Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby (3 July 1735 – 20 June 1803) was a British

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 peer and Member of Parliament

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Harrowby was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder

Dudley Ryder (judge)

Sir Dudley Ryder was a British politician, judge and diarist.-Career:The son of a draper, Ryder studied at a dissenting academy in Hackney and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and Leiden University in The Netherlands. He went to the Middle Temple in 1713 and was called to the Bar in 1719...

, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. He was elected to the House of Commons

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 for Tiverton

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 in 1756, 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

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 of Staffordshire

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 and Lincolnshire

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

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, Bishop of London

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, in 1762. Their second son the Hon. Richard Ryder

Richard Ryder (19th century politician)

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 became a successful politician and served as Home Secretary

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 from 1809 to 1812 while their youngest son the Hon. Henry Ryder

Henry Ryder

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 became Bishop of Gloucester

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 and Bishop of Lichfield

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

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

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, who served as Foreign Secretary and was created Earl of Harrowby

Earl of Harrowby

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 in 1809. He is commemorated in St Wulframs Church

St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham

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 in Grantham. Lady Harrowby died in 1804.

The family home was Harrowby Hall

Harrowby Hall

Harrowby Hall in Harrowby, Lincolnshire, England, was the family home of the Ryder family and is the former home of Nathaniel Ryder, Earl of Harrowby...

in Lincolnshire.