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Sir Edward Ridley PC QC/KC ( August 1843 - 14 October 1928) was a British barrister, judge and Conservative Politician, MP for South Northumberland from 1878–80.
He was the son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet, and his wife Cecilia Ann, eldest daughter of Sir James Parke, afterwards Baron Wensleydale. His brother was Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley.
He was educated at Harrow and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, 1866–1882.
He married Alice Davenport, daughter of William Bromley Davenport, of Cheshire. They had two sons, the younger was Guy Ridley.
He was a barrister 1868, QC 1892 and Knighted (Knight Bachelor) in 1897.
References
- ‘RIDLEY, Rt Hon. Sir Edward’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 21 Dec 2013
- Sir Edward Ridley. Judge And Scholar. (Obituaries) The Times Monday, Oct 15, 1928; pg. 21; Issue 45024; col C
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