# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matthew-white-ridley-1st-viscount-ridley
# Generated: 2026-08-16T00:48:19.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matthew-white-ridley-1st-viscount-ridley"
name: "Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley"
slug: "matthew-white-ridley-1st-viscount-ridley"
description: "Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley, known as Sir Matthew White Ridley, 5th Baronet, from 1877 to 1900, was a British Conservative statesman. He notably served as Home Secretary from 1895 to 1900."
tagline: "British politician (1842-1904)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matthew_White_Ridley_sketch.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1842-07-25"
deathDate: "1904-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.411268000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley%2C_1%3Ae_viscount_Ridley"
    title: "Matthew White Ridley, 1:e viscount Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley"
    title: "Matthew White Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Ridley%2C_1._Viscount_Ridley"
    title: "Matthew Ridley, 1. Viscount Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley%2C_1st_Viscount_Ridley"
    title: "Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_White_Ridley_(1er_vicomte_Ridley)"
    title: "Matthew White Ridley (1er vicomte Ridley)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Ridley%2C_I_visconte_Ridley"
    title: "Matthew Ridley, I visconte Ridley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Ridley_(1._wicehrabia_Ridley)"
    title: "Matthew Ridley (1. wicehrabia Ridley)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E_%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_1-%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Ридли, Мэтью Уайт, 1-й виконт Ридли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q337696"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump