RIDDELLS OF GLASSLOUGH, IRELAND.
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cousin, George Scott, Esq., of Armagh, Registrar of the Diocese and Prov-
ince of Armagh. He (James) commenced business for himself when
scarcely twenty years of age, in the city of Armagh, as an iron-monger.
He married, in 1839, Miss Jemima Parkinson, daughter of Edward
Parkinson, an assistant master of the Royal School, Armagh, and sister
of the late Rev. William Parkinson, A. M., of Ballysillan, Belfast. They
had issue five children, of whom hereafter. They were both pious and
attached members of the Primitive Methodist Society, and of the Estab-
lished Church of England and Ireland. James Riddall was a gifted fa-
vorite local preacher among the Methodists, and took the cold from which
he died, while out on a preaching expedition. His wife survived him
eighteen years, and died, much lamented by her family, Jan. 17, 1868. A
memoir of Mr. Riddall was published by the Primitive Methodist Society,
Great Georges Street, Dublin, in 1851.
FIFTH GENERATION.
Rev. Walter Riddall' (3), eldest son of James (1), was born June
20, 1841; married, in 1867, Mary-Roe Coates, eldest daughter of Charles
Coates, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Harcourt Street, Dublin, and of Jankersley,
County Wicklow, by whom he has a numerous family, of whom hereafter.
Educated at Armagh Royal School and Trinity College, Dublin, where he
was a Royal Exhibitioner and First Honor Man, also Classical Scholar;
graduated A. B. and A. M. Ordained to the ministry of the Established
Church of England and Ireland, and curate of Kilmore Cathedral, County
Cavan, 1866; having previously been appointed Deputy Registrar of the
Diocese and Province of Ulster, under his uncle, Robert Riddall, Esq.
He was subsequently appointed Vicar Choral of Armagh Cathedral, by
His Grace, the present Lord Archbishop of Armagh. This appointment,
however, he resigned, and went as curate in sole charge to the parish of
Newtown, County Meath, of which the late well-known Rev. F. F. French
was then rector. Was next appointed vicar of Glencraig, County of
Down; which he resigned on account of health breaking down, and went
as British Chaplain to Turin, north Italy. Returning to Ireland in
December, 1870, became curate in sole charge at Killeany, County Armagh,
of which the late Rev. A. Irwin, precentor of Armagh Cathedral, was
then rector; and succeeded, on Rev. A. Irwin's death, as rector of Kil-
leany (Mallaghan). Removed thence to the incumbency of St. John's,
Malone, Belfast, his present appointment. He was author of one or two
pamphlets, and is one of the first contributors to "Kottabos," a classical
publication of T. C. D (Trinity College, Dublin); also contributes to the
Irish Church Advocate. Mr. Riddall has manifested considerable in-
terest in this work, and has, at great pains, collected the genealogy and
history of his family as herein presented. He intends to continue his
investigations concerning the ancestral connections of his family, antici-
pating full substantiation of the family tradition.
George-Scott Riddall (1), second son of James (1), was born May
1, 1843, and succeeded his uncle, Robert (2), as corn and floor miller, at
Longy vallen, Armagh; resides at Altavellen, Armagh. Married first, in
1869, Ellen, daughter, of Thomas Scott, Esq. She died without issue
September, 1876. He married secondly, in 1878, Ida, daughter of Charles
Schule, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Eng.; who has issue one daughter, of
whom hereafter. "Altavellen," the residence of Mr. Riddall, is a mag
