He was born in 1852 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of William Ridgway (1819-1903) and Mary.
He married Mary Eliza Sketchley (1851-1904) in 1875 in Nottingham. On the death of his first wife in 1904, he married Louisa Goodwin Sketchley (1865-1926) on 5 November 1906 at St Heliers Parish Church, Jersey.
Until 1908 he worked in partnership with James Garfield Smith.[1]
He died on 19 July 1917 at his home, 11, Lenton Road, The Park Estate, Nottingham.[2] He left an estate valued at £13,129 (equivalent to £929,300 in 2023).[3]
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