John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby

John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (22 August 1864 – 30 March 1956), briefly known as Viscount Sandon from March to December 1900, was a British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament. Harrowby was the son of Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby, and Susan Juliana Maria Hamilton Dent.

Career

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] He was elected to the House of Commons for Gravesend in 1898, a seat he held until 1900 when he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords. From 1927 to 1948 he held the honorary post of Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire.

Marriage

Lord Harrowby married Mabel Danvers Smith, daughter of William Henry Smith and Emily Danvers, Viscountess Hambleden, in 1887. As a result of her marriage, Mabel Ryder was styled as Countess of Harrowby effective 11 December 1900.

Mabel, Countess of Harrowby, was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1919. She died on 27 March 1956.

Death

He died in March 1956, only three days after his wife, aged 91, and was succeeded in his titles by his sole surviving child, his son, Dudley.

References
  1. Who Was Who A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 10 February 2012.

Sources
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
James Dampier Palmer		 Member of Parliament for Gravesend
1898–1900		 Succeeded by
Sir Gilbert Parker
Academic offices
Preceded by
New institution		 President of the University College of North Staffordshire
1949–1956		 Succeeded by
The Princess Margaret
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl of Dartmouth		 Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire
1927–1948		 Succeeded by
Harold Wallace-Copeland
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Henry Dudley Ryder		 Earl of Harrowby
1900–1956		 Succeeded by
Dudley Ryder
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