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Rattray (surname)
Rattray is a surname of Scottish origin. It was first used by the descendants of Alanus de Ratheriff and is derived from Rattray in Perth and Kinross. The Rattray Tartan was formally catalogued on 27 March 1969. Notable people with the Rattray surname include: *Cathy Rattray-Williams (born 1963), Jamaican track and field sprinter *Celine Rattray (born 1975), English film producer * Charlie Rattray (1911–1995), English footballer *Colin Rattray (1931–2009), Australian politician * David Grey Rattray (1958–2007), South African historian *David Rattray (1970-), Scottish sport shooter *James Rattray (1818–1854), British Army officer and war artist *Jamie Lee Rattray (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player *Robert Sutherland Rattray (1881–1938), British anthropologist and Africanist * Sylvester Rattray, Scottish medical writer. *Tania Rattray (born 1958), Australian politician, daughter of Colin Rattray * Thomas Rattray (1684–1743), Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet. , the Internet Archive holds over 35 million books and texts, 8.5 million movies, videos and TV shows, 894 thousand software programs, 14 million audio files, 4.4 million images, 2.4 million TV clips, 241 thousand concerts, and over 734 billion web pages in the Wayback Machine. The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Rattray
James Rattray (1818 – 24 October 1854) was a soldier and artist, born in Daventry, Northamptonshire, England, who died at Dorundah, in the Ranchi Division, Nagpore, India. At the time of making his notable sketches he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Grenadiers, Bengal Army, serving in Afghanistan. Early life In Great Britain. His parents were Charles Rattray M.D. (1779–1835), a physician of Northamptonshire, and Mariane Freeman (1788–1866). Education He had a good command of Persian and could speak directly with the local people. Career Rattray began his career as a soldier. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on 5 Dec 1838, the date he sailed out of Gravesend on the ''Severn'', a West Indiaman bound for India. This ship was abandoned at sea (mid Atlantic) later that same year on 29 December 1838, with 16 ft. of water in her hold on a voyage from Miramichi in Canada for Bristol. He followed and served alongside Charles Rattray (1810–1841), his older bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clan Rattray
Clan Rattray is a Highland Scottish clan.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Convenor, The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs). Published in 1994. Pages 300 - 301. History Origins of the clan The name Rattray is taken from the barony of Rattray in Perthshire. This barony was in their possession from the 307 AD, and derived from Constantine. The Rattray estate includes the ruins of a rath-treif, a combination of Gaelic and Cymric words meaning “hill fort.” Wars of Scottish Independence During the Wars of Scottish Independence, Alan's grandson, Eustace Rattray, was captured at the Battle of Dunbar (1296) and taken to England as a prisoner. Eustace's son was Adam Rattray who swore fealty to Edward I of England, appearing on the Ragman Rolls of 1296. Adam was succeeded by his son, Alexander Rattray, who was amongst the barons who sat in the Parliament at Ayr to determine the succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rattray
Thomas Rattray (1684–1743) was a Scottish Episcopal bishop who served as the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1738 to 1743. He was chosen as Bishop of Brechin by the clergy of that diocese, in opposition to John Ochterlony who was the choice of the college of bishops. He was consecrated in Edinburgh on 4 June 1727 by Primus Millar and bishops Gadderar and Cant, but the college of bishops contended that Rattray's consecration had been irregular and uncanonical. The matter was not resolved until he was appointed Bishop of Dunkeld The Bishop of Dunkeld is the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Dunkeld, one of the largest and more important of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Cormac. However, the first k ... in 1731. He was also elected the Primus in July 1738. He died in office on 12 May 1743, aged 59. References 1684 births 1743 deaths Bishops of Brechin (Episcopal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Rattray
Tania Verene Rattray (born 28 March 1958) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the division of McIntyre. Rattray was educated at Winnaleah Area School and Scottsdale High School. Before becoming a full-time politician, she was an owner/operator of the Winnaleah Four Square Supermarket from 1988–1994. She was also a Senior Pharmacy Assistant at Galloways Pharmacy in Scottsdale from 1994–2004. She was elected to Dorset Council in 1996, becoming deputy mayor in 2002. She stood for election in the Apsley division on 1 May 2004 when her father Colin Rattray Colin Lewis Rattray (28 December 1931 – 19 February 2009) was an Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2004, representing first South Esk and then Apsley. Rattray was born in ... retired. She narrowly led on primary votes and was elected after the distribution of preferences. Rattray was re-elected unoppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvester Rattray
Sylvester Rattray (fl. 1650–1666) was a Scottish medical writer. Biography Rattray was a native of Angus, Scotland. He was descended from Sir Sylvester Rattray, of Rattray Castle, Perthshire, who was in 1463 one of the ambassadors sent to London to treat with Edward IV Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars in England ..., and exerted great influence at the Scottish court. Sylvester may have been son of a later Sylvester Rattray who had two sons, David and Sylvester. The latter is said to have been ‘bred to the church.’ On the title-page of the second book mentioned below he is, however, credited with a theological degree as well as with that of M.D. He was author of ‘Aditus novus ad occultas Sympathiæ et Antipathiæ causas inveniendas, per principia philosophiæ naturalis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sutherland Rattray
