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Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 – 11 December 1900), was a British hereditary peer.
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.
Harrowby became a senior partner at Coutts & Co. He held the offices of Deputy Lieutenant (DL) and Justice of the Peace (JP).[1][2]
He succeeded his elder brother Dudley Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby in the earldom and subsidiary titles on 26 March 1900.
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:[3]
Lord Harrowby died on 11 December 1900 on his yacht Miranda off Algiers and was buried at Sandon. He was succeeded in the earldom and other titles by eldest his son, John.[1][2]
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