RYDER, Benjamin Guy Dudley 1934-2024

[Richard R]

From the Telegraph of 7 Dec 2024: RYDER, Benjamin Guy Dudley

https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/ryder-notices_59977

He was s of Maj Dudley Claud Douglas RYDER 1901-86 (2xgt gs of 1st Earl of HARROWBY 1762-1847, as well 4xgt gs of 4th Duke of HAMILTON 1658-1712 etc etc) and Nancy Edith BAKER. He m 1960 Philippa Mary d of Alan Maitland CUNNINGHAM, and had two sons and a dau.

[dpth...@gmail.com]

Sir Dudley RYDER (4 Nov 1691-25 May 1756); m.1 Nov 1733 Ann Newnham (d.9 May 1774); it is said that he died “the day after a warrant to ennoble him had been signed”, and that the peerage conferred on his son was in fulfillment of the promise to ennoble Sir Dudley
|
Nathaniel, cr 1776 Baron Harrowby, of Harrowby (3 Jul 1735-20 Jun 1803); m.22 Jan 1762 Elizabeth Terrick (d.24 Aug 1804)
|
Dudley, 2nd Lord Harrowby, cr 1809 Earl of Harrowby and Viscount Sandon, of Sandon (22 Dec 1762-26 Dec 1847); m. m.30 Jul 1795 Lady Susan Leveson-Gower (1772-26 May 1838), sister of 1st Duke of Sutherland
|
Granville Dudley (26 Nov 1799-24 Nov 1879); m.30 May 1825 Lady Georgiana Augusta Somerset (8 Oct 1800-30 Mar 1865), dau of 6th Duke of Beaufort
|
Dudley Henry (7 Feb 1830-8 Sep 1911); m.1 Dec 1857 Georgiana Emily Calcraft (d.10 Jul 1915)
|
Cyril John (8 Jul 1863-28 Dec 1907); m.8 Jul 1897 Lady Isobel Douglas-Hamilton (7 Feb 1864-1 Oct 1941), sister of the 13th Duke of Hamilton and Brandon
|
Dudley Claud Douglas, of Rempstone (27 Apr 1901-1986); m.1st 27 Oct 1927 (div 1938) Nancy Edith Baker (d.1985); m.2nd 14 Oct 1938 Vera Mary Cook (15 Feb 1899-1980)
|
Benjamin Guy Dudley (19 May 1934-27 Nov 2024); m.8 Oct 1960 Philippa Mary Cunningham

[S R Eglesfield]

Per company records, the late Mr Ryder's wife, Mrs Philippa Mary Ryder, was formerly a director of a company of which her younger son is also a director. However, those records show her date of birth as 7 July 1945, which must surely be wrong, as this would have made her too young to be married in 1960. I suspect that the day and month of her birth may be correctly shown on those records, but it is clear from Free BMD that her birth was registered in Poole in Q3 1942, mother's maiden name McBride.

 

Dr Alan Maitland CUNNINGHAM (21 II 1902 - 12 I 1986) was married to Norah Rowan McBRIDE (1901 - c.1994/5) on 21 October 1933. A film of their wedding day can be found on their son's facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/andrew.cunningham.5667/videos/2366741533405972/.

 

Dr Cunningham was the son of the Rev Philip CUNNINGHAM (1866 - 9 II 1942) and his wife (married 4 X 1898), Frances Gertrude FAIRBAIRN (7 IX 1865 - 15 II 1951), the eldest daughter of the Rev Adam Henderson FAIRBAIRN (16 X 1836 - 21 VII 1888) and his wife (married 7 II 1864), Anna Gertrude FULLER MAITLAND (27 II 1844 - 16 V 1929).

 

The Rev Adam Fairbairn was the seventh and youngest son of Sir William FAIRBAIRN, 1st Bt, LLD, FRS (19 II 1789 - 18 VIII 1874) and his wife (married 16 VI 1816), Dorothy MARR (died 11 I 1882, aged 90). Mr Fairbairn's sister Anne FAIRBAIRN (c.1817 - 26 V 1894) was the wife (married 1 IX 1841) of John Frederic LA TROBE-BATEMAN, FRS (30 V 1810  - 10 VI 1889), of that family, which, per Burke's Family Index, last appeared in Burke's Landed Gentry in the 1921 edition; they were the great-great grandparents of Diana Mary LA TROBE-BATEMAN (1936 - 1 XII 2016), who was the wife (married 1956) of (John) Michael BEAUMONT, OBE (20 XII 1927 - 3 VII 2016), Seigneur of Sark, 1974-2016.

 

Anna Gertrude Fuller Maitland was the eldest daughter of Maj Thomas FULLER MAITLAND (16 VII 1817 - 4 V 1893) and his wife (married 9 V 1842), Anna Stephens VALPY. Maj Fuller Maitland was himself the son of Ebenezer MAITLAND, DL, FRS (23 IV 1780 - 1 XI 1858), MP (Tory) for Lostwithiel, 1807-12, for Wallingford, 1812-20 and for Chippenham, 1826-30, whose name was changed to FULLER MAITLAND by Royal Licence on 20 November 1807. He had married Bethia ELLIS (6 VIII 1781 - 21 VIII 1865), granddaughter maternally of William FULLER (c.1705/6 - 2 III 1800), on 9 December 1800.

 

Ebenezer Fuller Maitland was a great-grandson of John MAITLAND (c.1676 - 1755), of that landed gentry family of Cumstoun and Dundrennan, and his wife (married 1704), Margaret GORDON.