title: Edward Riddiford
text: # Edward Riddiford
  
  Edward Joshua "King" Riddiford (7 August 1842 – 2 May 1911) was a New Zealand runholder. He was born in Hutt Valley, Wellington, New Zealand in 1842.
  
  He married Eleanor Caroline (Nellie) Bunny (1860–1938) on 3 October 1878 at St James' Church in Lower Hutt. She was the daughter of the politician Henry Bunny.
  
  Riddiford died at Longburn of a heart attack in 1911. He was described as New Zealand's only millionaire.
  
  He was survived by his wife, who later died when hit by a van.
  
  A grandson, Sir William O'Brien Lindsay, was Chief Justice of the Sudan.
  
  A granddaughter, Jocelyn Vogel, had Vogel House built in Lower Hutt.
  
  