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RITCHIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Conservative politician, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Ower, Perth; b. 7 Jun 1862; adm. 4 Jun 1874; d. while at school from effects of a bicycle accident 3 Oct 1879.

RITCHIE, SIR JAMES WILLIAM, BART., elder son of Sir James Thomson Ritchie, Bart., Lord Mayor of London, jute spinner and merchant, and his sister-in-law Lydia Rebecca, widow of John Rait Ritchie, and dau. of James Lemon, Loughton, Essex; b. (out of wedlock) 7 Aug 1868; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (J); left Aug 1885; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Oct 1886; partner, William Ritchie & Son, jute merchants; Commandant, D Division, Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve Sep 1914; MBE 1 Jan 1918; created baronet 23 Jan 1918; one of HM Lieuts. for City of London; m. 1st, 20 Jul 1898 (div. 1912) Ada Bevan, dau. of Edward Bevan ap Rees Bryant, Barnet, Herts.; m. 2nd, 20 Feb 1913 Edna Muriel, third dau. of James Frederick Emerton, Cheltenham, Gloucs., “bank clerk” (1881 Census); d. 8 May 1937.

RITCHIE, CHARLES, 2ND BARON RITCHIE OF DUNDEE, brother of William Ritchie (qv); b. 18 Nov 1866; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (J); left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1884; BA 1888; private secretary to his father; succ. father as 2nd Baron Ritchie of Dundee 9 Jan 1906; Vice-Chairman, Port of London Authority 1913-25, Chairman 2 Apr 1925-41; President, Dock and Harbour Authorities Association 1939-41; one of HM Lieuts. for City of London; Mayor of Winchelsea 1924, 1931; Busby Trustee 22 Jun 1926; m. 14 Jul 1898 Sarah Ruth, fourth dau. of Louis John Jennings MP, Elm Park Gardens, London; d. 19 Jul 1948.

Ritchie, Charles John, brother of James William Ritchie (q.v.); b. Jan. 12, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (R); left April 1887; Master of the Merchant Taylors Company 1925; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; O.B.E. June 3, 1925; one of H.M.'s Lieutenants for the City of London; m. June 1, 1897, Ethel Beatrice, daughter of David Bruce; d. July 6, 1950.

RISSOAN, SAMUEL, son of Joshua Rissoan, St. Giles in the Fields, London, apothecary, and Martha Richer, The Savoy, London; bapt. French Huguenot Chapel, Spring Gardens, Westminster 24 Aug 1716; adm. (aged 12) Apr 1728; Min. Can. 1731. [Evidently Samuel Rissoan, apothecary, St. Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, will PCC 6 Sep 1774, 346] [presumably m. (by 1755) Ann --- (IGI), they then living parish St. Luke, Chelsea]

Ripman, Hugh Brockwill, son of Walter Ripman, sec. to the Moderators, Univ. of London, and Constance Brockwill, d. of Brockwill Grier of Montreal; b. 16 Apr. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (A, non-res. KS); left Apr. 1928; Rosebery Schol. LSE 1933; a banker; Baring Bros 1928-41; War Office 1941-5; Control Commn Germany and Austria 1945-6; 1st Sec. Brit. Embassy Wash­ington DC 1946-7; Internat. Bank for Reconstruction & Development 1947-74, retd; m. 30 Mar. 1940 Mildred, d. of Harry Gelger of Boyertown, Pa., USA; d. 11 Apr. 1980.

RIPLEY, THOMAS, brother of Richard Ridley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 6) Apr 1733; clerk in Annuity Office, Exchequer (Chamberlayne 1748); Examiner of Tellers’ Vouchers, Exchequer, from 1756; m. 1st, 1750 Amy, dau. of John Dawson, Clerk of Debentures, Receipt of Exchequer; m. 2nd, 27 Jan 1759 Hannah Combes, widow; d. 22 May 1779.

RIPLEY, RICHARD, eldest son of Thomas Ripley, Scotland Yard, Westminster, Comptroller, Board of Works, and Surveyor, Greenwich Hospital, and his second wife Anne Fransum, St. Martin’s in the Fields, a servant of Sir Robert Walpole; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 18 Nov 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Apr 1733; left 1741; apprenticed to Christopher Denton, Gray’s Inn 22 Feb 1741; holding post in Annuity Office in 1754; Chief Clerk, King’s Works Apr 1756-82, Resident Clerk from 1782; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1754 (IGI) Anne (or Susanna (IGI)), dau. of John Dawson, Clerk of Debentures, Receipt of Exchequer; m. 2nd, 30 Dec 1758 Sybell Morel, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, spinster; d. 1786. [Marriage to Sybell Morel was conducted by William Morel (qv), so was she his sister ?] [She was presumably Sibella Morel, dau. of John Nickols Morel, and Philippa ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields Jul 1733]

RIOLLAY, ---; b.; adm. 1 Feb 1790.