John Hilton Ridley
1848 Born in Humshaugh, Northumberland, son of John Matthew Ridley, barrister and his wife Ann Maria.
1867 Entered Cambridge university
1871 B.A.
1875 Married Mary Augusta Bigge
A civil engineer.
Director of a firm of shipbuilders on the Tyne (presumably R. and W. Hawthorn).
1881 John Hilton Ridley 32, engineer, lived in Hexham with Mary A. Ridley 26, Alice B. Ridley 4, Helen Ridley 3, John N. Ridley 1[1]
1882-4 Partner in the new business of Ernest Scott which acquired the old Close works of R and W Hawthorn.
1891 John H Ridley 42, manufacturing engineer, employer, lived in Hexham, in the house of John M Ridley 70, Anna M Ridley 73, with Mary A Ridley 36, Alice B Ridley 14, Helen Ridley 13, John N Ridley 11, Mary C Ridley 9, Agnes Ridley 8, Charles N Ridley 6, Sybil Ridley 2, Arthur H Ridley 7 months[2]
1898 A director of Hawthorn, Leslie and Co at the time they issued debentures[3]
1904 Died in London[4]
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Sources of Information
- Cambridge University Alumni