Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby

Dudley Ryder, 6th Earl of Harrowby (11 October 1892 – 7 May 1987), known as Viscount Sandon from 1900 to 1956, was a British hereditary peer and Conservative Member of Parliament.

Early life and education Harrowby was the son of John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby and his wife the Hon Mabel Danvers Smith. William Henry Smith, another former Member of Parliament and a member of the W H Smith bookseller family, was his maternal grandfather.

He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating as BA He received the honorary degree of DLitt from Oxford in 1964. From 1946 to 1950 he was Colonel Commandant of Staffordshire Army Cadet Force.

Dudley Danvers Granville Coutts Ryder, 7th Earl of Harrowby (20 December 1922 – 9 October 2007) Hon John Stuart Terrick Dudley Ryder (12 April 1924 – 25 October 2012)

Lady Frances Virginia Susan Ryder (20 June 1926 – 9 June 2013)

Death Lady Harrowby died in 1974. Lord Harrowby survived her by thirteen years and died in May 1987, at the age of 94. He was succeeded in his titles by his elder son Dudley.