Earl of Harrowby
Earl of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln , is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
The Earls' family seat is Sandon Hall near Stafford in Staffordshire .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was created on July 18, 1809 for Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby , along with the subordinate title Viscount Sandon . He had previously been Secretary of State under William Pitt . He later served as Lord President of the Council for 15 years .
In 1803 he had inherited from his father the henceforth also subordinate title Baron Harrowby , of Harrowby in the County of Lincoln, which had been awarded to this on May 20, 1776 in the Peerage of Great Britain .
List of Barons Harrowby and Earls of Harrowby
Barons Harrowby (1776)
- Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby (1735-1803)
- Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847), (promoted to Earl of Harrowby in 1809 )
Earls of Harrowby (1809)
- Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby (1762–1847)
- Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882)
- Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (1831-1900)
- Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (1836–1900)
- John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (1864-1956)
- Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby (1892-1987)
- Dudley Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby (1922-2007)
- Dudley Ryder, 8th Earl of Harrowby (born 1951)
The heir to the title is the current earl's eldest son, Hugo Ryder, Viscount Sandon (* 1981).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Harrowby, Earl of (UK, 1809) at Cracroft's Peerage
- Harrowby, Baron (GB, 1776) at Cracroft's Peerage