Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth

Henry Liddell
Member of Parliament for Liverpool
In office 1853-1855
Member of Parliament for North Durham
In office 1837-1847
Member of Parliament for Northumberland
In office 1826-1830
Personal details
Born	(1797-03-10)10 March 1797
Died	19 March 1878(1878-03-19) (aged 81)
Children	Henry Liddell
Parent	Thomas Liddell (father)
Education	St John's College, Cambridge

Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth (10 March 1797 – 19 March 1878) was a British peer and Member of Parliament for several constituencies.

Biography

Liddell was the eldest son of Thomas Liddell, 1st Baron Ravensworth. He was educated at Eton and St John's College, Cambridge. In the House of Commons, he represented Northumberland from 1826 until 1830, then North Durham from 1837 to 1847, and finally Liverpool from 1853 to 1855. In 1855 he succeeded to his father's peerage and became known as Lord Ravensworth.

In Parliament, Liddell often spoke on the Tory side of debates. He supported Catholic Emancipation but was an opponent of the Reform Acts. In 1874, he was created Earl of Ravensworth and Baron Eslington. These titles passed to his son Henry upon his death. When Henry died in 1903 the earldom was inherited by his brother Atholl who died the following year.

References

Notes

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Liddell
• Lowe, William C. "Liddell, Henry, first Baron Ravensworth (bap. 1708, d. 1784)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40432. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)