George Ridley (Whig politician)

George Ridley
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-upon-Tyne
In office
5 February 1856 – 7 December 1860
Preceded byThomas Emerson Headlam
John Blackett
Succeeded byThomas Emerson Headlam
Somerset Beaumont
Personal details
Born1818
Died (aged 69)
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
Other political
affiliations		Whig
Parent(s)Matthew Ridley
Laura Hawkins
Programme for an 1859 'Birth of Burns' event, held at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, at which Ridley is listed as proposing a toast to "The Mining and Manufacturing Interests of the Tyne" (transcription)

George Ridley (1818 – 4 November 1887)[1] was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[2][3]

The son of former Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whig MP Matthew Ridley and Laura née Hawkins, Ridley followed his father into politics, also as a Whig MP.[4] After unsuccessfully contesting South Northumberland in 1852,[5] he was elected for his father's former seat at a by-election in 1856—caused by the resignation of John Blackett due to ill health[6]—and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1860, when he resigned after being appointed a Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner.[7]

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "N" (part 1)
  2. ^ Purdue, A. W. (2012). Newcastle: The Biography. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. p. 174. ISBN 9781445609348. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Bury and Norwich Post". 13 February 1856. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 9 June 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "George Ridley". The Peerage. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  5. ^ "South Northumberland Election". Newcastle Journal. 17 July 1852. p. 7. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Walford, Edward, ed. (1857). Hardwicke's Annual biography. London: Robert Hardwicke. p. 59. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  7. ^ Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.