Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, was a British nobleman. He was Lord Steward of the Household from 1989 to 2001.
Viscount Ridley in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley
…1989 to 2001. Ridley was the son of Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley, and Ursula Lutyens, daughter of Sir Edwin Lutyens. His younger brother Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale was a Conservative Party politician who served as a government minister for nearly all of Margaret Thatcher's years as prime minister. Matthew Ridley…
1978 portrait, from the National Portrait Gallery collection
Margaret Thatcher