Dudley Howard Ridout

Sir Dudley Howard Ridout
Born 1866
Died 3 May 1941
Richmond upon Thames
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Rank Major-General
Unit Royal Engineers
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath, Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Major-General Sir Dudley Howard Ridout KBE, CB, CMG (1866 – 3 May 1941) was a British soldier of the Royal Engineers.

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Background

He was born in 1866. His father, Major Joseph B. Ridout was a British soldier who served on the Bhutan expedition with the 80th Regiment 1864-5. His father had been on the staff of the Hythe School of Musketry and was the captain of cadets at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario Canada. His grandfather Thomas Gibbs Ridout was deputy assistant commissary general during the War of 1812 and a cashier of the Bank of Canada from 1822 to 1861.[1]

Education and career

Dudley Ridout graduated at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1885.[2] He was an intelligence officer in South Africa from 1900 to 1902.[2]

He served in World War I and was transferred to Singapore Command where from 1915 to 1921 he was General Officer Commanding the Troops in the Straits Settlements and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils there.[2] He retired in 1924.[2]

He died in 1941 in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames and was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Section 8, grave number 9479.[3]

Legacy

Ridout Row, the row of two terraces of eight small four roomed cottages with an outdoor courtyard on the ground of RMC, was named in honour of Dudley Howard Ridout's father, Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout. The Ridout Row was renovated and currently houses the Canadian Defence Academy Head Quarters.[4]

Family

Dudley Howard Ridout's father Captain Joseph Bramley Ridout was the first Captain of Cadets at the RMC from 1876 to 1882. Dudley Howard Ridout's grandfather was the Assistant Commissary-General during the War of 1812.[4] Dudley Ridout was married to Lady Maud Ridout.

References

  1. ^ Preston 'Canada's RMC: A history of the Royal Military College' Toronto: University of Toronto Press 1969
  2. ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ People of Note buried in the borough
  4. ^ a b Ridout Row
Faculties
Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Continuing Studies • Faculty of Sciences
Centres

Canadian Forces Language School • Canadian Forces Management Development School (CFMDS) • Centre for Space Research  • Institute for the Environment  • Center for Smart Materials and Structures • Canadian Forces Leadership Institute at RMC • Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing at Queens and RMC • Centre for International Relations at Queens • Fuel Cell Research Centre at Queens and RMC • GeoEngineering Centre at Queens and RMC •

High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory • Institute for Defence Resources Management at the Royal Military College of Canada
Student life
RMC Cadet Service Officers Mess • Precision Newspaper  • Alumni Veritas and e-Veritas  • Bill & Alphie's  • CANEX • Royal Military College of Canada chapels  • RMC Paladins • Royal Military College of Canada Bands  • Precision (march)  • Leo the Royal Cadet
Athletics
RMC Paladins • Sir Archie Macdonell Athletic Centre • Constantine hockey arena • Playing fields • Old gym
Commandants, alumni and staff
Buildings and features
Preparation
Royal Military College Saint-Jean • Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year

Books

Military offices
Preceded by
Raymond Reade		 GOC Troops in the Straits Settlements
1915–1921		 Succeeded by
Sir Neill Malcolm