Benjamin Brogden Orridge
Benjamin Brogden Orridge (1814–1870) was a British antiquarian. Life. Orridge set up in business in London as a medical agent and valuer. In local London politics, from 1863 until 1869 he was a member of the court of common council for the ward of Cheap. As chairman of the library committee he worked for the preservation and investigation of the mass of records belonging to the corporation of the City of London. Orridge died after a long illness on 17 July 1870 at his residence, 33 St. John's Wood Park. He was fellow of the Geological  Society. Works. A member of the London and Middlesex Archæological Society, Orridge contributed papers to its "Transactions", including the "City Friends of Shakespeare" (iii. 578–80) and an "Account of some Eminent Members of the Mercers' Company", read at the general meeting held at Mercers' Hall on 21 April 1869. He also published: Notes. Attribution