Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby (3 July 1735 – 20 June 1803) was a British politician who sat in the

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from 1756 to 1776 when he was raised to the

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as Baron Harrowby. Ryder was the son of

Sir Dudley Ryder Sir Dudley Ryder (4 November 1691 – 25 May 1756), of Tooting Surrey, was a British lawyer, diarist and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 until 1754 when he was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Early life ...

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. He was admitted at

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in 1753. In 1756, Ryder was elected

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for Tiverton, a seat he held until 1776. On 20 May 1776 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Harrowby, of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln. He later served Deputy Lieutenant of

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

and

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

. Lord Harrowby married Elizabeth Terrick, daughter of the Right Reverend

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, in 1762. Their second son the Hon. Richard Ryder became a successful politician and served as

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from 1809 to 1812 while their youngest son the Hon.

Henry Ryder Henry Dudley Ryder (21 July 1777 – 31 March 1836) was a prominent English evangelical Anglican bishop in the early years of the nineteenth century. He was the first evangelical to be raised to the Anglican episcopate. Life Ryder was the ...

became

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and

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. Lord Harrowby died in June 1803, aged 67, and was succeeded in the barony by his eldest son

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, who served as

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and was created

Earl of Harrowby 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 S ...

in 1809. He is commemorated in St Wulframs Church in Grantham. Lady Harrowby died in 1804. The family home was

Harrowby Hall Harrowby Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Harrowby, Lincolnshire, England. The Hall was the family home of the Ryder family and the former home of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby. It was purchased from the Rolt family by Sir Dudley ...

in Lincolnshire.

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
www.thepeerage.com
*Whites Directory, 1892.

External links

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