| Birth Date: | 28 April 1828 |
| Birth Place: | Armitage Park, Staffordshire, UK |
| Death Date: | 25 August 1876 |
| Death Place: | Leukerbad, Switzerland |
| Father: | Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale |
| Mother: | Adelaide Lister |
| Order: | 3rd |
| Office: | Baron Ribblesdale |
| Term Start: | 1832 |
| Term End: | 1876 |
| Alma Mater: | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Rank: | cornet |
| Unit: | Royal Regiment of Horse Guards |
| Spouse: | Emma Mure |
| Children: | 5, including Thomas and Reginald |
Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (28 April 1828 - 25 August 1876) was an English Peer of the Realm.[1]
Lister was the only son of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale and Adelaide, the daughter of Thomas Lister (1772–1828). He was born at Armitage Park, Staffordshire.[2] He succeeded to the barony in 1832 following his father's death: at just four years old he was the youngest Peer of the Realm.[3]
His mother remarried in 1835 to John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (the future Prime Minister); but she died in November 1838 shortly after giving birth.[4] Lister and his sisters lived with Earl Russell and his new wife, Fanny, at 37 Chesham Place, London.[5] Lister mainly received private tuition but did study for a time at Eton.[6] He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 4 June 1846.[7]
In 1849 Lister purchased the rank of cornet in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards retiring the following year.[8] [9] In 1850 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding.[10]
Lister was a noted racehorse owner who "may be said to have burst like a meteor on the turf" following his purchase of Jonathan Peel's entire stud in August 1851;[11] this purchase caused his step-father "some anxiety".[12] He raced horses under his own name and that of his trainer William Day.[13] [14] His horses had some success: St. Giles was regarded by his trainer as "about the second best horse of his year", winning the Betting Room Stakes at Doncaster and the Great Northamptonshire Stakes.[15] Lister would bet heavily on his horses against the advice of his trainer.
In May 1853 Lister married Emma Mure, the daughter of Colonel William Mure of Caldwell, Ayrshire.[16] They had five children: Thomas, Beatrix, Martin, Adelaide, and Reginald. The family lived in France for a time, "a method of reconstruction often adopted in those days by families and single gentlemen who had ... galloped themselves out of their fortunes".[17]
Lister committed suicide in 1876 while staying at Leukerbad, Switzerland[18] "having fallen on hard times due to his indulgence in racing." He was succeeded in the barony by his son Thomas.[17]