Preston-born Samuel Ryder made his fortune from selling seeds via mail order for a penny a packet. He rose to become a prominent local figure, serving as a magistrate and mayor of his adopted home ...

In June 1926, after a match between the professionals of Britain and America, Samuel Ryder and his fellow players hatched the plan to continue these matches on a biennial basis. In those days, the ...

Those seeds were in fact more literal than you might think. Samuel Ryder, a successful English seed merchant who had made his fortune selling penny seed packets, had taken up the game of golf at the ...

A beloved St Albans venue looks set to find a (new) purpose as a tenant lines up to takeover Samuel Ryder's Exhibition Hall. Located at 29 Holywell Hill, the venue is named after the entrepreneur and ...

A beloved St Albans venue looks set to find a (new) purpose as a tenant lines up to takeover Samuel Ryder's Exhibition Hall. Located at 29 Holywell Hill, the venue is named after the ...