Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale explained

Birth Date:23 January 1790
Death Date:10 December 1832
Death Place:Leamington, UK
Order:2nd
Office:Baron Ribblesdale
Term Start:1826
Term End:1832
Alma Mater:Christ Church, Oxford
Spouse:Adelaide Lister
Children:4, including Thomas
Father:Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale
Residence:Gisburne Park

Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (23 January 1790  - 10 December 1832) was an English Peer of the Realm.[1] [2]

Lister was the son of Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale, and Rebecca Feilding.[3] He attended Westminster School from 1800 to 1804[4] and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 2 November 1807.[5]

In February 1826 he married his second cousin, Adelaide, the daughter of Thomas Lister (1772–1828) of Armitage Park, Staffordshire. They had four children: Thomas, born 1828; Adelaide, born 1827; Isabel, born 1830; and Elizabeth, born 1833 (after Lister had died). He succeeded to the barony on 22 September 1826 following the death of his father. He resided at the family estate of Gisburne Park.[6]

In the House of Lords Lister was a supporter of Conservative principles. In October 1831 he voted against the Reform Bill. The result of the vote led to riots across England. Lister had to summon troops from Burnley barracks and arm his own tenants to protect his Gisburne Park estate.[7] In April 1832 he was one of ten peers who had previously voted against the bill but abstained in the subsequent vote.[8] He died later that year at Leamington following a ruptured artery.[9]

His four-year-old son Thomas succeeded to the barony, becoming the youngest Peer of the Realm. His widow, Adelaide, married John Russell, 1st Earl Russell in 1835; she died in 1838.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mr Thomas Lister (Hansard) . 2022-12-01 . api.parliament.uk.
  2. Web site: Lister Family, Barons Ribblesdale, Family and Estate Records . The National Archives (United Kingdom).
  3. Book: Burke, Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. 1223. 11 December 2022. 1898.
  4. Web site: Lister, Thomas, 1790-1832 - Westminster School's Archive & Collections . 2022-12-01 . collections.westminster.org.uk.
  5. Book: Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 . 3 . 856.
  6. News: 16 December 1832 . "We have to announce the unexpected death of Lord Ribblesdale..." . 7 . . subscription . 1 December 2022.
  7. Book: Navickas, Katrina . Protest and the Politics of Space and Place, 1789-1848 . Manchester University Press . 121–129 . Prelude: The reform crisis, 1830–2 . 10.7228/manchester/9780719097058.003.0013 . subscription.
  8. News: 20 April 1832 . Division On The Reform Bill . 2 . . 14831.
  9. News: 19 December 1832 . DEATHS . 3 . . subscription . 1 December 2022.