Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley

The Right Honourable The Viscount Ridley
"Tariff Reform League" Viscount Ridley as caricatured in Vanity Fair, October 1910
Personal details
Born	6 December 1874(1874-12-06)
Died	14 February 1916(1916-02-14) (aged 41)
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative

Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) was a British Conservative politician, elected as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge at the 1900 general election. He vacated the seat on succeeding to his father's peerage in 1904.

Ridley was the son and heir of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and the Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909). He married Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest (died 2 December 1947), daughter of Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, on 8 February 1899. The Viscountess Ridley was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.

Ridley died on 14 February 1916, aged 41.

Children

• Gwladys Marjorie Ridley (b. 17 September 1900 - d. 19??)
• Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (b. 16 December 1902 - d. 1964)
• Vivien Catherine Evelyn Ridley (b. 15 December 1906 - d. 19??)

External links

• Peerage.org
• Lineage
• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Matthew White 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

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Name	Ridley, Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount
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Date of birth	6 December 1874
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Date of death	14 February 1916
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