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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).

RIDDING, THOMAS, son of Joseph Ridding, St. James’s, Westminster, pewterer; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jul 1725; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Mar 1726/7; BA 1730; MA 1734; ordained priest (Winchester) 22 Sep 1734; Rector of Wonston, Hampshire 1740; Prebendary of Winchester from 16 Feb 1744/5; Archdeacon of Surrey from 10 Nov 1760; m. 4 Dec 1740 Hannah Child, niece of Right Rev. Benjamin Hoadly DD, Bishop of Winchester; d. 15 Mar 1766.

RIDDALL, GEORGE; b.; adm. 14 Jan 1782.

RICKMAN, WILLIAM CHARLES, only son of John Rickman, Clerk Assistant, House of Commons, and Susanna, dau. of Joseph Postlethwaite, Harting, Sussex; b. 12 Jan 1812; adm. 4 Jul 1825 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1828; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1829; BA 1835; civil engineer; living Empshott, Hampshire, in 1881, income from land and dividends (1881 Census); m. (by 1881) Isabella ---; killed in a carriage accident at Empshott, Hampshire 21 Jun 1886.

RICKETTS, GILBERT TRISTRAM, eldest son of Gilbert Ricketts, Register, Supreme Court of Judicature, Madras, and Harriet Worsley, dau. of Adm. Sir Richard Rodney Bligh KCB, Belle Vue, Southampton; b. 1 May 1800; adm. 16 Jan 1815 (G); left Bartholomewtide 1815; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Mar 1819; BA 1823; MA 1827; ordained deacon 29 Aug 1824, priest 28 Aug 1825 (both Durham); m. Mary ---; d. at Tours, France 25 Apr 1874.

RICKETTS, SIR GEORGE WILLIAM, fourth son of George Crawford Ricketts, Ashford Hall, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Combe, Herefs., barrister, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and Frances, dau. of Nicholas Bourke, Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Jamaica; b. 21 Dec 1790 (IGI); adm. 16 Oct 1800; left by May 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Jan 1809, aged 18; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1807, called to bar 27 Nov 1818; Judge of High Court, Madras, from 1825; knighted 23 Mar 1825; d. unm. 15 Jul 1831.

RICKETTS, FREDERICK, brother of Charles Milner Ricketts (qv); b. 10 Nov 1788; at school 1799; in school list 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Oct 1805, aged 16, Canoneer Student 1805-13; BA 1809; MA 1812; ordained deacon 8 Mar 1812 (York), priest 6 Mar 1814 (Chester, lit. dim. from York); Rector of St. James’s, Shaftesbury, Dorset 1818; Rector of Eckington, Derbs., from 1819; m. Mary Anne, dau. of Charles Sturt MP, Crichel, Dorset; d. 28 Mar 1843.

RICKETTS, CHARLES PRENDERGAST, eldest son of Charles Milner Ricketts (qv); b. 31 Jul 1801; adm. 24 Jan 1814; left Bartholomewtide 1816; Ensign and Lieut., 2nd Foot Guards 5 Mar 1818; half-pay 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 7th Foot 16 Nov 1820; Capt., half-pay, 72nd Foot 24 May 1822; Rifle Brigade 9 Apr 1825; Maj., half-pay, unattached 29 Aug 1826; Lieut-Gov., Sierra Leone; d. unm. in Sierra Leone 13 Nov 1848.