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Quartered arms of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, KG, PC, FRS

Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby (19 May 1798Template:Snd19 November 1882), styled Viscount Sandon between 1809 and 1847, was an English 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.

Background and education

Harrowby 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.<ref>Capt P.C.G. Webster, The Records of the Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry, Lichfield: Lomax, 1870; Appendix.</ref> He resigned his commission in March 1831.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

Political career

Harrowby was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1819, a seat he held until 1831<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> before switching to represent Liverpool until 1847.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He served as a Lord of the Admiralty in 1827<ref name="EB1911">Template:Cite EB1911</ref> and as Secretary to the Board of Control under Lord Grey between 1830 and 1831. He had a London home in Grosvenor Square.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> by Lord Palmerston, becoming a Privy Counsellor at the same time.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> 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.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> 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.<ref name="EB1911"/>

Animal welfare

Harrowby campaigned for animal welfare and was president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) from 1861.<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref><ref name="Ryder 1998">Ryder, Richard Dudley. (1998). The Political Animal: The Conquest of Speciesism. McFarland. p. 23. Template:ISBN</ref> In 1864, he met Henry Bergh who had visited England and helped him with the formulation of ASPCA's policies.<ref name="Ryder 1998"/><ref>National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3. New York: James White and Co., 1893; p. 106.</ref> Harrowby was President of the RSPCA until 1878; he was succeeded by Lord Aberdare.<ref name="Preece 2011">Preece, Rod. (2011). Animal Sensibility and Inclusive Justice in the Age of Bernard Shaw. p. 118. Template:ISBN</ref> Unlike Abderdare, Harrowby was sympathetic to the cause of anti-vivisection.<ref name="Preece 2011"/><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Thomas Jackson's animal welfare book Our Dumb Companions (1864) was dedicated to Harrowby.<ref>Preece, Rod. (2011). Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities. UBC Press. p. 145. Template:ISBN</ref>

Marriage and children

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Frances Stuart

Lord Harrowby married Lady Frances Stuart, daughter of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute, on 15 September 1823. They had two sons:<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003</ref>

• 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

Lady 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.

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