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Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

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administration, Sir Matthew Ridley (as he became when he succeeded his father as fifth baronet in 1877) was
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and his wife, Isabella Weir-Hogg, on 10 December 1873. They were parents to five children:
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Lord Ridley married Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of
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ministry, and having already failed in April of that year to be elected
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Hon. Grace Ridley (16 February 1889 – 22 September 1959), married
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interim government of 1885 to 1886. In 1895, after the fall of
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In 1868, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for
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Hon. Stella Ridley (18 December 1884 – 8 June 1973), married
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At the 1886 general election he contested 248:(25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904), known as 472: 470: 263: 900: 886: 495: 445: 385:Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley 233:Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley 501: 467: 81:29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900 530:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 14: 1439: 916:Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom 521:Lucas, Reginald; Ridley, Jane (2004). 881: 441: 439: 270:Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet 250:Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet 207:Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet 1482:Deputy lieutenants of Northumberland 387:(6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) 719:Financial Secretary to the Treasury 446:Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). 330:Financial Secretary to the Treasury 295: 252:, from 1877 to 1900, was a British 24: 18:Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley 436: 274:James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale 25: 1553: 1537:North Eastern Railway (UK) people 1462:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 561: 511:. 18 December 1900. p. 8538. 188:Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks 1527:UK MPs who were granted peerages 1457:People educated at Harrow School 1425: 909: 595:Parliament of the United Kingdom 418:Lord Ridley died aged 62 at his 256:statesman. 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Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley
The Right Honourable
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Home Secretary
Victoria
The Marquess of Salisbury
H. H. Asquith
Charles Ritchie
Blagdon Hall
Conservative
Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet
Alma mater
Balliol College, Oxford
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DL
Conservative
Home Secretary
Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet
James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale
Harrow
Balliol College, Oxford
Fellow
All Souls
Northumberland North
Hexham
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1886 by-election
Blackpool

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