King Edred

Other variations on the Eldridge name include Aldred and Eldred, and, indeed two Anglo-Saxon Kings have been identified as having related names, specifically Kings Edred, and Ethelred the Unready.

King Eadred, or Edred was King from 946 until his death in 955. He was a grandson of Alfred the Great. His most notable success was bringing the Kingdom of Northumbria under English control. He succeeded his elder brother, Edmond I, who had been stabbed to death in Gloucestershire. He died in Frome in Somerset, and was buried in Winchester.

King Edred (923-955). See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadred. An early Eldridge?