Viscount Ridley
Viscount Ridley is a hereditary British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom .
Award and subordinate titles
The title was first created on December 19, 1900 for Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet .
Along with the Viscount title, he was awarded the title Baron Wensleydale , of Blagdon and Blyth in the County of Northumberland , also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
List of Viscounts Ridley (1900)
- Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley (1842–1904)
- Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (1874–1916)
- Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (1902–1964)
- Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley (1925–2012)
- Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley (born 1958)
The heir ( Heir Apparent ) is the son of the current Viscount Hon. Matthew White Ridley (* 1993).
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
- Ridley, Viscount (UK, 1900) at Cracroft's Peerage