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Ridgeway was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father, Joseph Ridgeway, was [[Vicar]] of Christ Church, [[Tunbridge Wells]].<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]] London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> He was elder brother of [[Frederick Ridgeway|Frederick]] (sometime [[Bishop of Salisbury]]); Charles was educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=RGWY860CJ|name=Ridgeway, Charles John}}</ref><ref>The Times, Friday, 27 November 1863; pg. 5; Issue 24727; col F ''University Intelligence. Oxford, Nov. 25.''</ref> [[Ordained]] in 1866, he spent a [[Curate|Curacy]] at Christ Church, [[Tunbridge Wells]] <ref>"[[Clergy List|The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory]]" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> before becoming [[Vicar]] of [[North Malvern]], [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Buckhurst Hill]], Vicar of Christchurch [[Lancaster Gate]] and [[Rural Dean]] of [[Paddington]]. From 1891-1894 he was a member of the [[London School Board]], representing the [[Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone Division]].<ref name=1891results>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]|date=28 November 1891|title=The London School Board. Result of the Poll}}</ref>
Ridgeway was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father, Joseph Ridgeway, was [[Vicar]] of Christ Church, [[Tunbridge Wells]].<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]] London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> He was elder brother of [[Frederick Ridgeway|Frederick]] (sometime [[Bishop of Salisbury]]); Charles was educated at [[St Paul's School (London)|St Paul's]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{acad|id=RGWY860CJ|name=Ridgeway, Charles John}}</ref><ref>The Times, Friday, 27 November 1863; pg. 5; Issue 24727; col F ''University Intelligence. Oxford, Nov. 25.''</ref> [[Ordained]] in 1866, he spent a [[Curate|Curacy]] at Christ Church, [[Tunbridge Wells]] <ref>"[[Clergy List|The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory]]" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> before becoming [[Vicar]] of [[North Malvern]], [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Buckhurst Hill]], Vicar of Christchurch [[Lancaster Gate]] and [[Rural Dean]] of [[Paddington]]. From 1891-1894 he was a member of the [[London School Board]], representing the [[Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency)|Marylebone Division]].<ref name=1891results>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Daily News (UK)|The Daily News]]|date=28 November 1891|title=The London School Board. Result of the Poll}}</ref>


After two years (1906–1908) as [[Dean of Carlisle]] he was appointed to the [[Episcopate]] as Bishop of Chichester in 1908.<ref>''New Bishop Of Chichester'' [[The Times]] Tuesday, 17 December 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38518; col F</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34640 Diocesan Registers]</ref> After his death his wife presented his Pectoral Cross to the [[Chichester Cathedral|Cathedral]] [[Library]]<ref>[[The Times]], Friday, 2 October 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45943; col E ''Ecclesiastical News''</ref> and commissioned a memorial to him which can be seen in the [[nave]].<ref>[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/chichester.htm Panel described]</ref> He had become a [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD).
After two years (1906–1908) as [[Dean of Carlisle]] he was appointed to the [[Episcopate]] as Bishop of Chichester in 1908.<ref>''New Bishop Of Chichester'' [[The Times]] Tuesday, 17 December 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38518; col F</ref><ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=34640 Diocesan Registers]</ref> His appointment, at the age of 66, and the result of a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister, who was then the key figure in the nomination process for bishops, which are Crown appointments. There was disagreement oval rival candidates, and Ridgeway appears to have been a compromise. <ref>Lambeth Palace Library, Davidson X. The story is also retold in ‘High and Mitred’ by Bernard Palmer, SPCK, 1992, p 153-5</ref>

During the Furst Wirkd War, Ridgeway provided support for soldiers in the large military camps in Sussex, encourages the recruitment of temporary chaplains and promoted the highest standards of the moral and spiritual welfare of the nation under the leadership of the clergy.<ref>Chichester Diocesan Gazettes, September 1914 to November 1918. They were published monthly.</ref>

After his death his wife presented his Pectoral Cross to the [[Chichester Cathedral|Cathedral]] [[Library]]<ref>[[The Times]], Friday, 2 October 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45943; col E ''Ecclesiastical News''</ref> and commissioned a memorial to him which can be seen in the [[nave]].<ref>[http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/place/chichester.htm Panel described]</ref> He had become a [[Doctor of Divinity]] (DD). An obituary on Ridgeway noted that he had ‘ ... too much sense of humour ever to take himself heavily, and was too much a man of the world ever to lose his realism.’ <ref>Church Times obituary, 4.3.1927</ref> One of his brothers, Frederick, was a contemporary Bishop of Salisbury.


