Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ribblesdale |
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Portrait by John Singer Sargent
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| Baron Ribblesdale | |
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In office 1876–1925 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale |
| Succeeded by | Extinct |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 October 1854 Fontainebleau, France |
| Died |
21 October 1925 (aged 70) Mayfair, London |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) |
Charlotte Monkton Tennant (m. 1877; her death 1911) Ava Lowle Willing (m. 1919) |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | Thomas Lister Emma Mure |
| Relatives |
William Mure (grandfather) Sir Charles Tennant (father-in-law) |
| Residence | Gisburne Park |
Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale (29 October 1854 – 21 October 1925) was a British Liberal politician.
Thomas Lister was born on 29 October 1854 in Fontainebleau, France, Ribblesdale was the eldest son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale (1828–1876), and his wife Emma (née Mure) (1833–1911) daughter of William Mure, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1876.
Lord Ribblesdale sat on the Liberal benches in the House of Lords and served as a Lord-in-Waiting (government whip in the House of Lords) under William Ewart Gladstone from 1880 to 1885 and in 1886 and as Master of the Buckhounds under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery from 1892 to 1895. Apart from his political career he was also a Captain in the Rifle Brigade and a Trustee of the National Gallery from 1909 to 1925.
His portrait was painted by John Singer Sargent and is said to epitomise the British aristocrat.
On 7 April 1877, Lord Ribblesdale married Charlotte Monkton Tennant (1858-1911), daughter of Sir Charles Tennant, 1st Baronet (1823-1906) and Emma Winsloe (1849-1895), and sister of Margot Tennant, at Savoy Chapel in London. Before Lady Ribblesdale died on 2 May 1911, they had:
On 3 June 1919, Lord Ribblesdale married secondly Ava Lowle Willing, daughter of Edward Shippen Willing and Alice B. Barton and former wife of John Jacob Astor IV, at St Mary's, Bryanston Square in London.
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