GLEANINGS AND NOTES.
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RT. REV. WILLIAM RIDLEY, D. D., Lord Bishop of Caledonia, British
Columbia. Stationed at Metta Katta, Victoria. He was formerly chap-
lain of the English Church in the Krenz Strasse, Dresden, 1867-72; vicar
of Shelley, near Huddersfield; vicar of Moldgreen, 1873-4; vicar of St.
Paul, Huddersfield, 1874-9. This is a recently formed Bishopric, New
Westminster and Caledonia, being sub-divisions of Columbia. Bishop Rid-
ley is not a graduate, but was trained for missionary work in India (where
he was for a short time) at the Missionary College, Islington, London.*
JAMES RIDLEY, M. D., Frankfort, Kings County, Ireland; L. K. Q. C. P.
Ireland, 1866; L. R. C. S. I., 1866 (R. C. S. Ireland); Med. Off. Frank-
fort Disp. Dist., and R. I. Constable; late Hon. Surg. Liverpool Disp.;
Res. Surg. Parish Infirm. and Fever Hospt., and Asst. Med. Off. East Disp.
Liverpool, and Med. Off. Phillippstown Disp., Ireland; Contrib. " Anom-
alous Anatomy," Med. Press Circ., 1865; "Dislocation of Atlas forward,
with fracture of Atlas, Occipital, Parietal, and Temporal Bones."
"MRS. MARY RIDLEY, widow of Benjamin Ridley, a painter, died at
Little Mary-le-Bone Street, London, Eng., in the year 1800. The cause
of her death was almost for want of food and the necessary comforts of
life, in the midst of plenty, because of a stingy disposition. She had two
good houses, money in the bank, and ready money in her house, which
she left to her two sisters, one of whom, on hearing of her good fortune (?),
died only a few hours afterwards."
JOHN-THOMAS RIDLEY, now manager of a bank at Hartlepool, Eng., is
descended from a respectable family of the Tynedale Ridleys, but I have
not succeeded in procuring records. Mr. Ridley is a very fine-looking
man, and is described as "most erudite." He kindly furnished a photo-
raphic copy of Sir Matthew-White Ridley's portrait, from which the steel
engraving was made, now in this book.
WILLIAM RIDLEY, of Westwood, married Dorothie, daughter of Wil-
liam Ridley, of Tecket (or Ticket) Farm, Eng., and by her had a son,
William Ridley, who married, firstly, Anne, daughter of Matthew Bell, of
Newbanks, and had a daughter, Mary Ridley; secondly, Anne, daughter
of Mark Errington, of England, and was living at Westwood in 1615
(See Ridleys of Parkend, England.)
"A mastiff dog belonging to MATTHEW-WHITE RIDLEY, Esq., of Hea-
ton, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, being frequently teased by a mongrel
(1818), that followed barking when his master was being driven to the
city, at last took the little fellow up by the back, and with the greatest
composure dropped it over the quay into the river without any attempt to
injure it further."
CAPTAIN RIDLEY, "Annapolis, Md., May 25, 1776." At this date the
"Maryland Committee of Safety" wrote to Captain Ridley, "This Board
have been requested by the convention to countermand your orders for
sailing. You are therefore not to move from your station till
you have
further directions; or, if you have moved, you are to return to the River
Patapsco."
*I have held correspondence with Bishop Ridley of the above family, but too
late to secure full date. He says he and his brothers have no ambition to emerge
from the obscurity they inherited and are content with.
