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Ridley, Sir Matthew White, second baronet (1745–1813), land and coal owner and politician  

J. M. Ellis

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ridley, Sir Matthew White, second baronet (1745–1813), land and coal owner and politician, was born on 28 October 1745 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the second of the twelve children of Matthew Ridley (1711–1778) of Heaton Hall and Newcastle, a landowner, coal magnate, and MP, though the eldest of ...