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John William Walters Ryder [Obituary]

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J. Brooking-Rowe (Ed.)

Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1888, Vol   XXXVII, (1905), p. 38.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The obituary was read at the Association’s July 1905 Princetown meeting. Mr Ryder, from whom Ryder Road in Devonport takes its name, was born to John and Honor Ryder in the parish of Stoke Damerel on September 25th 1809 and baptised at the Parish Church. He married Miss Eliza Puleston Clarke at Saint German's in Cornwall in 1838. Mr Ryder was a Liberal in politics and a great supporter of the library movement. His complete and interesting biography may be accessed at Brian Moseley’s Old Devonport.UK website (archived copy).The present obituary, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

John William Walters Ryder. J. W. W. Ryder was elected a member of the Association in 1869. He died on 13 November, 1904, having two months before completed his ninety-fifth year. For over seventy years he was a conspicuous figure in the public life of Plymouth Dock, and of the same place from 1837 under its new name of Devonport. He took much interest in the Association and its work, and until recent years frequently attended the annual meetings.