Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 – 11 December 1900), was a British
hereditary peer
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Early life and education
Harrowby was the younger son of
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby and his wife Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of
John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute. He was educated at
Harrow School
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and at
Christ Church, Oxford
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Later life
Harrowby became a senior partner at
Coutts & Co. He held the offices of
Deputy Lieutenant (DL) and
Justice of the Peace (JP).
[''Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage'', 106th Edition, Charles Mosley, Burke’s Peerage, Crans, Switzerland, 1999; , p. 1328.][Cokayne, George Edward, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982, volume VI, p. 335.]
He succeeded his elder brother
Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby in the
earldom and subsidiary titles on 26 March 1900.
Marriage and children
Lord Harrowby married Susan Juliana Maria Hamilton Dent, only daughter of John Villiers Dent and his wife, Susan Orde, on 17 May 1859. They had eight children:
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Lady
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"Lady" is al ...
Margaret Susan Ryder (11 September 1860 - 17 September 1932)
* Lady Angela Mary Alice Ryder (1 March 1863 - 10 November 1939) who married
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain
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John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (22 August 1864 - 30 March 1956)
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Hon Archibald Dudley Ryder (26 July 1867 - 19 January 1950)
* Hon Edward Alan Dudley Ryder (22 October 1869 - 4 April 1949)
* Lady Constance Susan Euphemia Ryder (4 April 1871 - 24 February 1950)
* Lady Adelaide Audrey Ryder (19 November 1875 - 23 December 1956)
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Major
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* Major (rank), a military rank
* Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits
* People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames
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Hon Robert Nathaniel Dudley Ryder (7 December 1882 - 30 November 1917),
killed in action
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at the
Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.
Masonic Great War Project, entry for Robert Nathaniel Dudley Ryder
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Death
Lord Harrowby died on 11 December 1900 on his yacht ''Miranda'' off Algiers
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and was buried at Sandon. He was succeeded in the earldom and other titles by eldest his son, John.[
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References
External links
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1836 births
1900 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
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