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Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale

1790 – 1832

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Lived 1790 – 1832 (aged 42). Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale was a British politician.

Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (23 January 1790 – 10 December 1832) was an English Peer of the Realm.

Early life and education Lister was born in 1790, the son of Thomas Lister and Rebecca Feilding. His father was created Baron Ribblesdale in 1797. He attended Westminster School from 1800 to 1804 and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 2 November 1807.

Career Lister succeeded to the barony on 22 September 1826

In the House of Lords Lister was a supporter of Conservative principles. In April 1832 he was one of ten peers who had previously voted against the bill but abstained in the subsequent vote.

Marriage and issue In February 1826, Lister married his second cousin Adelaide, the daughter of Thomas Lister (1772–1828) of Armitage Park, Staffordshire. They had four children, the last of whom was born after his death:

Hon. Thomas (1828–1876) Hon. Adelaide (14 May 1827 – 27 April 1911), married in 1847 Maurice Drummond Hon. Isabel Mary (16 October 1830 – 27 July 1918), married in 1853 Rev. Canon William Parsons Warburton, canon of Winchester, cousin of Elliot Warburton Hon. Elizabeth Teresa (3 May 1833 – 20 December 1908), married in 1862 Sir William Henry Melvill, son of Sir James Cosmo Melvill

He died suddenly in December 1832 at Leamington following a ruptured blood vessel.

His four-year-old son, Thomas, succeeded to the barony, becoming the youngest Peer of the Realm. His widow, Adelaide, remarried Lord John Russell (later Earl Russell) in 1835; she died in 1838.

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Westminster School, Christ Church
Positions held
Member of the House of Lords
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Thomas Lister

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peer (1790-1832)

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Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale was born on 23 January 1790.

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Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale died on 10 December 1832.

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Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale was a politician.

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Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale was British.

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· Wikipedia: Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale

· Wikidata: Q26196543

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