 go further and state that Widdrington lost his life at the Siege of Maastricht in 1676, as a volunteer in the Dutch Army.Ralph may have been a volunteer in the Dutch Army then, although that is uncertain, but it was his brother Roger Widdrington who was killed at Maastricht.In 1685, Widdrington became Member of Parliament for Berwick upon Tweed and remained so until 1689.