Full title
The Viscount Ridley DL
Name
Matthew Ridley
Party/group
Conservative
Joined the Lords
8 February 2013
Contact details
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
mwridley@gmail.com
Web & Social media
Biography
Professional life
| Job title |
Organisation |
Date |
| Columnist |
The Times |
2010- |
| Columnist |
Wall Street Journal |
2010- |
| Author |
The Rational Optimist |
2010- |
| Author |
Francis Crick |
2006- |
| Fellow |
Academy of Medical Sciences |
2004- |
| Author |
Nature via Nurture |
2003- |
| Author |
Genome |
1999- |
| Fellow |
Royal Society of Literature |
1999- |
| Author |
The Origins of Virtue |
1996- |
| Author |
The Red Queen |
1993- |
Register of Interests
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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 (for speaking engagements, see below)
- Speaking engagement, 19 February 2013, Pink Elephant Annual International IT Service Management Conference
- Speaking engagement, 7 March 2013, National Association of Pension Funds
- Speaking engagement, 23 April 2013, Sub Optic 2013 Conference
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4: Shareholdings (a)
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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)
- Rio Tinto plc (mining and mineral resources)
- Weir Group plc (engineering)
- Greggs plc (bakers)
- Vodafone Group plc (mobile communications)
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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
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10: Non-financial interests (a)
- Director (unremunerated), Blagdon Farming Ltd
- Director (unremunerated), Ridley Family Charity
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10: Non-financial interests (c)
- Trustee, Northumberland Rivers Trust