Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby NPG D20617
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, after Joseph Slater
Known as Viscount Sandon until his father's death in 1847. In 1819, he was the first hereditary peer to gain a double first-class degree from Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected as an MP while still an undergraduate in 1819; he was appointed a Lord of the Admiralty, and subsequently Secretary to the Board of Control. Though a Conservative, he held many liberal opinions, including his staunch support of the Reform Bill of 1831. In 1847 he succeeded to his father's title and was raised... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










