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Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley 1510–1579 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1510

Birth Location: Ridley, Cheshire, England

Death Date: 6 January 1579

Death Location: Ridley, Cheshire, England

Father: Sir Ridley

Mother: Margaretha Ridley

Spouse(s): Mary Grosvenor

Children(s): Thomas Ellesmere

The story of Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley began in 1510 in Ridley, Cheshire, England. Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley married Mary Alice Grosvenor, and had children including Thomas Egerton Viscount Brackley Baron Ellesmere. Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley passed away in 1579 in Ridley, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley began in 1510 in Ridley, Cheshire, England.
  • Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley married Mary Alice Grosvenor, and had children including Thomas Egerton Viscount Brackley Baron Ellesmere.
  • Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley passed away in 1579 in Ridley, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Ridley
1470–1528
Birth Location: Egerton, Cheshire
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Margaretha Ridley
1470–1537
Birth Location: Blore, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Mary Grosvenor
1534–1599
Birth Location: Eaton Hall, Eccleston, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Ellesmere
1540–1617
Birth Location: Cheshire, England
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Sir Ridley's Ancestors

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Sir Ridley
1510–1579
Birth Place: Ridley, Cheshire, England
Parents
Sir Ralph William Egerton van Ridley
1470–1528
Egerton, Cheshire
Margaretha (Basset Edgerton Van) Ridley
1470–1537
Blore, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Ridley's Descendants

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Sir (Ralph Egerton Van) Ridley (1510–6 January 1579) m. Mary (Alice) Grosvenor (1534–26 Mar 1599)
  1. 1. Thomas (Egerton, Viscount Brackley, Baron) Ellesmere 1540–1617 m. Elizabeth More 1552–1600
    1. 1. SirKnight (Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount) Brackley 1570–1599 m. Lady (Elizabeth) Venables 1577–1649
      1. 1. Vere Egerton 1599–1629 m. Lord (Knight William Booth , Lord Chancellor of) England 1601–1636
        1. 1. Elizabeth Booth 1621–1688 m. Thomas Nutting 1632–1676

Sir Ridley's Timeline

2 Records

1510
1510
Birth of Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley in Ridley, Cheshire, England
Ridley, Cheshire, England
1579
6 January 1579
Age 69
Death of Sir Ralph Egerton Van Ridley in Ridley, Cheshire, England
Ridley, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1510
    Event Place: Ridley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 January 1579
    Event Place: Ridley, Cheshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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