The Earl of Harrowby | |
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 14 May 1804 – 11 January 1805 | |
Monarch | George III |
Prime Minister | William Pitt the Younger |
Preceded by | The Lord Hawkesbury |
Succeeded by | The Lord Mulgrave |
Lord President of the Council | |
In office 11 June 1812 – 17 August 1827 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | The Earl of Liverpool |
Preceded by | The Viscount Sidmouth |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Portland |
Personal details | |
Born | London | 22 December 1762
Died | 26 December 1847 Sandon Hall, Staffordshire | (aged 85)
Resting place | Lichfield Cathedral |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Tory |
Spouse |
Lady Susanna Leveson-Gower
(m. 1795; died 1838) |
Children | 8, including Dudley and Granville |
Parent(s) | Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby Elizabeth Terrick |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, PC, FSA (22 December 1762 – 26 December 1847) was a prominent British politician of the Pittite faction and the Tory party.