William Henry Ridley (2 April 1816 – 17 February 1882) was a priest in the Church of England and an author.
His mother was Mary Ferrer, daughter of James Ferrier of Lincoln's Inn Fields.
[1] He succeeded to the family living of Hambleden on 25 July 1840, and continued there until his death.
In 1859 he became rural dean of Wycombe, and in 1871 an honorary canon of Christ Church, Oxford.
Ridley was a voluminous writer of theological literature, but many of his publications are only single sermons and tracts.