Henry Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby
Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby, was a British hereditary peer.
Early life and education
Harrowby was the younger son of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby and his wife Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute. He was educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church, Oxford.Later life
Harrowby became a senior partner at Coutts & Co. He held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace.He succeeded his elder brother Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby in the earldom and subsidiary titles on 26 March 1900.
Marriage and children
Lord Harrowby married Susan Juliana Maria Hamilton Dent, only daughter of John Villiers Dent and his wife, Susan Orde, on 17 May 1859. They had eight children:- Lady Margaret Susan Ryder
- Lady Angela Mary Alice Ryder who married Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Colgrain
- John Herbert Dudley Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby
- Hon Archibald Dudley Ryder
- Hon Edward Alan Dudley Ryder
- Lady Constance Susan Euphemia Ryder
- Lady Adelaide Audrey Ryder
- Major Hon Robert Nathaniel Dudley Ryder, killed in action at the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres.