George Ridding Schoolmaster & Bishop 43rd Headmaster of Winchester 1866-1884 The First Bishop Of Southwell 1884-1904 George Ridding (16 March 1828 – 30 August 1904) was an English headmaster and bishop George Ridding was born at Winchester College, of which his father, the Rev. Charles Ridding, vicar of Andover, was a fellow He was educated at Winchester College and at Balliol College, Oxford. He became a fellow of Exeter College and was a tutor from 1853 to 1863. In 1853 he married Mary Louisa Moberly, who died within a year of her marriage. Ordained Priest by Bishop of Oxford 20 September 1856 in St John Baptist Church, Oxford. He was appointed second master of Winchester College in 1863, and on the retirement of his father-in-law, George Moberly, he succeeded to the headmastership. The gate between College Meads and Lavender Meads bears his name Viewable on any computer (PC and Mac) using Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is one of a range of old and rare books scanned by The Genealogy Store