Dudley Ryder | |
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Solicitor General | |
In office 1733โ1737 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | Robert Walpole |
Preceded by | Charles Talbot |
Succeeded by | Sir John Strange |
Attorney General | |
In office 1737โ1754 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Sir John Willes |
Succeeded by | William Murray |
Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench | |
In office 1754โ1756 | |
Monarch | George II |
Prime Minister | The Duke of Newcastle |
Preceded by | Sir William Lee |
Succeeded by | William Murray |
Personal details | |
Born | London, England | 4 November 1691
Died | 25 May 1756 London, England | (aged 64)
Spouse | Anne Newnham |
Children | Nathaniel Ryder |
Parent(s) | Richard Ryder Elizabeth Marshall |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
Sir Dudley Ryder, PC (4 November 1691 – 25 May 1756) was an English lawyer, writer and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1733 until 1754 when he was appointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench.