- Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby
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The Right Honourable
The Earl of Harrowby
PC, DL, JPPresident of the Board of Trade In office
4 April 1878 – 21 April 1880Monarch Victoria Prime Minister The Earl of Beaconsfield Preceded by Sir Charles Adderley Succeeded by Joseph Chamberlain Personal details Born 16 January 1831 Died 26 March 1900 Nationality British Political party Conservative Spouse(s) Lady Mary Cecil
(d. 1917)Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC, DL, JP (16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900), known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882, was a British peer and politician.
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Political career
Harrowby was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield from 1856 to 1859 and for Liverpool from 1868 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1882. He was Vice-President of the Committee on Education from 1874 to 1878 and President of the Board of Trade (with a seat in the cabinet) from 1878 to 1880 in Benjamin Disraeli's second administration and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1874. Between 1885 and 1886 he served as Lord Privy Seal in Lord Salisbury's first government. Apart from his career in national politics he was also Chairman of the Staffordshire county council and a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for that county.
Family
Lord Harrowby married Lady Mary, daughter of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, in 1861. The marriage was childless. Harrowby died in March 1900, aged 69, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry. Lady Harrowby died in July 1917.
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External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Sandon
Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded by
The Lord Waterpark
Lord Alfred PagetMember of Parliament for Lichfield
1856–1859
With: Lord Alfred PagetSucceeded by
Lord Alfred Paget
Hon. Augustus AnsonPreceded by
Thomas Berry Horsfall
Samuel Robert GravesMember of Parliament for Liverpool
1868–1882
With: Samuel Robert Graves 1868–1873
William Rathbone 1868–1880
John Torr 1873–1880
Edward Whitley1880–1882
John Ramsay 1880
Lord Claud Hamilton 1880Succeeded by
Edward Whitley
Lord Claud Hamilton
Samuel SmithPolitical offices Preceded by
William Edward ForsterVice-President of the Committee on Education
1874–1878Succeeded by
Lord George HamiltonPreceded by
Sir Charles AdderleyPresident of the Board of Trade
1878-1880Succeeded by
Joseph ChamberlainPreceded by
The Earl of RoseberyLord Privy Seal
1885–1886Succeeded by
William Ewart GladstonePeerage of the United Kingdom Preceded by
Dudley RyderEarl of Harrowby
1882–1900Succeeded by
Henry RyderPrime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Leader of the House of LordsThe Marquess of Salisbury (1885–1886)First Lord of the Treasury Lord Chancellor Lord President of the Council The Viscount Cranbrook (1885–1886)Lord Privy Seal The Earl of Harrowby (1885–1886)Home Secretary Secretary of State for the Colonies Secretary of State for War William Henry Smith (1885–1886) • The Viscount Cranbrook (1886)Secretary of State for India First Lord of the Admiralty Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of CommonsPresident of the Board of Trade Chief Secretary for Ireland William Henry Smith (1886)Postmaster General Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Chancellor of Ireland Secretary for Scotland Vice President of the Council Edward Stanhope (1885)Categories:- 1831 births
- 1900 deaths
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- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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- Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1852–1857
- UK MPs 1857–1859
- UK MPs 1868–1874
- UK MPs 1874–1880
- UK MPs 1880–1885
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