Henry Dudley Ryder (21 July 1777 – 31 March 1836) was a prominent English

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bishop in the early years of the nineteenth century. He was the first evangelical to be raised to the

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episcopate.

Life

Ryder was the fifth son of

Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby (3 July 1735 – 20 June 1803) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1756 to 1776 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harrowby. Ryder was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder, Lord Chief ...

, by his wife Elizabeth Terrick, daughter of

Richard Terrick Richard Terrick (baptised 20 July 1710 – 31 March 1777) was a Church of England clergyman who served as Bishop of Peterborough 1757–1764 and Bishop of London 1764–1777. Life Terrick was born in York, the eldest son of Samuel Terrick, rec ...

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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 Ryde ...

and the Honourable Richard Ryder were his elder brothers. He studied at

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, and became vicar of

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and of Claybrook. He was canon of Windsor in 1808. He was successively

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, from 1815, and

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, from 1824. His kneeling statue by

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is in

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, in his ''

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'', speaks of the veneration in which he held Ryder.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

Family

Ryder married Sophia, daughter of Thomas March Phillips, in 1802. Their second son George Dudley Ryder was the father of the Very Reverend

Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder (3 January 1837 – 7 October 1907, Edgbaston, Birmingham) was an English Roman Catholic priest of the Birmingham Oratory and controversialist. Life Ryder's lifelong connection with John Henry Newman and the Oratory be ...

. Their fifth son was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Phillips Ryder. Their sixth and youngest son Spencer Ryder was the ancestor of the soldier and politician

Robert Ryder Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder (16 February 1908 – 29 June 1986) was a Royal Navy officer and a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwea ...

. Ryder died in March 1836, aged 58. His wife died in August 1862.

Gallery

File:UK Medal 1836 in honour of Bishop Henry Ryder.jpg, Bronze Medal 1836, issued in honour of Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder by Thomas Wells Ingram,

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Attribution

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryder, Henry 1777 births 1836 deaths Younger sons of barons Bishops of Gloucester Deans of Wells Canons of Windsor Canons of Westminster

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