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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.