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Description: | Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Baronet (1745-1813), came from a prominent Tyneside family. The family played a leading role in the politics of the area in the late-18th century. The family seat was at Blagdon Hall, Stannington in Northumberland. Sir Matthew White Ridley was Mayor of Newcastle in 1774, 1782, and 1791. He was also MP for Newcastle from 1794 to 1812. As MP, he was selected to officially open the new Assembly Rooms, on Westgate Road, Newcastle in 1776. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | work artists politics living in the North East art men | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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