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Ridgley Police Department
Ridgley may refer to: Places *Ridgley, Missouri, U.S. *Ridgley, Tasmania, Australia People Given name *Francis Ridgley Cotton (1895–1960), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Ridgley C. Powers (1836–1912), Union officer in the American Civil War and a Mississippi politician *William Ridgley Morris (1811–1889), American politician and diplomat Surname *Bob Ridgley (fl. 2003–2011), Canadian politician *Buck Ridgley, American Negro league baseball player in the 1920s * Henry Ridgley (1635–1710), an early settler of Maryland, U.S. *Ishbel MacDonald (1903–1982), also known as Ishbel Ridgley, daughter of British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald *Sammy Ridgley (born 1943), American activist and R&B artist *Thomas Ridgley (c. 1667–1734), English independent theologian * Tommy Ridgley (1925–1999), American R&B singer and bandleader See also * Ridgeley (other) * Ridgely (other) *Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church Ridgley Methodist Episcopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgley, Missouri
Ridgley is an unincorporated community in Barry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee .... History A post office called Ridgley was established in 1909, and remained in operation until 1919. The community's lofty elevation atop a ridge accounts for the name. References Unincorporated communities in Barry County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{BarryCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridgley, Tasmania
Ridgley is a locality and small rural community in the local government area of Burnie in the North West region of Tasmania. It is located about south-west of the town of Burnie. The 2016 census determined a population of 604 for the state suburb of Ridgley. History The area was named by surveyor Henry Hellyer Henry Hellyer (1790 – September 1832) was an English surveyor and architect who was one of the first explorers to visit the rugged interior of the north west of Tasmania, Australia and made the most comprehensive maps of the area up to that time ... in the 1920s. The locality was gazetted in 1966. Geography The Pet River (including the Pet Reservoir) forms most of the south-eastern and eastern boundaries, and the Guide River forms the western boundary. The Melba rail line passes through from south to north-east. Road infrastructure The B18 route (Ridgley Highway) passes through from south to north-east. Route C104 (West Ridgley Road) starts at an intersection with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Ridgley Cotton
Francis Ridgley Cotton O.P. (September 19, 1895—September 25, 1960) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Owensboro in Kentucky from 1938 to 1960. Biography Early life One of three children, Francis Cotton was born in Bardstown, Kentucky to Charles and Mary (née Moore) Cotton. After attending St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana, he enrolled in St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. Cotton then went in 1919 to Washington D.C. to enter the Sulpician Seminary at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., finishing there in 1920. Priesthood Cotton was ordained to the priesthood for the Order of Friars Preachers (Dominicans) by Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas on June 17, 1920. After his ordination, Cotton completed his graduate studies at the Pontifical Athenaeum ''S. Apollinare'' in Rome. Following his return to Kentucky, he served as a curate at St. Joseph Proto-Cathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ridgley may refer to: Places * Ridgley, Missouri, U.S. *Ridgley, Tasmania, Australia People Given name *Francis Ridgley Cotton (1895–1960), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Ridgley C. Powers (1836–1912), Union officer in the American Civil War and a Mississippi politician * William Ridgley Morris (1811–1889), American politician and diplomat Surname * Bob Ridgley (fl. 2003–2011), Canadian politician * Buck Ridgley, American Negro league baseball player in the 1920s *Henry Ridgley (1635–1710), an early settler of Maryland, U.S. *Ishbel MacDonald (1903–1982), also known as Ishbel Ridgley, daughter of British prime minister Ramsay MacDonald * Sammy Ridgley (born 1943), American activist and R&B artist * Thomas Ridgley (c. 1667–1734), English independent theologian *Tommy Ridgley (1925–1999), American R&B singer and bandleader See also * Ridgeley (other) * Ridgely (other) *Ridgley Methodist Episcopal Church Ridgley Methodist Epis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ridgley Morris
William Ridgley Morris (1811February 27, 1889) was an American politician and diplomat. Morris, son of Dr. William Morris, a physician in Dover, Delaware, was born in Dover in 1811. After graduation from Yale College in 1830, he studied law for three years with the Hon. John M. Clayton, in Dover, and soon after his admission to the bar was elected clerk of the Delaware State Senate. At the close of the session he settled in York, Pa., where he became prosecuting attorney for York County, and soon secured a good practice. In President Zachary Taylor's administration (1849) he was appointed Consul at St. Thomas, and on his return from that post resumed the practice of his profession, in Philadelphia, from which city he was chosen the next year as a representative to the Pennsylvania State Legislature. In the spring of 1856 he returned to Dover and established himself on a fruit farm near the town, where he attended mainly to agricultural pursuits and indulged his genius for poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Ridgley
Bob Ridgley is a Canadian politician. He represented the district of St. John's North in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Build ... as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party from 2003 to 2011. He was defeated in the 2011 provincial election. References External linksBob Ridgley's PC Party biography Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Living people Businesspeople from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Politicians from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador 21st-century Canadian politicians Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Newfoundland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck Ridgley
