Jasper Ridley [SEP] date of death
Jasper Ridley
Jasper Ridley (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography "Lord Palmerston".
Born in West Hoathly, Sussex, he was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and the Sorbonne. He trained and practised as a barrister, being called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1945, before starting to write. During World War II, he served with an air defence unit and manned
Industry (1933–1934). In 1936 he was appointed to the Livestock Commission, and he also served on the Royal Commission on Equal Pay for Equal Work.
Private life.
In 1911, Ridley married Countess Nathalie Louise von Benckendorff (, daughter of Count Alexander von Benckendorff, Russian Ambassador to the Court of St James's between 1903 and 1917, and they had four sons and one daughter. Their son Jasper was the father of the economist Adam Ridley. At the time of Ridley's death his addresses were given