Henry George Liddell, 2nd Earl of Ravensworth (8 October 1821-22 July 1903), styled Lord Eslington between 1874 and 1878, was a British Conservative

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 politician.

Background

Ravensworth was the son of Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth

Henry Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth

Henry Thomas Liddell, 1st Earl of Ravensworth was a British peer and Member of Parliament for several constituencies....

, and Isabella Horatia, daughter of Lord George Seymour.

Political career

Ravensworth sat in the House of Commons

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 as one of two representatives for Northumberland South

South Northumberland (UK Parliament constituency)

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 between 1852 and 1878. The latter year he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords

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.

Family

Lord Ravensworth married firstly Mary Diana, daughter of Orlando George Gunning-Sutton, in 1852. They had two daughters. After her death in 1890 he married secondly Emma Sophia Georgiana, daughter of the Hon. Richard Denman and widow of Oswin Baker-Cresswell, in 1892. There were no children from this marriage. Lord Ravensworth died in July 1903, aged 81, and was succeeded in his titles by his younger brother, Atholl. Lady Ravensworth later remarried and died in January 1939.