Ridgeway was a [[Freemason]], under the jurisdiction of the [[United Grand Lodge of England]] (UGLE). Although he never served in the prestigious role of Grand Chaplain of UGLE, in 1897 he was granted the honorific rank of Past Grand Chaplain in recognition of his services to English Freemasonry, as part of a series of similar honorary promotions intended to mark the diamond jubilee of [[Queen Victoria]].<ref name=QC19>{{cite book |title=Ars Quatuor Coronatorum |first= JW|last= Horsley (The Rev'd Canon)|chapter= Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England |volume= 19|location= London|publisher= Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd|publication-date= 1906|page= 195}}</ref>
Ridgeway was a [[Freemason]], under the jurisdiction of the [[United Grand Lodge of England]] (UGLE). Although he never served in the prestigious role of Grand Chaplain of UGLE, in 1897 he was granted the honorific rank of Past Grand Chaplain in recognition of his services to English Freemasonry, as part of a series of similar honorary promotions intended to mark the diamond jubilee of [[Queen Victoria]].<ref name=QC19>{{cite book |title=Ars Quatuor Coronatorum |first= JW|last= Horsley (The Rev'd Canon)|chapter= Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England |volume= 19|location= London|publisher= Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd|publication-date= 1906|page= 195}}</ref>

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Memorial within Chichester Cathedral
Ridgeway as Bishop of Chichester

Charles John Ridgeway (14 July 1841 – 28 February 1927) was the Bishop of Chichester from 1908 to 1919.[1]

Ridgeway was born into an ecclesiastical family: his father, Joseph Ridgeway, was Vicar of Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells.[2] He was elder brother of Frederick (sometime Bishop of Salisbury); Charles was educated at St Paul's and Trinity College, Cambridge.[3][4] Ordained in 1866, he spent a Curacy at Christ Church, Tunbridge Wells [5] before becoming Vicar of North Malvern, Rector of Buckhurst Hill, Vicar of Christchurch Lancaster Gate and Rural Dean of Paddington. From 1891-1894 he was a member of the London School Board, representing the Marylebone Division.[6]

After two years (1906–1908) as Dean of Carlisle he was appointed to the Episcopate as Bishop of Chichester in 1908.[7][8] His appointment, at the age of 66, and the result of a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister, who was then the key figure in the nomination process for bishops, which are Crown appointments. There was disagreement oval rival candidates, and Ridgeway appears to have been a compromise. [9]

During the Furst Wirkd War, Ridgeway provided support for soldiers in the large military camps in Sussex, encourages the recruitment of temporary chaplains and promoted the highest standards of the moral and spiritual welfare of the nation under the leadership of the clergy.[10]

After his death his wife presented his Pectoral Cross to the Cathedral Library[11] and commissioned a memorial to him which can be seen in the nave.[12] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD). An obituary on Ridgeway noted that he had ‘ ... too much sense of humour ever to take himself heavily, and was too much a man of the world ever to lose his realism.’ [13] One of his brothers, Frederick, was a contemporary Bishop of Salisbury.

Ridgeway was a Freemason, under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE). Although he never served in the prestigious role of Grand Chaplain of UGLE, in 1897 he was granted the honorific rank of Past Grand Chaplain in recognition of his services to English Freemasonry, as part of a series of similar honorary promotions intended to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1270.
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ^ "Ridgeway, Charles John (RGWY860CJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ The Times, Friday, 27 November 1863; pg. 5; Issue 24727; col F University Intelligence. Oxford, Nov. 25.
  5. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ^ "The London School Board. Result of the Poll". The Daily News. 28 November 1891.
  7. ^ New Bishop Of Chichester The Times Tuesday, 17 December 1907; pg. 9; Issue 38518; col F
  8. ^ Diocesan Registers
  9. ^ Lambeth Palace Library, Davidson X. The story is also retold in ‘High and Mitred’ by Bernard Palmer, SPCK, 1992, p 153-5
  10. ^ Chichester Diocesan Gazettes, September 1914 to November 1918. They were published monthly.
  11. ^ The Times, Friday, 2 October 1931; pg. 17; Issue 45943; col E Ecclesiastical News
  12. ^ Panel described
  13. ^ Church Times obituary, 4.3.1927
  14. ^ Horsley (The Rev'd Canon), JW (1906). "Notes on the Grand Chaplains of England". Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. Vol. 19. London: Quatuor Coronati Correspondence Circle Ltd. p. 195.
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