Henry du Pont Ridgely (born May 31, 1949) is a former justice of the

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who retired on January 31, 2015. Ridgley was a descendant of Colonial Delaware Supreme Court Justice

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, who had built a mansion called Eden Hill, which had previously been acquired by the

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. During the latter Ridgley's service on the court, Eden Hill was refurbished for use as Ridgley's judicial chambers.

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*http://judgepedia.org/Henry_Ridgely *http://www.pli.edu/Content/Faculty/Hon_Henry_duPont_Ridgely/_/N-4oZ1z135he?ID=PE980775 *http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/58844/henry-ridgely#.VB9VxhZvDWA 1949 births Living people Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court {{US-state-judge-stub