Earl of Harrowby, in the County of Lincoln, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1809 for the prominent politician and former Foreign Secretary, Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby. He was made Viscount Sandon, of Sandon in the

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, at the same time, which title is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the earldom. His son, the second Earl, held office under

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and Lord Privy Seal. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Earl. He was a

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politician and notably served as President of the Board of Trade from 1878 to 1880. His nephew, the fifth Earl (who succeeded his father in 1900), briefly represented Gravesend in the

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as a Conservative and was also

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. His son, the sixth Earl, sat as Conservative

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for Shrewsbury. the titles are held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Earl, who succeeded his father in 2007. The family seats are Sandon Hall, near Sandon, Staffordshire and Burnt Norton House, near

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History

The title of Baron Harrowby, of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln, was created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1776 for Nathaniel Ryder, who had previously represented Tiverton in Parliament. He was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder,

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from 1754 to 1756. Dudley Ryder was offered a peerage by King George II on 24 May 1756, but died the following day, before the patent was completed. Lord Harrowby was succeeded by his son, the aforementioned second Baron, who was created Earl of Harrowby in 1809. The Ryders derive their name and their coat-of-arms from the Ryther family of Ryther, Yorkshire.Ryder, Earl of Harrowby, Peerage of England, Arthur Collins, 1812
/ref> Several other members of the Ryder family may also be mentioned. The Hon. Richard Ryder, second son of the first Baron Harrowby, was

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between 1809 and 1812. The Right Reverend the Hon.

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, youngest son of the first Baron, was

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from 1815 to 1824 and

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from 1824 to 1836. His second son George Dudley Ryder was the father of 1) the Very Reverend

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(1837-1907), and 2) Sir George Lisle Ryder, KCB (1838-1905). Henry Ryder's fifth son Sir Alfred Phillips Ryder was an Admiral of the Fleet. Charles Henry Dudley Ryder (1868–1945), third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Spencer Charles Dudley Ryder (1825–1873), sixth son of Henry Ryder, was a Colonel in the Royal Engineers. His third son

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was a soldier and Conservative politician. The Hon. Granville Ryder, second son of the first Earl, sat as Member of Parliament for Tiverton and Hertfordshire. His eldest son Dudley Henry Ryder is the great-grandfather of the psychologist and animal welfare campaigner Richard D. Ryder. Granville Ryder's second son and namesake Granville Ryder was Member of Parliament for

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. The family seat is Sandon Hall, near Stafford, Staffordshire. The family also resides at Burnt Norton house, a house made famous by the T. S. Eliot poem '' Burnt Norton'' as is found in the ''Four Quartets''.

Barons Harrowby (1776)

* Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby (1735–1803) * Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) (created Earl of Harrowby in 1809)

Earls of Harrowby (1809)

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA (22 December 176226 December 1847) was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party. Background and education Born in London, Ryder was the eldest son of Nathaniel Ryder ...

(1762–1847) * Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) *

Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (16 January 183126 March 1900), known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882, was a British peer and politician. Life He was the second son and eventual heir of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby ...

(1831–1900) *

Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 – 11 December 1900), was a British hereditary peer. Early life and education Harrowby was the younger son of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby and his wife Frances Stuart, fourth daught ...

(1836–1900) * John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (1864–1956) *

Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby (11 October 1892 – 7 May 1987), known as Viscount Sandon from 1900 to 1956, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Early life and education Harrowby was the son of John Ryder, 5th ...

(1892–1987) * Dudley Danvers Granville Coutts Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby (1922–2007) * Dudley Adrian Conroy Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby (b. 1951) The

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is the present holder's eldest son Dudley Anthony Hugo Coventry Ryder, Viscount Sandon (b. 1981).

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