| George Ridley | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Term Start: | 5 February 1856 |
| Term End: | 7 December 1860 |
| Alongside: | Thomas Emerson Headlam |
| Predecessor: | Thomas Emerson Headlam John Blackett |
| Successor: | Thomas Emerson Headlam Somerset Beaumont |
| Birth Date: | 1818 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Otherparty: | Whig |
| Parents: | Matthew Ridley Laura Hawkins |
George Ridley (1818 – 4 November 1887) was a British Liberal and Whig politician.[1] [2]
The son of former Newcastle-upon-Tyne Whig MP Matthew Ridley and Laura née Hawkins, Ridley followed his father into politics, also as a Whig MP.[3] After unsuccessfully contesting South Northumberland in 1852,[4] he was elected for his father's former seat at a by-election in 1856—caused by the resignation of John Blackett due to ill health[5] —and, becoming a Liberal in 1859, held the seat until 1860, when he resigned after being appointed a Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commissioner.[6]