John Ryder ( – 4 February 1775) was the

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, from 1743 to 1752, and then

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, from 1752 to his death in 1775.

Life

The son of Dudley Ryder, haberdasher, he was born at

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, . His grandfather was another Dudley Ryder (died 1683), an ejected rector of

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. He was educated at

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and

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, where he graduated BA in 1715, MA in 1719, and DD in 1741. In 1721, Ryder was appointed as

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of Nuneaton and held the

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until his appointment as

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of 30 January 1742. He was consecrated in

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, on 21 February. Only a year later he was translated to the

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, and was further promoted, in March 1752, to be

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and bishop of Ardagh. His views were

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. Ryder spent his later years at

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, a major figure of the

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. Princess Dashkova came to Ireland and spent time with the family. Two of John Ryder's relations, Martha and Katherine Wilmot went to Russia to renew the friendship.''An Irish Peer on the Continent, 1801–03'' by Catherine Wilmot (1920)

References

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