George Ridding
George Ridding | |
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| Bishop of Southwell | |
 George Ridding from the Illustrated Guide to the Church Congress (1897) | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| In office | 1884-1904 |
| Predecessor | first postholder |
| Successor | Edwyn Hoskyns |
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| Ordination | by Bishop of Oxford |
| Consecration | 1884 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 March 1828 |
| Died | 30 August 1904 (aged 76) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
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George Ridding (16 March 1828 – 30 August 1904) was an English headmaster and bishop.
Life
[edit]George Ridding was born on 16 March 1828 at Winchester College, of which his father, the Rev. Charles Ridding, vicar of Andover, was a fellow.[1][2]
He was educated at Winchester College and at Balliol College, Oxford. He became a fellow of Exeter College, Oxford and was a tutor from 1853 to 1863.
Ridding was ordained as a deacon in 1854.[3] His ordination into priesthood was conducted by the Bishop of Oxford on 20 September 1856 in St John the Baptist Church, Oxford.[4] In 1858 he married Mary Louisa Moberly, second daughter of George Moberly, who died within a year of their marriage.[5][3]
He was appointed second master of Winchester College in 1863, and on the retirement of his father-in-law he succeeded to the headmastership.[1][6] The gate between College Meads and Lavender Meads bears his name.
During the tenure of this office (1867–1884) he carried out successfully a series of radical reforms in the organisation of the school, resulting in a great increase both in its reputation and numbers. In 1884, he became the first Bishop of Southwell, and brought his powers of organisation and conspicuous tact and moderation to bear on the management of the new diocese.[1] There is a bronze statue of him in Southwell Minster by F. W. Pomeroy.
He took an active share in educational and social work, and was materially assisted in these respects by his second wife, Lady Laura Palmer, daughter of the 1st Earl of Selborne.[7] He resigned his see a short time before his death.[1] His brothers Charles Ridding and William Ridding were also clergy, while another brother Arthur Ridding was a librarian; all three brothers had played first-class cricket.[citation needed]
Painting of George Ridding, Headmaster of Winchester College,
by Walter William Ouless
George Ridding, by Leslie Ward, 1901
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Chisholm 1911.
- ↑ Church Quarterly Review 1905, p. 242.
- 1 2 Church Quarterly Review 1905, p. 246.
- ↑ "Ordination". Oxford University & City Herald. Vol. 51, no. 2610. 27 September 1856. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Moberly 1911, p. xi.
- ↑ Moberly 1911, p. 134.
- ↑ "Ridding [née Palmer], Lady Laura Elizabeth (1849–1939)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50713. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
Sources
[edit]This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ridding, George". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 316.
Other cited works:
- "George Ridding, first Bishop of Southwell". Church Quarterly Review. 60 (120): 241–285. 1 July 1905.
- Beckett, J.V. (2012). "Dr George Ridding: First Bishop of Southwell, 1884-1904". Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire. 116.
- Kenyon, F. G.; Curthoys, M. C. "Ridding, George (1828–1904)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35750. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- The first edition of this text is available at Wikisource: . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- Moberly, Charlotte Anne Elizabeth (1911). Dolce Domum: George Moberly (D.C.L., headmaster of Winchester College, 1835-1866, Bishop of Salisbury, 1869-1885), his family and friends. London: John Murray – via Internet Archive.
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