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George Ridley (Whig politician)

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

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Preceded by ...
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)

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]

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