Background
Harrowby was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder, Lord Chief Justice of the King"s Bench.
Harrowby was the son of Sir Dudley Ryder, Lord Chief Justice of the King"s Bench.
He was elected to the House of Commons for Tiverton 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 of Staffordshire and Lincolnshire.
Lord Harrowby married Elizabeth Terrick, daughter of the Right Reverend Richard Terrick, Bishop of London, in 1762.
Their second son the Honorary Henry Ryder became Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Lichfield.
He is commemorated in Street Wulframs Church in Grantham. Lady Harrowby died in 1804.
The family home was Harrowby Hall in Lincolnshire.
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