Samuel Ryder, who gave the Ryder Cup, was a Liberal

As Liberal Democrat Voice reminded us two years ago:

Having moved south from Manchester to enlarge his family business, Sam Ryder was first elected as a Liberal councillor to St. Albans council in 1903. Just two years later, Ryder was elected Mayor of St. Albans

He also seems to have been a bit of an Edwardian Danny Alexander, surprising his colleagues with an uncompromising assessment of the Council’s financial situation:

"We rejoice in a debt of £40,000 and our income is raised every year and mainly all spent or bespoken itself before we raise it so that we are in a sense debt collectors. It is humiliating."

If you want to know more about the man, try St Albans Council's Samuel Ryder Trail.