title: Ridsdale
text: # Ridsdale
  
  Ridsdale is a surname, and may refer to:
  
  * Peter Ridsdale (born 1952), English businessman
  * Julian Ridsdale (1915–2004), British National Liberal and later Conservative Party politician
  * Aurelian Ridsdale (1864–1923), British Liberal politician
  * Paddy Ridsdale (1921–2009), Ian Fleming's secretary during World War II and the model for Miss Moneypenny
  * Gerald Ridsdale, convicted child molester who abused children while working as a Catholic priest
  * George Ridsdale (born 1878), English professional footballer who played as a wing half
  * Charles Henry Ridsdale (1873–1952), Anglican Bishop
  
  Ridsdale is also the name of a village in Corsenside, and an old spelling of Redesdale, both in Northumberland, England.
  
  