Charles Ridgeway

Charles John Ridgeway (14 July 1841 – 28 February 1927) was an English churchman, the Bishop of Chichester from 1908 to 1919.

In 1897 he was granted the honorific rank of Past Grand Chaplain in recognition of his services to English Freemasonry, as part of a series of similar honorary promotions intended to mark the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria.

[8][9] His appointment was at the age of 66, and the result of a dispute between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister, who was then the key figure in the nomination process for bishops.

[10] During World War I, Ridgeway provided support for soldiers in the large military camps in Sussex, and encouraged the recruitment of temporary chaplains.

"[12] After his death Ridgeway's widow presented his pectoral cross to the Chichester Cathedral library,[13] and commissioned a memorial to him which can be seen in the nave.