Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Ridley JP DL |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal |
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In office 1904 – 1916 Hereditary Peerage |
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| Preceded by | Matthew White Ridley |
| Succeeded by | Matthew White Ridley (1924) |
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6 December 1874 London, England |
| Died | 14 February 1916 (aged 41) Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley JP DL (6 December 1874 – 14 February 1916) was a British peer and Conservative politician. His political career was most noted for his support of Tariff Reform.
Ridley was the son and heir of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley and the Hon. Mary Georgiana Marjoribanks (1850 – 14 March 1909), daughter of Dudley Marjoribanks, 1st Baron Tweedmouth. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated as BA in 1897, taking Honors in Greats.
He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge at the 1900 general election. While in parliament he also served as parliamentary private secretary to the Home Secretary, Charles Ritchie from 1900 to 1902, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Austen Chamberlain from 1902 to 1904. He was chairman of the Tariff Reform League, in succession to its founder, Arthur Pearson.
On 21 May 1901, he was appointed a DL of the County of Northumberland, and in 1904 a JP.
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