| The Right Honourable The Viscount Ridley |
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| "Tariff Reform League" Viscount Ridley as caricatured in Vanity Fair, October 1910 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1874 |
| Died | 14 February 1916 (aged 41) |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) was a British Conservative politician, elected as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge at the 1900 general election. He vacated the seat on succeeding to his father's peerage in 1904.
Ridley was the son and heir of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and the Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909). He married Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest (died 2 December 1947), daughter of Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, on 8 February 1899. The Viscountess Ridley was invested as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.
Ridley died on 14 February 1916, aged 41.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Tom Harrop Sidebottom |
Member of Parliament for Stalybridge 1900–1905 |
Succeeded by John Frederick Cheetham |
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by Matthew White Ridley |
Viscount Ridley 1904–1916 |
Succeeded by Matthew White Ridley |