Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley

Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley (16 December 1902 – 25 February 1964) was a British peer, landowner, public servant and race car driver. He was also the third Baron Wensleydale and seventh Baronet Ridley.

Biography

Early life and education Ridley was the son and heir of the 2nd Viscount Ridley and Rosamond Cornelia Gwladys Guest, daughter of the 1st Baron Wimborne. He succeeded to the family titles when he was just 13 years old, after his father's death on 14 February 1916, though he was not seated in the House of Lords until he reached the age of 22. He attended Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1931, he set the record for the "flying kilometre and flying mile" in the International Class A at Brooklands, with mean speeds of 105.42 mph (kilometre) and 104.56 mph (mile).

Family Ridley married Ursula Lutyens, daughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens and Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (daughter of Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton), on 13 October 1924. They had three children:

Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley (29 July 1925 – 22 March 2012) Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale (17 February 1929 – 4 March 1993) Hon. Laura Consuelo Ridley, who married Adrian Carrick.