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READING, SIR ROBERT, BART., son of John Reading, London; b.; at school (aged 14) in 1655 (Chapter Muniments 43112); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 Mar 1655; BA 1658; adm. Inner Temple 1659; MP (I) Ratoath Mar 1662-6; created baronet 27 Aug 1675; FRS; is frequently mentioned in the diary of Robert Hooke (qv); m. c. 1662 Jane, widow of Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Mountrath (I) PC (I), President of Connaught, and dau. of Sir Robert Hannay, Bart.; buried Newark, Notts., 25 Mar 1689. [Presumably Robert Reading, son of John Reading and Dorothy ---, bapt. St. Ann, Blackfriars, London 5 Jul 1639 (IGI)].

RICE, GEORGE TALBOT, 3RD BARON DINEVOR, eldest son of Right Hon. George Rice PC MP, Newton, Carmarthenshire, Treasurer of the Chamber, and Cecil Talbot, Baroness Dinevor, only dau. of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot; b. 8 Oct 1765; adm. 13 Feb 1773; in school lists 1781; left 1782; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1783; MA 1786; MP Carmarthenshire 1790 – 14 Mar 1793; succ. mother as 2nd Baron Dinevor 14 Mar 1793; assumed surname of De Cardonnel only, by royal licence, 4 May 1793, but resumed surname of Rice 4 Feb 1817; Lord Lieut., Carmarthenshire, from 6 Jun 1804; m. 20 Oct 1794 Hon. Frances Townshend, third dau. of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC, Secretary of State; d. 9 Apr 1852.

RICE-TREVOR, GEORGE, 4TH BARON DINEVOR, only son of George Talbot Rice, 3rd Baron Dinevor (qv); b. 5 Aug 1795; adm. 16 Apr 1806; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1812; DCL 1834; LLD Cambridge 1835; MP (Tory/Conservative) Carmarthenshire 1826-31, 1832- 9 Apr 1852; assumed surname of Rice in lieu of De Cardonnel 4 Feb 1817, and the additional surname of Trevor 2 Nov 1824, on succeeding to the estates of the Trevors of Glynde, Sussex; succ. father as 4th Baron Dinevor 9 Apr 1852; ADC to Queen Victoria 24 Apr 1852; provided the railing enclosing the Crimean Memorial; m. 27 Nov 1824 Frances, eldest dau. of Lord Charles Fitzroy MP; d. 7 Oct 1869.

RICHARDS, FITZHERBERT, third son of Rev. Richard [MT admissions give Richard, TCD admissions give Robert] Richards, Dublin; b. Carrickmacross (TCD admissions); adm. (aged 15) Jan 1744/5 (Ludford's); left 1746; Trinity Coll. Dublin, matr. 9 Jul 1746, aged 17 (described as pupil of “Mr. Folds”); adm. Middle Temple 16 Nov 1748; MP (I) Lisburn 1776 – still 1784; a Commissioner of Barracks (I) (occurs 1781); non-resident owner of a plantation in Jamaica (Hickey, Memoirs, ii, 55-60). [will of Fitzherbert Richards, Marlborough Buildings, Bath, proved PCC 9 Aug 1811] [TCD admissions also give Robert Richards, son of Rev. Richard Richards, b. co. Monaghan, TCD adm. 11 Apr 1743, aged 15, ed. by “Mr. Folds”, so it seems likely that Fitzherbert Richards’s father’s Christian name was Richard, not Robert]

RICHARDS, RICHARD, eldest son of Right Hon. Sir Richard Richards, Kt, PC, Coed, Merioneth, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and Catharine, dau. of Robert Vaughan Humphreys, Caerynwch, Merioneth; b. 22 Sep 1787; adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham); KS 1802; left Mar 1806; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1806; BA 1810; MA 1812; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 20 Nov 1812; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Apr 1817; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 8 Aug 1814-31 (when post abolished); Accountant-General and Master, Court of Exchequer 10 Jul 1820-41; a Master in Chancery from 15 Oct 1841; MP (Cons) Merioneth Jun 1836-52; DL Merioneth; m. 11 Jan 1814 Harriett, elder dau. of Jonathan Dennett, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London; d. 27 Nov 1860.

RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; b. 21 Apr 1776; adm. 3 Apr 1788; KS 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res.; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822; FRS 23 Mar 1820; Consul-General, Lima 1827-9; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co. Galway; d. 7 Sep 1867.

RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his second wife; b. 28 Oct 1745; at school under Markham (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1771); succ. uncle Sir Matthew White, Bart., as 2nd baronet 21 Mar 1763; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Feb 1764; MP Morpeth 1768-74, Newcastle on Tyne 1774-1812; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from c. 1787; Alderman, Newcastle on Tyne 1778, Mayor 1774, 1782, 1791; m. 12 Jul 1777 Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Colborne, Bath, Somerset; d. 9 Apr 1813.

RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1745, qv); b. 18 Aug 1778; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1806, 1815); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Apr 1795; BA 1798; MP Newcastle on Tyne (Whig) from 1812; succ. as 3rd baronet 9 Apr 1813; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, from 1812; m. 13 Aug 1803 Laura, youngest dau. of George Hawkins; d. 14 Jul 1836.

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, MATTHEW, eldest son of Richard Ridley, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, and Margaret, dau. of Matthew White, Mayor of Newcastle on Tyne; bapt. 16 Nov 1711; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1724; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1727; MA 1 Jul 1730 (incorp. Cambridge 1730); adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Jan 1727/8, called to bar 20 May 1732, Bencher 2 May 1749, Treasurer 24 Jun 1765; four times Mayor of Newcastle on Tyne; MP Newcastle on Tyne 1747-74; FSA 3 May 1764; m. 1st, 1735 Hannah, dau. of Joseph Barnes, Recorder of Newcastle on Tyne; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1742 his cousin Elizabeth, dau. of Matthew White and sister of Sir Matthew White, Bart., Blagdon, Northumberland; d. 6 Apr 1778.