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RIDLEY, CHARLES WILLIAM, son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 26 Jan 1812; adm. 11 Apr 1825 (G); Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 21 Feb 1828; Lieut, and Capt., 14 Jun 1831; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 14 Jul 1843; Maj., 19 Oct 1854; Brevet Col., 20 Jun 1854; Col., 11 Jan 1858; Major-Gen., 13 Feb 1859; Col., 53rd Foot 2 Apr 1865; served in Crimean War; CB 2 Jan 1857; m. 17 Apr 1845 Hon. Henrietta Araminta Monck Browne, dau. of Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne (I); d. 1 Feb 1867.

RIDLEY, ---; b.; adm. Christmas 1806; left 1809.

RIDLEY, ---; b.; adm.; in school list Oct 1803; left 1807.

Ridgeway, Noel, eldest son of the Right Rev. Frederick Edward Ridgeway, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury, by Pauline Josephine, daughter of John Vibart, I.C.S., of Ryde, Isle of Wight; b. Sept. 22, 1877; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left April 1892, and went to Haileybury; manager on a rubber estate in Senegal; d. Feb. 5, 1905; unm.

RIDGEWAY, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1716.

RIDGE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1684; left 1684.

RIDGE, THOMAS; b.; adm. 14 Feb 1776. [Probably Thomas Roger Ridge, son of Thomas Ridge (qv), bapt. Kilmeston, Hampshire 5 Apr 1768 (IGI); farmer; of Fyning House, Rogate, Surrey; m. (by 1800) Mary ---; d. 18 Jul 1828]

RIDGE, THOMAS, son of Humphrey Ridge, Kilmeston, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1750/1 (Grant's) (see trial of John Ward for theft, Old Bailey Records Feb 1754); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 May 1754, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. 1755; BA 1758; MA 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761; of Kilmeston, Hampshire; m. 17 Apr 1767 (IGI) his cousin Mary, dau. of John Ridge, Portsea, Hampshire; d. 3 Feb 1801.

Rider, Frank Antony Gilligan, son of Frank Percy Rider, building contractor, of Sydenham, Kent, and Alice Kathleen, d. of William Austin Gilligan of Bognor Regis, Sussex; b. 1 Apr. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (R); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943; RAFVR 1945 (FO); man. dir. T. Rider & Son, building contractors, 1950-76, chmn. 1963; a fund-raising consult. 1978-; Master Tylers’ & Bricklayers’ Co. 1971, Clerk 1985-; hon. sec. Elizabethan Club 1970-9, chmn. 1986-8; chmn. Westminster Sch. Soc. 1988-2000; vice-pres. Surrey CCC 1978-; m. 15 Dec. 1955 Mary Hope, d. of Daniel Cottier Wilson CBE, partner George Steuart & Co, Colombo, Sri Lanka; d. 6 Mar. 2004.

RIDER, ---; b.; at school 1660-2 (Busby’s Account Book).