Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

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Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (born July 25, 1842 in London , † November 28, 1904 in Blagdon , North Somerset ) was a Conservative Party politician who was a member of the House of Commons between 1868 and 1900 and from 1895 to 1900 Minister of the Interior was. In 1900 he was made a peer and was a member of the House of Lords until his death .

Life

Member of the House of Commons

Laying of the foundation stone for Blackpool Tower on September 25, 1891

Ridley was a son of Sir Matthew Ridley, 4th Baronet , who was also a member of the House of Commons between 1859 and 1868, and his wife Cecilia Anne Parke. After attending school, he completed a law degree and was admitted to the Inner Temple Bar in 1864 .

On November 17, 1868, he was elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party for the first time a member of the House of Commons and took over from his father the constituency of North Northumberland , which he represented until November 24, 1885. In addition to his parliamentary activities, he also served as chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions of the County of Northumberland between 1873 and 1895 and inherited his father's title of 5th Baronet , of Blagdon in the County of Northumberland when his father died on September 25, 1877 . In 1878 he took over his first government office and served as Undersecretary in the Ministry of the Interior ( Home Office ) until 1880 .

After the election victory of the conservative Tories , he took on June 23, 1885 following his appointment by Prime Minister Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury the office of Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Financial Secretary to the Treasury ) and held this until February 1, 1886 .

On August 20, 1886, he was re-elected a member of the Lower House for the Conservative Party in the Blackpool constituency and was a member of this until December 11, 1900. As such, he laid the foundation stone for the Blackpool Tower with a time capsule on September 25, 1891 in the presence of local celebrities .

Minister of the Interior and Member of the House of Lords

Ridley, who became a member of the Privy Council in 1892 , was appointed Home Secretary by Prime Minister Salisbury on June 25, 1895 and held this office until November 7, 1900. His successor as Home Secretary was then the previous Minister of Commerce, Charles Ritchie .

At the same time he acted as commissioner for church affairs between 1895 and his death in 1904 and was also temporarily colonel of the Northumberland Cavalry Associations (Northumberland Yeomanry Cavalry) . He also held between 1902 and his death and the function as CEO of the railway undertaking North Eastern Railway (NER).

After leaving the House of Commons, Ridley was raised to Viscount Ridley and Baron Wensleydale , of Blagdon and Blyth both in the County of Northumberland, by a letters patent dated December 19, 1900 , and thereby became a member of the House of Lords.

On December 10, 1873, he married Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks, daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth . This marriage resulted in two sons and three daughters, including the eldest son Matthew White Ridley , who inherited the title of nobility on his death.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Blackpool Tower Foundation Stone Ceremony, 1891 , accessed February 25, 2012.
predecessor Office successor
New title created Viscount Ridley
Baron Wensleydale
1900-1904 		Matthew Ridley
Matthew Ridley Baronet, of Blagdon
1877-1904 		Matthew Ridley
personal data
SURNAME Ridley, Matthew, 1st Viscount Ridley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ridley, Matthew White, 1st Viscount Ridley (full name); Ridley, Sir Matthew, 5th Baronet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Conservative Party politician, House of Commons member and peer
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1904
Place of death Blagdon , North Somerset , England