Matt Ridley

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Ridley
DL FRSL FMedSci
The Right Honourable The Viscount Ridley DL FRSL FMedSci
	Ridley in 2018
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	as an elected hereditary peer; 8 February 2013 – 17 December 2021
By-election	8 February 2013
Preceded by	The 13th Earl Ferrers
Succeeded by	The 3rd Baron Strathcarron
Chairman of Northern Rock
	In office; April 2004 – October 2007
Preceded by	Sir John Riddell
Succeeded by	Bryan Sanderson
Personal details
Born	Matthew White Ridley; 7 February 1958; Northumberland, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Anya Hurlbert (m. 1989)
Children	2
Parents	Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley; Lady Anne Katharine Gabrielle Lumley;
Relatives	Rose Paterson (sister)
Residence(s)	Blagdon Hall, Northumberland
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Occupation	Journalist, businessman
Known for	Northern Rock; The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1994); Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (1999); The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (2010); Northumberlandia;
Awards	Deputy Lieutenant of Northumberland (2007); Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (1999); Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2004);
Employer	The Economist; Centre for Life; Northern Rock;
Website	mattridley.co.uk
	Scientific career
Thesis	Mating system of the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) (1983)
Doctoral advisor	Chris Perrins

Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, DL, FRSL, FMedSci (born 7 February 1958), is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to its nationalisation.

Ridley is a libertarian, and a staunch supporter of Brexit. He inherited the viscountcy in February 2012 and was a Conservative hereditary peer from February 2013, with an elected seat in the House of Lords, until his retirement in December 2021.

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