About Peter Riddel
Lived 1576 – 1641 (aged 64–65). Peter Riddel was a politician.
Sir Peter Riddel (died 18 April 1641) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1640.
Riddel was Sheriff of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1604. He was knighted at Newcastle on 4 May 1617. In 1619 he was mayor of Newcastle.
Riddel was Mayor of Newcastle again in 1635.
Riddel died in 1641 and was buried in the church of St Nicholas, Newcastle.
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