RIDDELLS OF GRANTON, SCOTLAND.
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after. He was a major general in the East India Company's service,
commanding the southern division of the Madras army. He died at To-
ronmungalalam, India, November, 1844.
John Riddell (2), second son of Michael (1), was in the army and
died sine prole in 1822.
Robert Riddell (1), third son of Michael (1), was in the East India
Company's service, and afterwards in Canada, British North America.
He married in 1836, Elizabeth, daughter of Rear Admiral Henry Vansi-
tart, and had issue three sons and three daughters, of whom hereafter.
The family returned to Britain, and both Mr. and Mrs. Riddell have since
deceased.
FOURTH GENERATION.
Robert-Vansitart Riddell (2), eldest son of Robert (1), is now
(1874) serving in the Bengal Engineers, in India, and has been recognized
as the representative of the families of Glen-Riddell and Grange, although
he does not own any properties there, these having passed to other fam-
ilies.
Henry-Vansitart Riddell (1), second son of Roberts (1), is now a
soldier in the Bengal Native Infantry, in India.
Walter Riddell* (2), third son of Robert (1), is now a soldier in the
army in India, with his brothers.
Mary-Clara Riddell (1), eldest daughter of Roberts (1).
Elizabeth-Janette Riddell (1), second daughter of Roberts (1).
Caroline Riddell' (1), third daughter of Roberts (1).
RIDDELLS OF GRANTON, SCOTLAND.
Rev. Archibald Riddell (1), the first of this denomination, was
the third son of Walter, the second Baronet of Riddell, in Roxburghshire,
and his wife, Jane Rigg. He was ordained as minister of Kippen about
the year 1676, but preached often in field conventicles. He suffered
persecution and imprisonment, and was obliged to leave Scotland and go
to New Jersey, in the United States, where he spent three years as a
preacher in Woodbridge. Although his name appears among those of
other preachers who had drawn upon them the attention of the govern-
ment by attending conventicles as early as 1674, yet the first serious
proceedings against him seem to have been prompted by his connection
in some way with the rising of Bothwell in 1679, the Privy Council
ordering on the 24th of June that he should be sought for and offering
a reward for his arrest. He was taken in September by the Laird of Gra-
den, a relative of his wife, and sent to the Tolbooth at Jedburgh, whence
he was removed to the prison at Edinburgh. On the first of October,
and again in December, Mr. Riddell was called before the Council of Pub-
lic Affairs, and so conducted himself as to secure the respect of his
examiners. He was remitted to confinement, however, until released on
the application of the Laird of Pitlochie, with the view of emigrating
to New Jersey. During this period in April, 1681, he was allowed to visit
his dying mother, at Riddell house, and in the following June he was
