| The Right Honourable The Earl of Harrowby PC, DL, JP |
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| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 4 April 1878 – 21 April 1880 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Earl of Beaconsfield |
| Preceded by | Sir Charles Adderley |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Chamberlain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1831 |
| Died | 26 March 1900 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Mary Cecil (d. 1917) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC, DL, JP (16 January 1831 – 26 March 1900), known as Viscount Sandon from 1847 to 1882, was a British peer and politician.
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Harrowby was Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield from 1856 to 1859 and for Liverpool from 1868 until he succeeded to the peerage in 1882. He was Vice-President of the Committee on Education from 1874 to 1878 and President of the Board of Trade (with a seat in the cabinet) from 1878 to 1880 in Benjamin Disraeli's second administration and was sworn of the Privy Council in 1874. Between 1885 and 1886 he served as Lord Privy Seal in Lord Salisbury's first government. Apart from his career in national politics he was also Chairman of the Staffordshire county council and a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for that county.
Lord Harrowby married Lady Mary, daughter of Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter, in 1861. The marriage was childless. Harrowby died in March 1900, aged 69, and was succeeded by his younger brother, Henry. Lady Harrowby died in July 1917.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by The Lord Waterpark Lord Alfred Paget |
Member of Parliament for Lichfield 1856–1859 With: Lord Alfred Paget |
Succeeded by Lord Alfred Paget Hon. Augustus Anson |
| Preceded by Thomas Berry Horsfall Samuel Robert Graves |
Member of Parliament for Liverpool 1868–1882 With: Samuel Robert Graves 1868–1873 William Rathbone 1868–1880 John Torr 1873–1880 Edward Whitley1880–1882 John Ramsay 1880 Lord Claud Hamilton 1880 |
Succeeded by Edward Whitley Lord Claud Hamilton Samuel Smith |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by William Edward Forster |
Vice-President of the Committee on Education 1874–1878 |
Succeeded by Lord George Hamilton |
| Preceded by Sir Charles Adderley |
President of the Board of Trade 1878-1880 |
Succeeded by Joseph Chamberlain |
| Preceded by The Earl of Rosebery |
Lord Privy Seal 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by William Ewart Gladstone |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Dudley Ryder |
Earl of Harrowby 1882–1900 |
Succeeded by Henry Ryder |