Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, KG, PC, FRS (19 May 1798 – 19 November 1882), styled Viscount Sandon between 1809 and 1847, was a British politician. He held office under Lord Palmerston as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1855 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1855 and 1858.
The Earl of Harrowby | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 31 March 1855 – 7 December 1855 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Earl Granville |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Talbot Baines |
| Lord Privy Seal | |
| In office 7 December 1855 – 3 February 1858 | |
| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Viscount Palmerston |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Argyll |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess of Clanricarde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1798 London, England |
| Died | 19 November 1882 (aged 84) Sandon Hall, Sandon, Staffordshire, England |
| Spouse |
Lady Frances Stuart
(m. 1823; died 1859) |
| Children | Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby |
| Parent(s) | Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby Lady Susan Leveson-Gower |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Background and education
editHarrowby was born in London, the son of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby and his wife Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower (1772 - 1838), daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford.
He was an officer of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, being commissioned as a lieutenant in the Stafford Troop on 20 December 1819 and being promoted to captain on 26 March 1826.[1] He resigned his commission in March 1831.[2]
Political career
editHarrowby was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1819, a seat he held until 1831[3] before switching to represent Liverpool until 1847.[4] He served as a Lord of the Admiralty in 1827[5] and as Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831. He had a London home in Grosvenor Square.[6]
In 1847, he became Earl of Harrowby and took up a seat in the House of Lords. He remained out of office for a long time, but in 1855, eight years after he had succeeded his father as Earl of Harrowby, he was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster[7] by Lord Palmerston, becoming a Privy Counsellor at the same time.[8] In a few months he was transferred to the office of Lord Privy Seal, a position which he resigned in 1858.
He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1859.[9] Harrowby was also three times President of the Royal Statistical Society (1840–1842, 1849–1851, 1855–1857), chairman of the Maynooth commission and a member of other important royal commissions. He was regarded as among the most stalwart and prominent defenders of the Church of England.[5]
Animal welfare
editHarrowby campaigned for animal welfare and was president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) from 1861.[10][11] In 1864, he met Henry Bergh who had visited England and helped him with the formulation of ASPCA's policies.[11][12] Harrowby was President of the RSPCA until 1878; he was succeeded by Lord Aberdare.[13] Unlike Abderdare, Harrowby was sympathetic to the cause of anti-vivisection.[13][14]
Thomas Jackson's animal welfare book Our Dumb Companions (1864) was dedicated to Harrowby.[15]
Marriage and children
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Lord Harrowby married Lady Frances Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, on 15 September 1823. They had two sons:[16]
- Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby (16 January 1831 - 26 March 1900)
- Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 - 11 December 1900)
Death
editLady Harrowby died in March 1859. Lord Harrowby remained a widower until his death at Sandon Hall on 19 November 1882, aged 84. He was succeeded in the earldom and other titles by his elder son, Dudley.
References
edit- ^ Capt P.C.G. Webster, The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry, Lichfield: Lomax, 1870; Appendix.
- ^ "No. 18787". The London Gazette. 25 March 1831. p. 573.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Tipperary South to Tyrone West". Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Lichfield and Tamworth to London and Westminster South". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 4 October 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 28.
- ^ "Grosvenor Square: Individual Houses built before 1926 Pages 117-166 Survey of London: Volume 40, the Grosvenor Estate in Mayfair, Part 2 (The Buildings)". British History Online. LCC 1980. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "No. 21688". The London Gazette. 3 April 1855. p. 1334.
- ^ "No. 21688". The London Gazette. 3 April 1855. p. 1324.
- ^ "No. 22281". The London Gazette. 1 July 1859. p. 2549.
- ^ "The Earl of Harrowby". Grantham Journal. 25 November 1882. p. 3. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Ryder, Richard Dudley. (1998). The Political Animal: The Conquest of Speciesism. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 978-0786405305
- ^ National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3. New York: James White and Co., 1893; p. 106.
- ^ a b Preece, Rod. (2011). Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw. p. 118. ISBN 978-0774821124
- ^ "R.S.P.C.A. and Vivisection". The Zoophilist. 12 (3): 65. 1892.
- ^ Preece, Rod. (2011). Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities. UBC Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-0774842204
- ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
External links
edit- . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Harrowby