Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley

The Viscount Ridley
The Right Honourable; The Viscount Ridley; JP DL
	"Tariff Reform League"; Viscount Ridley as caricatured in Vanity Fair, October 1910
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Temporal
	In office; 1904 – 1916; Hereditary Peerage
Preceded by	Matthew White Ridley
Succeeded by	Matthew White Ridley (1924)
Personal details
Born	6 December 1874; London, England
Died	14 February 1916 (aged 41); Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford

Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley, JP, DL (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) was a British peer and Conservative politician. His political career was most noted for his support of Tariff Reform.[1]

Biography

Ridley was the son and heir of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and the Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth.[1] He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated as BA in 1897, taking Honours in Greats.[2] Whilst at Oxford he became a Freemason in the Apollo University Lodge, a Masonic lodge for students and former students of the university.[3]^:39[4]

He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge at the 1900 general election. While in parliament he also served as parliamentary private secretary to the Home Secretary, Charles Ritchie from 1900 to 1902, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Austen Chamberlain from 1902 to 1904.[5] He was chairman of the Tariff Reform League,[1] in succession to its founder, Arthur Pearson.

On 21 May 1901, he was appointed a DL of the County of Northumberland,[6] and in 1904 a JP.[5]

He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Northumberland Hussars in 1897,[7] was promoted captain on 12 April 1902,[8] then major in 1904,[9] becoming lieutenant colonel in command in 1913.[5] He was in command of the regiment in the early months of the First World War but did not go abroad[10] and relinquished command in 1915, remaining on the Territorial Force reserve of officers.[5] He was also Honorary Colonel of the 5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, from 1910.[5][11]

Illness and death

Ridley suddenly fell ill at his home at Blagdon Hall on 28 January 1916 and required a "severe operation." The Times reported Lord Ridley had been "in indifferent health since his last grave illness three or four years ago, when an operation was also necessary," but did not offer specifics. Ridley had entertained Field Marshal John French at Blagdon two days before his illness and was scheduled to go to France with the Northumberland Hussars.[12] He underwent a second operation on 13 February and died the following day in hospital, aged 41. His son succeeded him as viscount.[1]

Family

He married in London, on 8 February 1899, Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest, daughter of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill. Through her mother, she was a first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill. The Viscountess Ridley was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918, and died 2 December 1947. They had three children:

Gwladys Marjorie Ridley (17 September 1900 – 1983)
Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (16 December 1902 – 1964)
Vivien Catherine Evelyn Ridley (born 15 December 1906), married Hans Karg von Bebenburg, 1934

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References

"Death of Lord Ridley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 16 February 1916. p. 7.
The Complete Peerage, Volume XI. St Catherine's Press. 1949. p. 1.
Jordan, Christopher, ed. (2015). WWI Remembered - Memories of and by Club Members (First ed.). London: Oxford and Cambridge Club.
"WWI Remembered - Memories of and by Club Members" (PDF). London: Oxford and Cambridge Club. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1916. Kelly's. p. 1249.
"No. 27317". The London Gazette. 24 May 1901. p. 3562.
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Official and Landed Classes, 1900. Kelly's. p. 1147.
"No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2424.
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Official and Landed Classes, 1906. Kelly's. p. 1275.
The Complete Peerage, Volume VIII. St Catherine's Press. 1932. p. 812. Appendix F - Peers and Sons of Peers who served in the Great War 1914–18, lists him as having done "Home Service", without entitled campaign medals.
Army List.
"Illness of Lord Ridley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 February 1916. p. 11.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Ridley

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Tom Harrop Sidebottom	Member of Parliament for Stalybridge 1900–1905	Succeeded by John Frederick Cheetham
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Matthew White Ridley	Viscount Ridley 1904–1916	Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley
Preceded by Matthew White Ridley	Baron Wensleydale 1904–1916	Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Matthew White Ridley	Baronet (of Blagdon) 1904–1916	Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley

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[times-1] "Death of Lord Ridley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 16 February 1916. p. 7.

[compeerage1-2] The Complete Peerage, Volume XI. St Catherine's Press. 1949. p. 1.

[3] Jordan, Christopher, ed. (2015). WWI Remembered - Memories of and by Club Members (First ed.). London: Oxford and Cambridge Club.

[4] "WWI Remembered - Memories of and by Club Members" (PDF). London: Oxford and Cambridge Club. 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

[kellys-5] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1916. Kelly's. p. 1249.

[autogenerated1-6] "No. 27317". The London Gazette. 24 May 1901. p. 3562.

[kellys2-7] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Official and Landed Classes, 1900. Kelly's. p. 1147.

[8] "No. 27424". The London Gazette. 11 April 1902. p. 2424.

[kellys3-9] Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Official and Landed Classes, 1906. Kelly's. p. 1275.

[compeerage2-10] The Complete Peerage, Volume VIII. St Catherine's Press. 1932. p. 812. Appendix F - Peers and Sons of Peers who served in the Great War 1914–18, lists him as having done "Home Service", without entitled campaign medals.

[11] Army List.

[12] "Illness of Lord Ridley". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 February 1916. p. 11.