RIDLEY, HENRY, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife; b. 2 Jul 1753; adm. 19 Jun 1764; left Whitsun 1770; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1770; BA 1774; MA 1776; BD and DD 1802; ordained priest (Durham) 21 Sep 1777; lecturer, All Saints, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland 1784; Master of St. Mary’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne; Vicar of Felton, Northumberland Nov 1798-1804; Rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1802; Prebendary of Gloucester from 1804; Rector of Kirkby Underdale, Yorks., 1805; Rector of St. Andrew with St. Mary, Hertford, Hertfordshire, from 1817; Rector of Hertingfordbury, Herts., from 1817; JP Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire; m. 19 Apr 1781 (IGI) Frances, dau. of Aubone Surtees, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; d. 11 Oct 1825.
RIDLEY, HENRY COLBORNE, son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1745, qv); b. 17 May 1780; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1797; BA 1801; MA 1804; ordained; Rector of Hambledon, Bucks., from 10 Jun 1804; m. 21 Apr 1808 Mary, eldest dau. of James Farrer, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; d. 3 Feb 1832.
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.