Background
He was the eldest son of Ingram Rider of Leeds, Yorkshire and educated at Charterhouse School (1776) and University College, Oxford (1783).
He was the eldest son of Ingram Rider of Leeds, Yorkshire and educated at Charterhouse School (1776) and University College, Oxford (1783).
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He was appointed High Sheriff of Kent for 1829-1830. At the 1832 general election he was returned as an Member of Parliament for the new Western division of Kent, but at the 1835 election he polled poorly, and withdrew from the election at the end of the first day of polling. At the 1837 general election he contested the Eastern division of Kent, but failed to unseat either of the two sitting Conservative Party MPs.
He died on 6 August 1847, aged 81.
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He was elected at the 1831 general election as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Kent, and held the seat until the constituency was divided under the Reform Acting 1832.