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Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

(1762-1847), Statesman

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Dudley Ryder was elected to his father's old Parliament seat of Tiverton in 1784, where he remained throughout his Commons career. William Pitt, the premier, became his friend and political patron and in 1790 Pitt appointed him Vice President of the Board of Trade, a post he held for eleven years. Ryder was in favour of abolition of the slave trade and of Catholic emancipation. On his father's death in 1803, he succeeded to the peerage, and in 1805 Pitt made him Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. He resigned with his colleagues after Pitt's death and did not take office again until 1809, when he was appointed President of the Board of Control. He later served as Lord President of the Council.

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'The explanation', by James Gillray, published by  Hannah Humphrey - NPG D12651

'The explanation'

by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
hand-coloured etching, published 30 May 1798
NPG D12651

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, by John Samuel Agar, published by  T. Cadell & W. Davies, after  John Wright, after  Thomas Phillips - NPG D35540

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

by John Samuel Agar, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after John Wright, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, published February 1813
NPG D35540

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby ('A view from St James's Street'), by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D47094

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby ('A view from St James's Street')

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, May 1818
NPG D47094

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby ('A view from St James's Street'), by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by  Thomas McLean - NPG D19047

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby ('A view from St James's Street')

by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, May 1818
NPG D19047

The Milan Garland or Revels round the Vice Post, by Charles Williams, published by  John Johnston - NPG D46028

The Milan Garland or Revels round the Vice Post

by Charles Williams, published by John Johnston
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
NPG D46028

Diplomatic smuggling or birth day April fools, by William Heath, published by  Samuel William Fores - NPG D46375

Diplomatic smuggling or birth day April fools

by William Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
etching, published 27 April 1823
NPG D46375

Migra-Tory Peers, or The Lords Breaking Up, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41125

Migra-Tory Peers, or The Lords Breaking Up

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 6 April 1832
NPG D41125

Swearing of the Horatii, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41126

Swearing of the Horatii

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 April 1832
NPG D41126

The Mountain in Labor, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41127

The Mountain in Labor

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 April 1832
NPG D41127

Coroners Inquest Upon the Body of the Late Administration, by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by  Alfred Ducôte, published by  Thomas McLean - NPG D41132

Coroners Inquest Upon the Body of the Late Administration

by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 15 May 1832
NPG D41132

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, by Henry Bryan Hall, printed by  Wilkinson & Dawe, published by  Henry Thomas Ryall, published by  James Fraser, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Madame Meunier - NPG D35537

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

by Henry Bryan Hall, printed by Wilkinson & Dawe, published by Henry Thomas Ryall, published by James Fraser, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Madame Meunier
stipple engraving, published 1837
NPG D35537

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, by Henry Bryan Hall, printed by  Wilkinson & Dawe, published by  R. Ryley, published by  James Fraser, published by  Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after  Madame Meunier - NPG D35538

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

by Henry Bryan Hall, printed by Wilkinson & Dawe, published by R. Ryley, published by James Fraser, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after Madame Meunier
stipple engraving, published 1837
NPG D35538

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, by Henry Bryan Hall, after  Madame Meunier - NPG D35539

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

by Henry Bryan Hall, after Madame Meunier
stipple engraving, 1837
NPG D35539

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