thomas Lister was born on 29 October 1854 in Fontainebleau, France, the eldest son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale ( ...

(1854–1925) **Thomas Lister (1878–1904) **Charles Alfred Lister (1887–1915)

Arms

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ribblesdale Extinct baronies in the Peerage of Great Britain Noble titles created in 1797