| The Right Honourable The Viscount Ridley PC, DL |
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| Home Secretary | |
| In office 29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900 |
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| Monarch | Victoria |
| Prime Minister | The Marquess of Salisbury |
| Preceded by | Herbert Henry Asquith |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ritchie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1842 London, England |
| Died | 28 November 1904 (aged 62) Blagdon, Somerset, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hon. Mary Marjoribanks (1850–1899) |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley PC, DL (25 July 1842 – 28 November 1904), known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt from 1877 to 1900, was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900.
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Ridley was born in London, the eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 4th Baronet and his wife the Hon. Cecilia Anne, daughter of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale and his wife Cecilia Arabella Frances Barlow. He was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1865, he was a Fellow of All Souls for nine years.
In 1868, he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Northumberland North, and held this seat for seventeen years before being returned as member for the Blackpool Division of North Lancashire in 1886. Having been Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department for two years in Disraeli's administration, Sir Matthew Ridley (as he became when he succeeded his father as fifth baronet in 1877) was Financial Secretary to the Treasury in Lord Salisbury's interim government of 1885 to 1886. In 1895, after the fall of Lord Rosbery's ministry, and having already failed in April of that year to be elected Speaker of the House of Commons, Ridley became Home Secretary, and held this post until his retirement in 1900. He was that same year created Viscount Ridley and Baron Wensleydale, of Blagdon and Blyth in the County of Northumberland.
Lord Ridley married Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth and his wife Isabella Weir-Hogg, on 10 December 1873. They were parents to five children:
Lord Ridley died aged 62 at his Blagdon home, and was buried there.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Sir Matthew Ridley, Bt Lord Henry Percy |
Member of Parliament for North Northumberland 1868–1885 With: Earl Percy |
Cconstituency abolished |
| Preceded by Hon. Frederick Stanley |
Member of Parliament for Blackpool 1886–1900 |
Succeeded by Henry Wilson Worsley-Taylor |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, Bt |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1878–1880 |
Succeeded by Arthur Peel |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Holland, Bt |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury 1885–1886 |
Succeeded by William Jackson |
| Preceded by H. H. Asquith |
Home Secretary 1895–1900 |
Succeeded by Charles Ritchie |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Matthew Ridley |
Baronet (of Blagdon) 1877–1904 |
Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Viscount Ridley 1900–1904 |
Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley |
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