RIDGE, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1684; left 1684.
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.
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, John Sidney, son of George Frederick Ridley, sec. textile trade charities, of Purley, Surrey, and Annie Gertrude, d. of William Anderson Ogg of Forfar, Scotland; b. 29 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (H); left 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 193 7, MA 1943; ord. deacon 1939, priest 1940 (London); Curate St Saviour Pimlico 1939, St Wilfrid Brighton 1942, Goring by-Sea 1944, St George's Hanover Square 1945; chaplain Hurstpierpoint Coll. 1946, Roy. Wanstead Sch. 1947; Curate Holy Cross St Pancras 1949; a prep. school master 1956-64; asst master St Dunstan's Coll. Catford 1972-81, retd 1981; d. 17 Apr. 1997.
RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 9 Sep 1809; adm. 26 Jan 1821 (G); left Whitsun 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1825; BA 1828; succ. as 4th baronet 14 Jul 1836; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1836-9; MP North Northumberland (Cons) 1859-68; DL JP Northumberland, High Sheriff 1841; member, Society of Dilettanti 1863; m. 21 Sep 1841 Hon. Cecilia Anne Parke, dau. of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale PC, Baron, Court of Exchequer; d. 25 Sep 1877.
RIDLEY, RICHARD, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his first wife; b. 5 Jul 1736; adm. Mar 1747/8 (Grant's); left 1751; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 18 Dec 1751; Capt., 23rd Foot 3 Sep 1756; Maj., 107th Foot 18 Oct 1761; half-pay 1763; travelling in Italy 1764-5; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; d. 14 May 1789.
RIDLEY-COLBORNE, HON. WILLIAM NICHOLAS, only son of Nicholas William Ridley-Colborne, 1st Baron Colborne (qv); b. 24 Jul 1814; adm. 18 Jun 1827 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832; BA 1836; MP (Whig) Richmond from 1841; d. unm. 23 Mar 1846.
Ridley-Thompson, Aubrey Percy, son of Capt. Thomas Percy Ridley-Thompson and Kathleen, d. of Frederick Swire of Hucclecote, Gloucs.; b. 18 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left July 1939; joined Boots, chemists, 1940; RAC 1942-5 (Capt.), served Middle East and Italy; Capt. City of London Yeomanry (TA) July 1948, Maj. Leics. Yeomanry (TA) Sept. 1955, Lieut.-Col. commanding Leics. & Derbys. Yeomanry 1961-4; TD 1960; dir. Boots Co. 1968, dir. Public and Customer Relations 1978, retd 1981; DL (Leics.) 1978; OStJ 1984; m. 11 June 1949 Jacqueline, d. of Ronald Peake, of Ashtead, Surrey; d. 9 Oct. 2013.
Ridsdale, Alfred Cyril, son of Alfred Ridsdale, of South Kensington; b. April 14, 1876; adm. Jan. 17, 1889 (H); left April 1892; L.R.I.B.A. 1931; in practice at Chertsey, Surrey; d. May 1943.
RIDSDALE, GEORGE, eldest son of Capt. William Ridsdale, Lleuar, near Caernarvon, Caernarvonshire, and Mary, dau. of George Twisleton; b. 23 Jan 1721; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1733; KS 1739; left 1743. [perhaps Capt., Army ?]