OBITUARY

Grey River Argus, 12 October 1934, Page 5

OBITUARY

Edward V. Riddifcrd NOTED HORSEOWNER. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, October 11. Private advice was received in Wellington to-night of the death of Air. Edward Vivian Bid diford, of G leuburn and Tablelands. The late Air. Riddiford, who was aged 55, was returning from a trip to England in the Rangitiki, which was due at Auckland ou October 21, and he was accompanied by his wife and daughter, Pamela. One of the Dominion’s best known and most successful pastoralists, Air. Riddiford, whose home is at Wolburn, Lower Hutt, was equally prominent in racing circles. He was a member of a family whose turf associations are part of the history of the sport in this country. He, with his brother, Eric, won a large number of the principal handicap races in New Zealand, including the New Zealand Cup, Auckland Cup, and Grand National. On his own account, Mr. Riddiford was the holder of the Wellington Cup. Afitchelson Cup. and other coveted trophies.

Air. Riddiford was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School, and began his career as a sheep farmer as cadet at To Awaiti, the Wairarapa property of his fther, Air. E. V. Riddiford. He later managed his father’s properties at Longhurn and Cheltenham, and upon the latter’s death in 1911, took over the Glenburn sheep and cattle run on the East Coast Tablelands, the Romney Alarsh Sheep Stud in Wairarapa, and Brentwood, a noted Trentham stud. Air. Riddiford married Aliss Zoe Thorne George, third daughter of Hon. Seymour Thorne George, of Auckland. Their two daughters are Airs. J. Vogel, Lower Hutt, and Miss Pamela Riddi ford.