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ME E. V. RIDDIFORD PROMINENT NEW ZEALANDER The death occurred on Thursday of Mr Edward Vivian Riddiford, one of the Dominion's best-known and most successful pastoralists,' who was also prominent, in racing circles. , , . : The late Mr Riddiford was returning, from a trip to England on. the Rang*tiki' and was accompanied by his wit>. arid daughter. - •... ,b»>.«v* Beginning as a cadet on his father’s properties!, -Mr -Riddiford had a long; and successful "career as a sheep farmer, first as an estate * manager and afterwards as an owner. He was 55 years of age. Born at Lower Hutt, he was a son of the late Mr E. J. Riddiford and a grandson of one of New Zealand's earliest pioneers, Mr Daniel Riddiford, who arrived in New Zealand in 1840. He was educated at ; Wanganui Collegiate School and began his career as a sheep farmer on his father's property, Te Awaiti, Wairarapa. Later, "Mr Riddiford managed his father's properties, including “Longburn” and * ‘ Cheltenham.'' Mr E. J. Riddiford died in 1911 and Mr Vivian Riddiford took over “Blcngurn,” a sheep and cattle run on the East Coast. “Tablelands,” a Romney Marsh sheep stud in the Wairarapa, and “Brentwood,” the npted . Trentham racing stud. In 1908 ho married Miss f Zoo Thorne George, third daughter of the' Hon. Seymour Thorne George, of AuckInirid. Their two daughters are Mrs J. Vogel, of Lower Hutt. and Miss Pamela Riddiford.
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Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3219, 13 October 1934, Page 4
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233OBITUARY Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3219, 13 October 1934, Page 4
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