Bishop Ryder's Statue, Lichfield Cathedral

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Date:1904

Description:This postcard shows the kneeling statue set up as a monument to Bishop Ryder in Lichfield Cathedral. It stands in the north choir aisle

Rev. Henry Dudley Ryder (1777-1836), Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry. He was the fifth son of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby and younger brother of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby of Sandon Hall. He was Bishop of Gloucester 1815-1824 and Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1824-1836. The statue was scuplted by Francis Legatt Chantrey in 1841.

This postcard was published by the “Dainty” Series. It was franked in Lichfield on 6 December 1904 and sent to an address in Rugeley.

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