Thomas Lister, 1st Baron Ribblesdale (22 March 1752 – 22 September 1826) of Gisburne Park, Yorkshire, was a British landowner and politician who represented Clitheroe in the House of Commons between 1773 and 1790 and was raised to the peerage as Baron Ribblesdale in 1797.

[1] He was educated at Westminster School and matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 2 May 1769, aged 17.

When the American war broke out, he fitted out a frigate at his own expense and placed it at the disposal of the Government.

In 1779 he raised Lister's Light Dragoons, a regiment of horse and was gazetted major in the army.

He was created Baron Ribblesdale, of Gisburne Park, Yorkshire on 28 October 1797.