John Riddell (genealogist)

He was eldest son of Anne, eldest daughter of John Glassford of Dougalston, by Anne, daughter of Sir John Nisbet of Dean, and Henry Riddell of Little Govan.

[1] Riddell made genealogy and Scottish peerage law a special study.

[1] Riddell died unmarried at his house, 57 Melville Street, Edinburgh,[2] on 8 February 1862.

He left a number of manuscripts which, in terms of his will, were acquired by the Advocates' and Signet Libraries, Edinburgh.

[1] Riddell enjoyed genealogical research for its own sake, and his speciality earned him an allusion in The Lay of the Last Minstrel.