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DEBRETT S ILLUSTRATED BARONETAGE. 469 Invergowrie, near Dundee), b. 1856 ; m. 1887, Alice Mary, da. of William Richard Young Haig, Esq., Lieut, jist Bengal N.I., and has issue living, Sidney Walter Sutherland b. 1889. Resides in U.S.A. This family is of Norman descent, and was early settled in Roxburghshire, Gervasius de Ridle being High Sheriff of that county in 1116. The gth baronet was successively M.P. for Selkirkshire and Lanarkshire, and the zoth Bart, was Recorder of Maidstone and Tenterden 1846-68, and Judge of County Courts for N. Staffordshire 1859-63, and for Whitechapel 1863-79. EIDDELL, Creation 1778, of Ardnamurchan and Sunart, Argyllshire. Sir RODNEY STUART RIDDELL, 4th Baronet, son of the late Campbell Drummond Riddell, Esq., 2nd son of 1st Baronet ; b. March 3ist, 1838; s. his cousin, Sir THOMAS MILLES, 1883; formerly Capt. 7oth Regt., and afterwards Paymaster Army Pay Depart., from which he re- tired 1885 as Hon. Lieut-Col. ; served in New Zealand war 1863-5 (medal), in Afghan war 1878-80 (medal), and in Suakin Campaign 1885. ^rms Or, three piles in poin gules, surmounted by a bend azure. Crtst A hand issuing from a count of France's coronet, holding a baton all proper. Supporters Dexter, a female, in her exterior hand three ears of rye ; sinister, a knight in com- plete armour. TJie useful and tlte agreeable. Club Naval and Military. Brother living-HERBERT AUGUSTUS HAY, b. Feb. i 5 th, 1854. Sisters living Louisa Margaretta. Caroline Mary: m. 1867, Louis William Knowles, Esq. Frances Elizabeth : m. 1880, Edward Robert Manners, Esq. Residence, WidOW living Of 3rd Baronet MARY (Lady Riddell'), da. of the late John Hodgson, Esq., of St. Petersburg : m. 1851, Sir Thomas Milles Riddell, 3rd baronet, who d. 1883. Residence, Kil- camb, Shrontian, Argyllshire, N.B. This baronet is descended from Galfridus Ridel, Baron Blaye in Guienne, who accompanied the Conqueror to England, and from him received several territorial grants. RIDLEY, Creation 1756, of Blagdon, Northumberland. Right Hon. Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY, P.C., M.P., 5th Baronet; b. July 25th, 1842; s. his father, Sir MATTHEW WHITE, 1877 ; ed. at Harrow, and at Balliol Coll., Oxford (B.A. ist class classics 1865, Fellow of All Souls' Coll. 1865) ; sat as M.P. for Northumberland N. (C) 1868-85 > unsuccessfully contested Hexham Div. of Northumberland Nov. 1885, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne July 1886 ; has sat for Blackpool Div. of Lancashire N. since Aug. 1 886 ; was Under Sec. of State for Home Depart. 1878-80, and Financial Sec. to Treasury 1885-6; is a J.P., a D.L., a County Alderman, and Chm. of Quarter Sessions and of County Council for Northumberland, and Lieut.-Col. Northumberland Yeo. Cav. : m. 1873, the Hon. Constans fidei. Mary Georgiana, da. of ist Baron Tweedmouth, and has issue. Constant of faith. patron of 0iu gibing BIyth V., Northumberland. ^rma Quarterly : ist and 4th, gules, on a chevron between three falcons argent, as many pellets, Ridley; 2nd and 3rd argent, three cocks' heads erased sable, combed and wattled gules, White. Crest A bull passant the tail turned over the back gules. Seat Blagdon, Cramlington, Northumberland. Town Residence 10, Carlton House Terrace, S.W. Clubs Carlton, Athenaeum, Travellers'. Sons living MATTHEW WHITE, b. Dec. 6th, 1874. Jaspar Nicholas, b. 1887. Daughters living Cecilia Marjorie Stella. Grace. Brother living Edward, b. 1843 ; ed at Harrow, and at Corpus Christi Coll., Oxford (B.A., ist class Classics, 1866, M.A. 18 , and Fellow of All Souls' Coll.); Bar. Inner Temple 1868, and a Q-C. 1892 : sat as M.P. for Northumberland S. (C) 1878-80, when he was defeated ; appointed an Official Referee of High Court of Judicature 1886 : m. 1882, Alice, da. of the late Col. William Bromley- Davenport, M.P., of Baginton Hall, Coventry, and has issue living, Edward Davenport, b. 1883, Cecil Guy. b. 1885. Residence, 48, Lennox Gardens, S.W. Clubs, Oxford and Cambridge, Carlton, Athenaeum. Sister living Mary : ;. 1876, the Rev. Arthur Octavius Medd, M.A., J.P., R. of Rothbury, and has issue living, Arthur Cuthbert, b. 1878. Residence, Whitton Tower, Rothbury, Morpeth. Uncle living (son of 3 rd Baronet) Rev. Henry Richard, b. 1815 ; ed. at Univ. Coll., Oxford (B.A. 1838, M.A. 1839) > ' s V. f St. Cuthbert's, Durham : jn. 1846, Georgiana Augusta Frederica, who d.