Edward Riddiford
Edward Joshua "King" Riddiford was a New Zealand. He was born in Hutt Valley, Wellington, New Zealand in 1842.
He married Eleanor Caroline Bunny on 3 October 1878 at St James' Church in Lower Hutt. She was the daughter of the politician Henry Bunny.
Riddiford died at Longburn of a heart attack in 1911. He was described as New Zealand's only millionaire.
He was survived by his wife, who later died when hit by a van.
A grandson, Sir William O'Brien Lindsay, was Chief Justice of the Sudan.
A granddaughter, Jocelyn Vogel, had Vogel House built in Lower Hutt.
