Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby

Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 – 11 December 1900), was a British peer, succeeding his brother as Earl of Harrowby on 26 March 1900, and dying nine months later.

Harrowby was the son of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, and his wife, Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of the first Marquess of Bute. He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford, and became a senior partner at Coutts & Co.[1][2]

Lord Harrowby married Susan Juliana Maria Hamilton Dent, only daughter of John Villiers Dent and his wife Susan Orde, on 17 May 1859.[3] They became the parents of eight children. He died in December 1900, at sea, on his yacht Miranda, off Algiers, and was buried at Sandon. He was succeeded in his titles by his son John Ryder.[1][2]

References
  1. Burke’s Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley, Burke’s Peerage, Crans, Switzerland, 1999, ISBN 2-940085-02-1, p. 1328.
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1982, volume VI, p. 335.
  3. Lord Harrowby at thePeerage.com http://www.thepeerage.com/p1330.htm#i13294
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder		 Earl of Harrowby
March–December 1900		 Succeeded by
John Herbert Dudley Ryder

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