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Asquith</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ritchie,_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee" title="Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee">Charles Ritchie</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1842-07-25</span>)</span>25 July 1842<br />London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">28 November 1904<span style="display:none">(1904-11-28)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Blagdon_Hall" title="Blagdon Hall">Blagdon Hall</a>, Northumberland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks <br /> (1850–1899)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Matthew_White_Ridley,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet">Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet</a><br />Hon. Cecilia Anne Parke</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_(United_Kingdom)" title="Privy Council (United Kingdom)">PC</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span> (25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904), known as <b>Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet</b>, from 1877 to 1900, was a British <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> statesman. He notably served as <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> from 1895 to 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-arm_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_education">Background and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ridley was born in London, the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/Sir_Matthew_White_Ridley,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet">Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet</a>, and his wife the Hon. Cecilia Anne, daughter of <a href="/wiki/James_Parke,_1st_Baron_Wensleydale" title="James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale">James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale</a>, and his wife Cecilia Arabella Frances Barlow. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/Harrow_School" title="Harrow School">Harrow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balliol_College,_Oxford" title="Balliol College, Oxford">Balliol College, Oxford</a>. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1865, he was a <a href="/wiki/Fellow" title="Fellow">Fellow</a> of <a href="/wiki/All_Souls_College,_Oxford" title="All Souls College, Oxford">All Souls</a> for nine years.<sup id="cite_ref-cracrofts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cracrofts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1868, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Northumberland_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northumberland North (UK Parliament constituency)">Northumberland North</a>, and held this seat until the 1885 general election, when he was defeated in his attempt to stand for the new seat of <a href="/wiki/Hexham_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hexham (UK Parliament constituency)">Hexham</a>. At the 1886 general election he contested <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK Parliament constituency)">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a>, again unsuccessfully, but returned to Parliament in an <a href="/wiki/1886_Blackpool_by-election" title="1886 Blackpool by-election">1886 by-election</a> at <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool</a>. Having been <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department</a> for two years in <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Disraeli" title="Benjamin Disraeli">Disraeli's</a> administration, Sir Matthew Ridley (as he became when he succeeded his father as fifth baronet in 1877) was <a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a> in <a href="/wiki/Robert_Arthur_Talbot_Gascoyne-Cecil,_3rd_Marquess_of_Salisbury" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury">Lord Salisbury's</a> interim government of 1885 to 1886. In 1895, after the fall of <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Philip_Primrose,_5th_Earl_of_Rosebery" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery">Lord Rosebery's</a> ministry, and having already failed in April of that year to be elected <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a>, Ridley became <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a>, and held this post until his retirement in 1900. He was that same year created <b>Viscount Ridley</b> and <b>Baron Wensleydale</b>, of Blagdon and <a href="/wiki/Blyth,_Northumberland" title="Blyth, Northumberland">Blyth</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_England" title="Counties of England">County</a> of <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette1900_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette1900-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Lord Ridley married Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Marjoribanks,_1st_Baron_Tweedmouth" title="Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth">The 1st Baron Tweedmouth</a> and his wife, Isabella Weir-Hogg, on 10 December 1873.<sup id="cite_ref-arm_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-arm-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were parents to five children: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley,_2nd_Viscount_Ridley" title="Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley">Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley</a> (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916)</li> <li>Cecilia Marjorie Ridley (1879 – 16 August 1896)</li> <li>Hon. Stella Ridley (18 December 1884 – 8 June 1973), married <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Gwynne" title="Rupert Gwynne">Rupert Gwynne</a></li> <li>Hon. Sir <a href="/wiki/Jasper_Nicholas_Ridley" title="Jasper Nicholas Ridley">Jasper Nicholas Ridley</a> (6 January 1887 – 1 October 1951), married Countess Nathalie Louise von Benckendorff. He was a <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order</a>.</li> <li>Hon. Grace Ridley (16 February 1889 – 22 September 1959), married <a href="/wiki/Roundell_Palmer,_3rd_Earl_of_Selborne" title="Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne">The 3rd Earl of Selborne</a>.</li></ul> <p>Lord Ridley died aged 62 at his <a href="/wiki/Blagdon_Hall" title="Blagdon Hall">Blagdon Hall</a> home in <a href="/wiki/Northumberland" title="Northumberland">Northumberland</a>, and was buried there.<sup id="cite_ref-cracrofts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cracrofts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_White_Ridley,_1st_Viscount_Ridley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-arm-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-arm_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-arm_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFox-Davies1895" class="citation book cs1">Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924029806241"><i>Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage</i></a>. 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Frederick Stanley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Blackpool_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Blackpool (UK Parliament constituency)">Blackpool</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1886_Blackpool_by-election" title="1886 Blackpool by-election">1886</a>–<a href="/wiki/1900_Blackpool_by-election" title="1900 Blackpool by-election">1900</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Worsley-Taylor" title="Henry Worsley-Taylor">Henry Worsley-Taylor</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Selwin-Ibbetson" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Selwin-Ibbetson">Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Under-Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department">Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department</a> </b><br />1878–1880 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Peel,_1st_Viscount_Peel" title="Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel">Arthur Peel</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Holland,_1st_Viscount_Knutsford" title="Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford">Sir Henry Holland, Bt</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Financial_Secretary_to_the_Treasury" title="Financial Secretary to the Treasury">Financial Secretary to the Treasury</a> </b><br />1885–1886 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Jackson,_1st_Baron_Allerton" title="William Jackson, 1st Baron Allerton">William Jackson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/H._H._Asquith" title="H. H. Asquith">H. H. Asquith</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Home_Secretary" title="Home Secretary">Home Secretary</a> </b><br />1895–1900 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ritchie,_1st_Baron_Ritchie_of_Dundee" title="Charles Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee">Charles Ritchie</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_extant_baronetcies" title="List of extant baronetcies">Baronetage of Great Britain</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Matthew_Ridley,_4th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Matthew Ridley, 4th Baronet">Matthew Ridley</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Ridley#Ridley_Baronets,_of_Blagdon_(1756)" title="Viscount Ridley">Baronet</a><br /></b>(of Blagdon)<b>  </b><br />1877–1904 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley,_2nd_Viscount_Ridley" title="Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley">Matthew White Ridley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/Peerage_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Peerage of the United Kingdom">Peerage of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2"><b>New creation</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Ridley" title="Viscount Ridley">Viscount Ridley</a> </b><br />1900–1904 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="2">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley,_2nd_Viscount_Ridley" title="Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley">Matthew White Ridley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Viscount_Ridley" title="Viscount Ridley">Baron Wensleydale</a> </b><br />1900–1904 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ffcc66;">Business positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Joseph_Pease,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Joseph Pease, 1st Baronet">Sir Joseph Whitwell Pease, Bart</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Railway (UK)">North Eastern Railway</a> </b><br />1902–1904 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Grey,_1st_Viscount_Grey_of_Fallodon" title="Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon">Sir Edward Grey, Bart</a></div> 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title="Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester">Pelham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Philip_Yorke" title="Charles Philip Yorke">Yorke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool">Hawkesbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Spencer,_2nd_Earl_Spencer" title="George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jenkinson,_2nd_Earl_of_Liverpool" title="Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool">Liverpool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Ryder_(politician,_born_1766)" title="Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)">Ryder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington" title="Henry Addington">Sidmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Peel" title="Robert Peel">Peel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sturges_Bourne" title="William Sturges Bourne">Sturges Bourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_3rd_Marquess_of_Lansdowne" title="Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of 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