Portrait of Sir Joseph West Ridgeway, GCB, GCMG, KCSI, PC (Ire) (1844 – 1930), a British civil servant and colonial governor. He was known as "Sir West Ridgeway". Ridgeway served as governor of British Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1896 to 1903 and the Isle of Man from 1893 to 1895. Published circa 1914. He was involved in the sodomy and child molestation charges against Hector Archibald MacDonald, commander of British forces in Ceylon.

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Location: England
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