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Bro. Viscount Ridley, R.W. Provincial Grand Master For Northumberland.
Bro . Viscount Ridley , R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Northumberland .
THE death of Bro . the Right Hon . Viscount Ridley , P . G . M . for Northumberland , which occurred quite suddenly on November 29 th at Blagdan , is a serious loss to the province of Northumberland . He had been ailing for some time , and a few weeks ago was taken ill at York . The immediate cause of death , which occurred during sleep , was heart failure . Sir Matthew White Ridley . Bart ., first Viscount Ridley ,
was born in Carlton House Terrace in July , 1842 , and succeeded to thebaronetcy in 1877 , being created Viscount Ridley in 1900 . After being
educated at Harrow and Oxford , he was elected as member for North Northumberland in 1868 , and represented that
constituency until 1885 . In the following vear he was sent to the House of Commons to represent the Blackpool
division , and filled the position ol member for that constituency down to 1000 . From 1878
to 1880 he was Undersecretary f 01-thc Home Office ; from 1885 to 1886 Financial Secretary to the Treasury ,
and from 18 95 to 1900 he was Home Secretary . In 18 95 he was appointed a member of the Ecclesiastical
Commission . He married in 188 3 the Hon . Mary Georgina M a r j o r i b a 11 k s , daughter of the first
Lord Twcedmouth . His wife died in j 809 .
By the death of Bro . Lord Ridley , the Province of Northumberland , and the Craft in general , have suffered a severe loss . Few men have worked more sincerely and conscientiously for the best interests of Masonry than he , and it will be difficult to lind a successor who would so completely secure the esteem and confidence with which
the deceased ruler had inspired the brethren of his province . Bro . Viscount Ridley , then Sir Matthew White Ridley , was appointed in J 866 to succeed Bro . Earl Percy , now the Duke of Northumberland , as Provincial Grand Master , and the prosperity of Masonry during the eighteen years of his rule may be estimated by the steady addition to the roll of
lodges which took place . No less than eighteen having been constituted in the period from 1886 and 1894 . His Lordship ' s Chairmanship of the unprecedentedly successful Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Bushey last year was an event that will be remembered with gratitude
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and pleasure by many supporters of the Institution , no less for the able and genial manner in which he filled the position , than for the substantial addition made to its funds by the brethren of his province , who on that occasion contributed no less than £ 5150 of the total sum of . £ 3 6 , 500 announced . It is interesting to note that the name of Matthew Ridley appears on the roll of Provincial Grand Masters so long ago as 1734 ,
and in 1824 Sir Malthew White Ridley , the third Baronet , occupied the same , distinguished position ,
to be followed , in 1886 , by another member of the family , in the person of the fifth Baronet , afterwards Viscount Ridley .
On the day of the funeral a memorial service was held at St . Margarets , Westminster , which was attended by a large number of mourners representing the
Government and various public bodies with which the deceased Pccr was associated . Grand Lodge was
represented on the occasion by Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary . .
In 1904 , on the death of _ Lieut .-Col . Addison Poller , C . B ., the deceased was appointed to
succeed him as Grand Superintendent in Royal Arch Masonry .
c / f Sprig of c / lcacia ! Death's call to silence , calls as well to Rest , The Rest that knows 110 waking care . — The nifjht that ends not in the Soul ' s despair Hut breaks in Day Internal—liver West ' .
For one Right Worshipful , at whoso behest Xorthunibria ' s Masons , ea ^ er . sought to share The common lot of service and of prayer , — We mourn to-day . —though what is done is best ! While we . bestead . Acacia sprigs may wear ,
Our Brother has but reached the glittering crest Of earthly mountains , —foothills only these . And right beyond mid lights and forms that please , The Master of all Builders shall invest The Honoured Brother we are called to spare . J . (' ,. (' .. December . 1904 . ( Prov . (' ... ' , Northumberland
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Bro. Viscount Ridley, R.W. Provincial Grand Master For Northumberland.