Randolph H. Ridgley (June 24, 1895 – death unknown), nicknamed "Buck", was an American Negro league second baseman in the 1920s. A native of Warrenton, Virginia, Ridgley made his Negro leagues debut in 1920 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants and Baltimore Black Sox. He went on to play for Baltimore for two more seasons, then played for the Harrisburg Giants and Washington Potomacs The Washington Potomacs were a Negro league baseball team in the Eastern Colored League, based in Washington, D.C., in 1924. They also operated as an independent team in 1923. In 1925 the Potomacs moved to Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington ( Lenape ... in 1923. References External links * anSeamheads 1895 births Year of death missing Place of death missing Baltimore Black Sox players Brooklyn Royal Giants players Harrisburg Giants players Washington Potomacs players Baseball second basemen Baseball players from Virginia People from Warrenton, Virginia Sportspeople from Fauquier County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Ridgley
Henry Ridgley (1635–1710) was an early settler of Maryland. Early life Ridgley arrived in the colonies in 1659 and demanded 6,000 acres of land for himself, his wife and four servants: John Hall, Stephen Gill, Richard and Jane Ravens. He was an assemblyman in the Governmental Council and a vestryman in the Parish Church of St. Anne's. Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore granted Ridgley the title of Justice of Anne Arundel County, Maryland in 1679. The Associators Assembly commissioned him as a "Captain of Foote" in 1689. He was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel in 1694. Among the tracts of land Ridgley patented were Wardridge on the South River in 1661; "Ridgley's Forest" now Savage, Maryland; Annapolis Junction, Maryland in 1685; and Broome. In 1702, he sold his Annapolis estate to Charles Carroll the Settler. See also *Hickory Ridge (Highland, Maryland) Hickory Ridge or White Hall is an historic property located in Highland in Howard County, Maryland, United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishbel MacDonald
Ishbel Allan MacDonald (2 March 1903 – 20 June 1982) was the daughter of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Ramsay MacDonald and his wife Margaret MacDonald née Gladstone. Margaret's death in 1911 – a year after their son David had died – left Ramsay a single father to his remaining five children. When, in 1924 he came to power as Prime Minister of the country's first Labour Government, it was Ishbel, as the eldest daughter, who her father decided should be his hostess at 10 Downing Street. At just 20 she became the youngest person ever to take on the role. Biography Ishbel Allan MacDonald was born on 2 March 1903. She studied at City of London School for Girls and then at North London Collegiate School, where she was friendly with Peggy Angus. Prior to her father's election as Prime Minister, Ishbel had been studying social sciences. Due to his meagre earnings and poor background, Ramsay MacDonald knew he would be unable to replicate the Downing Street lifestyle that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Ridgley
Samuel Ridgley, aka Sammy Ridgley, (born August 6, 1943) was a R&B artist associated with New Orleans. His recorded output was slight just two 45 s and an album but he was a regular on the New Orleans' music circuit for over thirty years. He was also a committed civil rights activist who represented his community of Jefferson Parish in New Orleans. Career Ridgley was raised in the Shrewsbury section of Jefferson Parish on Andover Street. He started singing gospel at the First Zion Baptist Church. Ridgley's biggest early influence was Joe Tex. In 1962, Ridgley joined a seven-piece band and the band got $100 a night while working during a day job at a funeral home. In 1965, Ridgley recorded a session at Cosimo's called "The Hully Gully" with Tommy Ridgley, Eddie Bo, and Irma Thomas singing background, but the session was never released. Ridgley also recalled working with ''O.W. Scott & the Magnificent'' with whom he made some recordings at WYLD's studio that were not released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ridgley
Thomas Ridgley ( – 1734) was an English Dissenting minister. Life Thomas Ridgley was born in London about 1667. He was educated for the ministry in Wiltshire, presumably under John Davison at Trowbridge. In 1695 he was chosen assistant to Thomas Gouge, pastor of the independent church at Three Cranes, Fruiterers' Alley, Thames Street, London. On Gouge's death he succeeded to the pastorate, which he held till his own death, being assisted by John Hurrion and (from 1732) by Samuel Parsons. On the death of Isaac Chauncy in 1712 he was elected divinity tutor to the Fund Academy in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, established by the London congregational fund board in 1696. His coadjutor in classics and science was John Eames. Ridgley had abundance of theological learning, and was a good instructor. His position as a teacher was that of a bulwark of dissenting orthodoxy against the prevalent tendencies to Arian and Arminian laxity. This duty he discharged with great ability and considerab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Ridgley
Thomas Herman Ridgley (October 30, 1925 – August 11, 1999)Tony Rounce, Tommy Ridgley 'In The Same Old Way': The Complete Ric, Ron and Sho-Biz recordings, Ace records UK (2015). was an American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana.Jeff Hanusch, The Soul Of New Orleans: A Legacy of Rhythm and Blues, Chapter four on Tommy Ridgley: The New Orleans King Of The Stroll, Swallow publications, Ville Platte, Louisiana, USA (2001). In a musical career lasting half a century Ridgley was a stalwart of the New Orleans rhythm and blues scene. Although he never had a national hit , unlike several of his contemporaries, he made numerous, popular recordings that sold mainly in New Orleans and Louisiana beginning in 1949 with a final release in 1995. His voice was variously described as similar to Roy Brown and Bull Moose JacksonNew Orleans Soul 60s: The Watch label, Mardi Gras records , sleeve notes (2000) and thus able to adapt to a variety of styles: B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
