Background
He was the second son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Baronet (who died in 1836), by Laura, youngest daughter of George Hawkins, esq.
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Education
Westminster School.
Career
He was bom in 1812, and educated at Westminster School. He entered the army as ensign and second lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards in February 1828, and became major-general in 1859. On the army embarking for active service in the East, he accompanied his regiment to Turkey.
He commanded the Grenadier Guards, and afterwards a brigade in the first division at the siege and fall of Sebastopol from the 1st December 1854.
In April 1865, he was made colonel of the 53rd Regiment of Foot. Henrietta Monck, daughter of Dominick Browne, 1st Baron Oranmore and Browne, by whom he left issue.
They lived at Fir Grove, Eversley, Hampshire.
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February 1, 1867 (aged 55)