Nicholas Ridley est né le 17 février 1929 à Northumberland, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni. Il était marié à Judy Kendall et Clayre Campbell. Il est mort le 4 mars 1993 à Cumbria, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni.
(1959-1990) Conservative politician, serving as a government minister from 1981. He became Baron Ridley of Liddesdale in 1992. His third daughter is the historian Jane Ridley.