Henry Ryder


Henry Ryder
Bishop of Lichfield
DioceseLichfield
In office1824–1836
PredecessorJames Cornwallis
SuccessorSamuel Butler
Other post(s)Bishop of Gloucester (1815–1824)
Personal details
Born(1777-07-21)21 July 1777
Streatham, Surrey
Died31 March 1836(1836-03-31) (aged 58)
Hastings, Sussex
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Spouse
Sophia Phillips
(m. 1802)
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Henry Dudley Ryder (21 July 1777 – 31 March 1836[1]) was a prominent English evangelical Anglican bishop in the early years of the nineteenth century, most notably as Bishop of Lichfield. He was the first evangelical to be raised to the Anglican episcopate.[2]

  1. ^ Ryder, Henry in: Oxford University Press, retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ Chapman, Mark (2006). Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction. Very Short Introductions. Oxford University Press. p. 66. ISBN 9780192806932.