Robert Sutherland Rattray, , known as Captain R. S. Rattray (1881 in India – 1938), was a barrister and held a diploma in Anthropology from Oxford. He was an early Africanist and student of the Ashanti. He was one of the early writers on Oware, and on Ashanti gold weights. An amusement park constructed by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly is named Rattray park in memory of R.S. Rattray. Life Rattray was born in India to Scottish parents. In 1906 he joined the Gold Coast Customs Service. In 1911 he became the Assistant District Commissioner at Ejura. Learning local languages, he was appointed head of the Anthropological Department of Asante in 1921. He retired in 1930. He was killed while flying a glider in 1938. "When a new Anthropological Department was set up in Ashanti in the 1920s, Rattray was charged with the task of re-searching the law and constitution of Ashanti, to assist the colonial administrators in ruling the Ashantis. With his office in the Anthropological De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Lee Rattray
Jamie Lee Rattray (born September 30, 1992) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player for the Markham Thunder. Life As a member of the gold medal-winning squad at the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series. While in college, she played for the Clarkson Golden Knights. In 2014, she won the Patty Kazmaier Award and helped Clarkson win their first NCAA women's hockey championship. She was selected sixth overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2014 CWHL Draft. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup. Rattray outed herself as lesbian. Playing career Rattray is of Aboriginal heritage and participated at the 2010 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, from May 2–8, 2010. NCAA Rattray joined the Clarkson Golden Knights in 2010. She was also recruited by Minnesota, Minnesota–Duluth, St. Lawrence, Wisconsin, Mercyhurst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rattray
David Grey Rattray (6 September 1958 – 26 January 2007) was a South African historian of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu war in South Africa, also well known as a tour guide. Biography Rattray was born in Johannesburg, matriculated from the St. Alban's College in Pretoria, and studied entomology (the study of insects) at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where he graduated in 1982. From 1983 to 1988 he managed the Mala Mala Game Reserve situated on the doorstep of Kruger National Park. In 1989 he and his family moved to their family farm at Rorke's Drift, where the Battle of Isandlwana and Battle of Rorke's Drift took place between the Zulu people, Zulus and British people, British soldiers. He and his wife, Nicky, established and operated the Fugitives' Drift Lodge. He gained considerable knowledge about the conflicts between the Zulus and British in South Africa as a child as he accompanied his father, an amateur historian himself, as he interviewed Zulus in the local community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanus De Ratheriff
Alanus may refer to: People * Alan Rufus (c. 1040–1093), Alanus Rufus in Latin, Breton noble, kinsman and companion of William the Conqueror and first lord of Richmond * Alan the Black (died 1098), Alanus Niger in Latin, second lord of Richmond, brother of Alan Rufus * Alain de Lille (1116/7–1202/3), Alanus ab Insulis in Latin, French theologian and poet * Alanus of Walkingham, Attorney General from 1280 to 1281 * Alain Chartier (1385–1430), French poet, diplomat and political writer * Alan of Lynn or Alanus de Lynna (c. 1348–1420s), English theologian * Alanus de Rupe (c. 1428–1475), French theologian * Johannes Alanus (fl. late 14th or early 15th century), English composer * William Allen (cardinal) (1532–1594), also known as Guilielmus Alanus or Gulielmus Alanus, English Catholic cardinal * Alan Petrasek (Best Husband and Even Better Step Father) (c.1950's-Present), also known Palus Alanus of Los Angelus Other uses * Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Grey Rattray
David Grey Rattray (6 September 1958 – 26 January 2007) was a South African historian of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa, also well known as a tour guide. Biography Rattray was born in Johannesburg, matriculated from the St. Alban's College in Pretoria, and studied entomology (the study of insects) at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, where he graduated in 1982. From 1983 to 1988 he managed the Mala Mala Game Reserve situated on the doorstep of Kruger National Park. In 1989 he and his family moved to their family farm at Rorke's Drift, where the Battle of Isandlwana and Battle of Rorke's Drift took place between the Zulus and British soldiers. He and his wife, Nicky, established and operated the Fugitives' Drift Lodge. He gained considerable knowledge about the conflicts between the Zulus and British in South Africa as a child as he accompanied his father, an amateur historian himself, as he interviewed Zulus in the local community to obtain their accounts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Rattray
Colin Lewis Rattray (28 December 1931 – 19 February 2009) was an Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2004, representing first South Esk and then Apsley. Rattray was born in Scottsdale, and was elected Mayor of Ringarooma in 1981. In 1992 he was elected to the Legislative Council for South Esk, which he held until that seat was replaced by Apsley in 1999. He remained member for Apsley until 2004, when he retired; he was succeeded by his daughter, Tania Rattray Tania Verene Rattray (born 28 March 1958) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the division of McIntyre. Rattray was educated at Winnaleah Area School and Scottsdale High School. Before becoming a f .... Rattray died in February 2009, aged 77. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