Bro . Viscount Ridley , R . W . Provincial Grand Master for Northumberland .
THE death of Bro . the Right Hon . Viscount Ridley , P . G . M . for Northumberland , which occurred quite suddenly on November 29 th at Blagdan , is a serious loss to the province of Northumberland . He had been ailing for some time , and a few weeks ago was taken ill at York . The immediate cause of death , which occurred during sleep , was heart failure . Sir Matthew White Ridley . Bart ., first Viscount Ridley ,
was born in Carlton House Terrace in July , 1842 , and succeeded to thebaronetcy in 1877 , being created Viscount Ridley in 1900 . After being
educated at Harrow and Oxford , he was elected as member for North Northumberland in 1868 , and represented that
constituency until 1885 . In the following vear he was sent to the House of Commons to represent the Blackpool
division , and filled the position ol member for that constituency down to 1000 . From 1878
to 1880 he was Undersecretary f 01-thc Home Office ; from 1885 to 1886 Financial Secretary to the Treasury ,
and from 18 95 to 1900 he was Home Secretary . In 18 95 he was appointed a member of the Ecclesiastical
Commission . He married in 188 3 the Hon . Mary Georgina M a r j o r i b a 11 k s , daughter of the first
Lord Twcedmouth . His wife died in j 809 .
By the death of Bro . Lord Ridley , the Province of Northumberland , and the Craft in general , have suffered a severe loss . Few men have worked more sincerely and conscientiously for the best interests of Masonry than he , and it will be difficult to lind a successor who would so completely secure the esteem and confidence with which
the deceased ruler had inspired the brethren of his province . Bro . Viscount Ridley , then Sir Matthew White Ridley , was appointed in J 866 to succeed Bro . Earl Percy , now the Duke of Northumberland , as Provincial Grand Master , and the prosperity of Masonry during the eighteen years of his rule may be estimated by the steady addition to the roll of
lodges which took place . No less than eighteen having been constituted in the period from 1886 and 1894 . His Lordship ' s Chairmanship of the unprecedentedly successful Festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at Bushey last year was an event that will be remembered with gratitude
HI «) . VISCOTXT KIDI . KY .
and pleasure by many supporters of the Institution , no less for the able and genial manner in which he filled the position , than for the substantial addition made to its funds by the brethren of his province , who on that occasion contributed no less than £ 5150 of the total sum of . £ 3 6 , 500 announced . It is interesting to note that the name of Matthew Ridley appears on the roll of Provincial Grand Masters so long ago as 1734 ,
and in 1824 Sir Malthew White Ridley , the third Baronet , occupied the same , distinguished position ,
to be followed , in 1886 , by another member of the family , in the person of the fifth Baronet , afterwards Viscount Ridley .
On the day of the funeral a memorial service was held at St . Margarets , Westminster , which was attended by a large number of mourners representing the
Government and various public bodies with which the deceased Pccr was associated . Grand Lodge was
represented on the occasion by Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary . .
In 1904 , on the death of _ Lieut .-Col . Addison Poller , C . B ., the deceased was appointed to
succeed him as Grand Superintendent in Royal Arch Masonry .
c / f Sprig of c / lcacia ! Death's call to silence , calls as well to Rest , The Rest that knows 110 waking care . — The nifjht that ends not in the Soul ' s despair Hut breaks in Day Internal—liver West ' .
For one Right Worshipful , at whoso behest Xorthunibria ' s Masons , ea ^ er . sought to share The common lot of service and of prayer , — We mourn to-day . —though what is done is best ! While we . bestead . Acacia sprigs may wear ,
Our Brother has but reached the glittering crest Of earthly mountains , —foothills only these . And right beyond mid lights and forms that please , The Master of all Builders shall invest The Honoured Brother we are called to spare . J . (' ,. (' .. December . 1904 . ( Prov . (' ... ' , Northumberland