Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby

Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby in a cartoon by Carlo Pellegrini in Vanity Fair magazine November 28, 1885

Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC (born January 16, 1831 in Brighton , East Sussex , † March 26, 1900 in Sandon , Staffordshire ) was a British politician of the Whigs , the Liberal Party and later the Conservative Party , the Was a member of the House of Commons for 17 years and became a member of the House of Lords from 1882 . He served as Minister of Commerce (President of the Board of Trade ) between 1878 and 1880 and as Lord Seal Keeper from 1885 to 1886 .

Life

Family background and studies

Ryder was a grandson of former Foreign Secretary and long-time Lord President of the Council Dudley Ryder , who inherited the title of 2nd Baron Harrowby in 1803 and was raised to 1st Earl of Harrowby in 1809 . His father was his eldest son Dudley Ryder , who inherited his title in 1847, held the office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1855 and also held the office of Lord Seal Keeper from 1855 to 1857. His mother, Lady Frances Stuart, was the daughter of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute .

After attending the renowned Harrow School , he studied at Christ Church at the University of Oxford .

Member of the House of Commons and Minister of Commerce

As a supporter of Prime Minister Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston , he first joined the Whigs, for whom he was first elected to the House of Commons on May 30, 1856 in the Lichfield constituency . He represented this constituency until April 28, 1859 and joined the Liberal Party in 1859. He served temporarily as Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Staffordshire , where he as Chairman of the County Council (County Council) as well as a magistrate (justice of the peace) worked.

After Ryder had meanwhile left the Liberal Party and joined the Conservative Party, he was re-elected to the House of Commons on November 17, 1868 and represented the constituency of Liverpool until November 19, 1882 . He was from 1870 to 1872 a member of the school board for the City of Westminster (London School Board for Westminster) . In 1874 he was appointed a member of the Privy Council and served between 1874 and 1878 as Vice Minister for Education (Vice President of the Education Board) .

On April 4, 1878 he was appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli , 1st Earl of Beaconsfield to succeed Charles Adderley, 1st Baron Norton as President of the Board of Trade in his second government and belonged to this until the end of Disraelis Term of office on April 21, 1880.

House of Lords and Lord Seal Keeper

When his father died on November 19, 1882, Ryder inherited his title as 3rd Earl of Harrowby , 3rd Viscount Sandon and 4th Baron Harrowby . As a result, he also became a member of the House of Lords, to which he belonged until his death.

Prime Minister Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury , appointed the Earl of Harrowby on June 23, 1885 as Lord Privy Seal in his first cabinet, to which he was a member until February 1, 1886.

On October 3, 1861, he married Lady Mary Frances Cecil, whose father Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, was among other things Lord Chamberlain of the Household twice . Since this marriage remained childless, inherited after his death on March 26, 1900, his younger and only brother Henry Dudley Ryder the title of 4th Earl of Harrowby and the associated titles.

Web links

• Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby at Hansard (English)
• Entry in Cracroft's Peerage
• Entry in Leigh Rayment Peerage
• Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby, on thepeerage.com , accessed August 16, 2015.

predecessor	Office	successor
Dudley Ryder	Earl of Harrowby 1882-1900	Henry Ryder