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Ralph Gerald Ritson
Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Gerald Ritson (1880 – October 25, 1966) was a member of the Inniskilling Dragoons and a champion polo player with a Polo handicap, ten-goal handicap. Biography He was born in 1880 in England to Utrick Alexander Ritson, of Calf Hall, Muggleswick Park, Co. Durham, and Annie Ridley. In 1911 he won the Roehampton Trophy with fellow players Jean de Madre and Leslie St. Clair Cheape. That same year he won the King's Coronation Cup with Leslie St. Clair Cheape, Major Shah Mirza Beg of the Hyderabad Lancers, and Vivian Noverre Lockett. He captained the British polo team in the 1913 International Polo Cup at the Meadowbrook Polo Club and his teammates were Leslie St. Clair Cheape and Vivian Noverre Lockett. On June 1, 1926, he married Lady Kitty Edith Blanche Ogilvy, daughter of David Ogilvy, 11th Earl of Airlie and Mabell Ogilvy, Countess of Airlie. He died on October 25, 1966, in South Africa where he was working for Wiggins Teape. References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capt
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. Etymology The term "captain" derives from (, , or 'the topmost'), which was used as title for a senior Byzantine military rank and office. The word was Latinized as capetanus/catepan, and its meaning seems to have merged with that of the late Latin "capitaneus" (which derives from the classical Latin word "caput", meaning head). This hybridized term gave rise to the English language term captain and its equivalents in other languages (, , , , , , , , , kapitány, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |