Famous People with Name Ridley

Ridley Detamore Jacobs            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Ridley Detamore Jacobs: is a left-handed batsman who was a regular fixture in the West Indian cricket team in the 1990s and 2000s. He made his Test match debut on his 31st birthday, playing in 65 Tests in six years. In this time he took over 200 catches behind the stumps, making

Clarence S. Ridley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Clarence S. Ridley: served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1936 to 1940.Ridley was born in Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana. He graduated fourth in a class of 114 from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1905. He was commissioned second lieuten

Maurice E. Ridley            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maurice E. Ridley: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Progressive Conservative from 1957 to 1960, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Dufferin Roblin. Ridley was first elected to the legislature in a by-election held on November 14, 1957 in the constituency of Manitou—Morden. He handily defeated his Liberal-Progressive opponent David Lumgair, in a seat that was considered safe for the Progressive Conservative Party. He was re-elected in the 1958 provincial election, in which the Tories under Dufferin Roblin formed a minority government. Ridley was a government backbencher during this period. Returned again by a landslide in the 1959 election, he was appointed to cabinet on December 21, 1959 as Minister of Municipal Affairs. His time in office was short, as he died in late 1960.