Family and Education
Berridge was the son of the Reverend W Berridge the Vicar of Lowton St. Mary’s in Lancashire. He was educated privately and at Upholland Grammar School where his father was the headmaster. In 1887 Berridge married Agnes Campion from Redhill. Mrs Berridge suffered from heart problems in later life and while apparently in good health and spirits was taken ill suddenly at a dance in Kensington and died in a few minutes in Feb. 1909. They had one son and one daughter.
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