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Ridsdale
Ridsdale is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aurelian Ridsdale (1864–1923), British Liberal politician * Charles Ridsdale (1873–1952), Anglican bishop * George Ridsdale (1878–?), English footballer * Gerald Ridsdale (1934–2025), convicted child molester and Catholic priest * J Ridsdale, English footballer * Julian Ridsdale (1915–2004), British National Liberal and later Conservative Party politician * Leone Ridsdale, English neurologist * Paddy Ridsdale (1921–2009), Ian Fleming's secretary during World War II * Peter Ridsdale (born 1952), English businessman * Philip Ridsdale (1915–2000), Anglican bishop * Robert Ridsdale (1783–1857), English race horse breeder * Septimus Ridsdale (1840–1884), English cricketer Ridsdale is also the name of a village in Corsenside, and an old spelling of Redesdale, both in Northumberland Northumberland ( ) is a ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North East England, on the Anglo-Scottis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Ridsdale
Gerald Francis Ridsdale (20 May 1934 – 18 February 2025) was an Australian laicised Catholic priest and prolific sex offender. He was convicted between 1993 and 2017 of a large number of child sexual abuse and indecent assault charges against 65 children aged as young as four years. The majority of the offences occurred from the 1960s to the 1980s while Ridsdale worked as a school chaplain at St Alipius Primary School, a boys' boarding school in the Victorian regional city of Ballarat. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that senior figures in the church, including Cardinal George Pell, knew about Ridsdale's prolific sexual abuse of children but protected him. Ridsdale was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat, in 1961. The first complaint about his behaviour towards children was received by the church that same year. Ridsdale held 16 different appointments over a period of 29 years as a priest, with an average of 1.8 years p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ridsdale
Peter Ridsdale (born 11 March 1952) is an English businessman who is a director at Preston North End. He was until December 2011 the Chairman of Football Operations at Plymouth Argyle. Ridsdale was previously the chairman of Leeds United, Barnsley and Cardiff City. History Leeds United Ridsdale became chairman of hometown club Leeds United in 1997 and enjoyed success in the first four years of tenure as Leeds reached the UEFA Cup semi-final in 1999–2000 and the UEFA Champions League semi-finals in 2000–01. During this time he enjoyed a good relationship with the Leeds fans. However, once the full extent of what Ridsdale and his board had done at the club was discovered, his once positive relationship with fans disintegrated. Ridsdale is now deeply unpopular amongst Leeds supporters for his role in the financial and relegation downward spiral of the club, falling from competing in the UEFA Champions League to EFL League One in six seasons. Under Ridsdale's stewardship the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leone Ridsdale
Leone Ridsdale is Professor of Neurology and General Practice at King's College London. Her research has focused on self-education and/or CBT therapy for people with headache, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic fatigue and epilepsy. Her teaching focus was on developing education for medical students and graduates to improve neurology patient care in the community. Training and interests Ridsdale trained in economics and social policy at the London School of Economics, specializing in education and medical care. After lecturing on health and social care at Manchester University, she studied medicine at McMaster University Medical School in Canada. Her specialist training in medicine, psychiatry, and neurology was at McGill University and the Montreal Neurological Institute. She accredited as a neurologist in Canada and the US in 1980, and returned to the UK. Finding North American training was not recognised in the UK, Ridsdale trained and practiced as a General Practitioner, GP. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
