Viscount Ridley

Matthew Ridley

Matthew Ridley

Party

Conservative

Address as

Lord Ridley

Contact details

Westminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

Biography

Lords career

Elected hereditary peer 2013-

Councils, public bodies

DL, Northumberland

Register of Interests

2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.

Regular column for Wall Street Journal (freelance)

Occasional articles for The Times (freelance)

Book royalties from HarperCollins

Occasional speaker via Chartwell Partners; it is expected that the Member will give speeches to the following during the period February - April 2013: Pink Elephant Annual International IT Service Management Conference; National Association of Pension Funds; Sub Optic 2013 Conference

4: Shareholdings (b)

Downing Protected Approved EIS Fund 4

Octopus Protected EIS Fund 7

Northern 2 VCT

Westminster Group plc (fire, safety, security and defence)

Diageo plc (drinks)

Associated British Foods plc (food)

Sage plc (business management software)

Johnson & Johnson Inc (pharmaceuticals)

Illumina Inc (biotechnology)

Animalcare Group plc (veterinary products)

4: Shareholdings (a)

Blagdon Farming Ltd

5: Land and property

Blagdon and Blyth estates in Northumberland, with income from farming, forestry, commercial property, residential property, leisure, coal and clay mining

Land and fishing rights on the River Coquet at Felton, Northumberland

10: Non-financial interests (a)

Director (unremunerated), Blagdon Farming Ltd

Director (unremunerated), Ridley Family Charity

10: Non-financial interests (c)

Trustee, Northumberland Rivers Trust