Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth (8 October 1821 – 22 July 1903), styled Lord Eslington between 1874 and 1878, was a British

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politician.

Background

Ravensworth was the son of

Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth (10 March 1797 – 19 March 1878) was a British peer and Member of Parliament for several constituencies. Liddell was the eldest son of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. He was educated at Eton ...

, and Isabella Horatia, daughter of Lord George Seymour.

Political career

Ravensworth sat in the

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as one of two representatives for Northumberland South between 1852 and 1878. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the

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Family

Lord Ravensworth married firstly Mary Diana, daughter of Orlando George Gunning-Sutton, on 8 December 1852 at Coolhurst, Sussex. They had two daughters. After her death in 1890, he married secondly Emma Sophia Georgiana, daughter of the Hon. Richard Denman and widow of Oswin Baker-Cresswell, in 1892. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Ravensworth died in July 1903, aged 81, and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Atholl. Lady Ravensworth later remarried and died in January 1939.

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