Henry Ryder

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::summary English evangelical Anglican bishop ::

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Field	Value
honorific-prefix
name	Henry Ryder
image	Bp Henry Ryder.jpg
title	Bishop of Lichfield
diocese	Lichfield
term	1824–1836
predecessor	James Cornwallis
successor	Samuel Butler
other_post	Bishop of Gloucester (1815–1824)
birth_date
birth_place	Streatham, Surrey
death_date
death_place	Hastings, Sussex
nationality	British
religion	Anglican
spouse
alma_mater	St John's College, Cambridge
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::callout[type=note] the Bishop of Lichfield ::

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Henry Dudley Ryder (21 July 1777 – 31 March 1836) 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.

Life

Ryder was the fifth son of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby, by his wife Elizabeth Terrick, daughter of Richard Terrick, Bishop of London. Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby and the Honourable Richard Ryder were his elder brothers. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and became vicar of Lutterworth and of Claybrook. He was canon of Windsor in 1808.

He was successively Bishop of Gloucester, from 1815, and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, from 1824. His kneeling statue by Francis Legatt Chantrey is in Lichfield Cathedral.

John Henry Newman, in his Apologia Pro Vita Sua, speaks of the veneration in which he held Ryder.

Family

Ryder married Sophia, daughter of Thomas March Phillips, in 1802. Their second son George Dudley Ryder was the father of the Very Reverend Henry Ignatius Dudley Ryder. Their fifth son was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alfred Phillips Ryder. Their sixth and youngest son Spencer Ryder was the ancestor of the sailor and politician Robert Ryder. Ryder died in March 1836, aged 58. His wife died in August 1862.

Gallery

File:UK Medal 1836 in honour of Bishop Henry Ryder.jpg|Bronze Medal 1836, issued in honour of Bishop Henry Dudley Ryder by Thomas Wells Ingram, Birmingham File:Ryder Statue in Lichfield cathedral.jpg|Monument to Bishop Ryder by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey in Lichfield Cathedral

References

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Attribution

References

1. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/printable/24398 Ryder, Henry in: Oxford University Press], retrieved 7 January 2014.
2. Chapman, Mark. (2006). "Anglicanism: A Very Short Introduction". Oxford University Press.
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5. ''Concise Dictionary of National Biography''

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